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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Bonds 101: What investors need to know about the ‘shock absorber of the portfolio’ | Fortune
Many investors regard bonds as the frumpier cousins to stocks. Their prices rarely pop or plummet. They usually deliver a lower return, and—aside from a glamorous cameo in the 1980s thriller Die Hard—they are not part of popular culture...
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Tesla reveals $2 billion investment in Elon Musk’s xAI and officially kills the Model S and Model X | Fortune
Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the new year by springing several eye-popping surprises on shareholders, including a $2 billion Tesla investment in one of his own companies (the artificial intelligence firm xAI), and the abrupt elimination of two...
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Microsoft demand backlog doubles to $625 billion thanks to OpenAI, but hefty spending and slower revenue growth spook investors | Fortune
It was an earnings report that contained some stunning numbers: Microsoft reported crossing a significant $50 billion quarterly revenue milestone for its cloud business, and said its demand backlog had more than doubled, to $625 billion, with a boost...
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