In the run-up to the iPhone’s launch in 2007, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs made a fateful…
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TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett is trying to fix America’s broken retirement system
TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett knows firsthand the struggle many Americans are facing as they try…
Buffett says Abel ‘has launched’ after new Berkshire CEO makes $8.5 billion housing bet
Berkshire Hathaway was long teased as the conglomerate that couldn’t find anything worthwhile to buy. Now,…
As Microsoft seeks to be AI’s center of gravity, CEO Satya Nadella makes the case in San Francisco
Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella proclaimed a “new paradigm” on Tuesday in a keynote at the…
Data center CEO is hoping for a skilled-trades revival in his lifetime—he’s recruiting couch-dwelling Gen Z with two weeks of vacation on day one
It’s a great time to be in the skilled trades. That’s according to Dan Peyovich, president…
Anthropic’s CFO Krishna Rao is steering one of the most anticipated IPOs ever
Good morning. Anthropic’s leadership has taken a significant step toward going public—and CFO Krishna Rao is…
Cognizant CEO is swimming against the tide on AI: he’s hiring over 20,000 graduates this year and says AI tokenmaxxing is a ‘vanity metric’
For months, the loudest voices in artificial intelligence—including OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei—warned that…
Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over allegations of marketing ChatGPT despite serious risks
The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company…
A SpaceX-Tesla union would mark the largest merger of all time. But does the math work?
Elon Musk may be about to use SpaceX’s soaring valuation as a lifeline for Tesla—and in…
Chevron CEO drops stark warning on oil prices
I have been watching oil market commentary for a while. CEOs tend to be measured. They…
Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy says consumption-based pricing is here to stay
Sridhar Ramaswamy sees the major software players beginning to sort the AI winners from the losers.…
AutoZone CEO raises alarm on shift in customer behavior
AutoZone (AZO) did almost everything investors typically reward, but the market sold it off anyway. The…
Girls Who Code CEO: 70% of teen girls want to work in cybersecurity. We’re losing them before they start
Thousands of college students had their final exams rescheduled and their grades delayed when the Canvas…
Costco CEO Ron Vachris says tech is ‘elevating’ workers,’ not replacing them—as IBM and Delta bosses make the same bet on humans
The rise of AI has brought sweeping—and often uneasy—predictions about the future of work, with some…
Boeing CEO signals massive new FAA move for 737 jets
There is a version of the Boeing story that has dominated headlines for the past two…
As AI slashes white-collar jobs, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says there’s one department still hiring: sales
Legions of students pursued engineering in college in hopes of hitting the hiring market as a…