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Five years after the short squeeze, GameStop’s CEO is betting on a ‘genius or totally foolish’ $100 billion-plus acquisition | Fortune

GameStop was once the go-to destination for video games. Then it was the archetypal “meme stock” in 2021, when a band of Reddit-reading retail investors thwarted hedge funds’ shorts on the company stock, sending the company’s stock skyrocketing. There...

‘What do you think is going on with the stock price?’: Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol says baristas’ market savvy makes him proud | Fortune

When Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol walks into a Starbucks store, he’s there for more than just coffee, egg bites, or a chocolate croissant. He chats up the company’s employees to take a measured business temperature.According to Niccol, the baristas...

Twenty-somethings discover nostalgia, throwing back to a carefree time before the ‘dark days’: 2016 | Fortune

The year is 2016. Somehow it feels carefree, driven by internet culture. Everyone is wearing over-the-top makeup.At least, that’s how Maren Nævdal, 27, remembers it — and has seen it on her social feeds in recent days.For Njeri Allen,...

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s turnaround plan includes measuring stores on just five metrics | Fortune

Good morning. Starbucks is heating up. Earlier this week, the coffee store company reported its first U.S. quarterly comparable sales increase in two years, helped by CEO Brian Niccol’s focus on efficient operations, consistency in service, more appealing stores...

Asia is one of the world’s least insured places, even as it’s battered by climate change and natural disasters | Fortune

A lack of insurance coverage in Southeast Asia threatens an increasingly important hub for supply chains, as the region is battered by tropical storms, major flooding, and other natural disasters.Total losses from natural disasters across Asia-Pacific last year totaled...

Pfizer CEO says he used ‘emotional blackmail’ to get employees to achieve impossible goals during COVID-19 | Fortune

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says he used extreme team-motivating tactics to meet seemingly impossible deadlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a conversation with Fortune Editor in Chief Alyson Shontell on the Titans and Disruptors of Industry podcast, Pfizer CEO Albert...

How the Supreme Court might protect the Fed’s independence by using employment law in Trump v. Cook

Most of the Trump administration’s legal disputes involving the firing of high-level officials deal with the scope of presidential power.On Jan. 21, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of the most...

Walmart doubles down on health, giving 3,000 pharmacy workers a promotion and a raise up to 86%—with no college degree required | Fortune

After a week of major layoff announcements from Amazon, UPS, Pinterest, and Nike, at least some American workers got some welcomed news on Thursday: Walmart is promoting 3,000 of its pharmacy workers across nearly 4,600 U.S. locations, and some...

Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses – and a quiet form of deregulation

In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act – a shift that would reduce restrictions and penalties associated with the...

America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry

At the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, the spotlight quietly shifted. Electric vehicles, once framed as the inevitable future of the industry, were no longer the centerpiece. Instead, automakers emphasized hybrids, updated gasoline models and incremental...
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Trump says Iran wants a deal rather than face military action

Tehran has said it will never negotiate on its missile and defence systems, but that it is open to...
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