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Jerome Powell says the Gen Z hiring nightmare is real: ‘Kids coming out of college…are having a hard time finding jobs’ | Fortune
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sounded the alarm on what many recent graduates already know—getting a job right out of college is really hard right now. Speaking at his regular press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee...
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Honeywell, Caterpillar CTOs say AI can ease labor, skills gaps in manufacturing | Fortune
Honeywell says that 20% of the company’s software code is written by GitHub Copilot and other AI-assistant coding tools. But, does that mean that the industrial giant’s embrace of AI has corresponded with a 20% reduction in that team’s...
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Hair dryers from drones and makeup mirrors from movie animators: How L’Oréal makes open innovation work | Fortune
If you bring up innovation at the dinner table, the conversation will likely turn to tech: AI, iPhones, electric vehicles, digital things pioneered in Silicon Valley or Eastern China. Yet tech companies hardly have a monopoly on new ideas, and...
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Opendoor’s giant new CEO bet | Fortune
Good morning. It’s Jason, helping fill in for Andrew, as he takes some time off after welcoming his second son into the world earlier this week.I’m back on the East Coast, where I’m based, after co-hosting our 24th...
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Qualtrics CEO Zig Serafin: The optimism around AI is contagious, and not just hype | Fortune
Good morning from Park City, Utah, where we are on Day 2 of Fortune Brainstorm Tech, led by my colleague Andrew Nusca. We will be covering the conversations across our different channels and you can join us via livestream...
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What the CEOs of Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, and others are saying about the nervous consumer
Good morning. With fall in full swing, it seems like a good time to do a gut check on the state of the American consumer. I pored through financial results reported over the last two weeks by a variety...
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will ‘probably’ bring 4-day work weeks: ‘Every industrial revolution leads to some change in social behavior’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the world is “at the beginning of the AI revolution,” and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across industries could bring “probably” a transition to four-day work weeks, marking another shift in social behavior akin to...
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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says investing for a living could replace labor in a post-AI world
On this episode of Fortune’s Leadership Next podcast, cohosts Diane Brady, executive editorial director of the Fortune CEO Initiative and Fortune Live Media, and editorial director Kristin Stoller talk to Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood. They reflect on the investing platform’s...
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AI isn’t a job killer, it’s a job shifter. We’re one of the biggest employment agencies in the world and we can see where...
Optimists believe AI will create more jobs for a bright future we can only dream of. Pessimists believe it will be a job killer at a scale that is unprecedented. Yet there is a middle road. AI will evolve...
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New Target CEO, a former CFO, ‘must prove he’s not just another insider,’ executive recruiter says
Good morning. There’s more executive turnover in the Fortune 500.Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down, and Michael Fiddelke, chief operating officer (COO), will become chief executive on Feb. 1, 2026. Cornell has led Target for 11 years. Fiddelke...
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Macrons to offer ‘scientific’ court evidence to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says
Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty,Melanie Stewart-Smith andVictoria FarncombeFame Under Fire podcastGetty ImagesEmmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic...