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3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair
After months of speculation, President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh on Jan. 30, 2026, to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve.If confirmed by Congress, Warsh will inherit leadership of the U.S. central bank...
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Trump’s unlikely promise to ‘end inflation’ still saw families paying an extra $2,120 for goods and services in 2025 | Fortune
If something sounds too good to be true, a realist would suggest that’s because it might be. When President Trump promised on the campaign trail to “end inflation,” it might have been one of those moments.Economists may have been...
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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...
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‘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...
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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,...
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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...
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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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