Economy
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Huuuge Q2 2026 slides: $120m buyback amid market headwinds
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BofA upgrades Equinor stock rating on higher gas price outlook
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Insilico Medicine’s Alex Zhavoronkov bets China and AI can deliver the drug industry’s next breakthrough
Alex Zhavoronkov, co-CEO of the AI drug discovery startup Insilico Medicine, dresses the same way at all his public engagements: a black padded vest with a small white badge that keeps count of the company’s clinical pipeline. When Fortune sat down with him in Hong Kong in July, he made sure to point out the…
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I tried a 4-day workweek at my company and it failed — for some of my employees
As the CEO of a nearly 1,000-person workforce spread across 60+ countries, I thought afour-day workweek made sense for my company, so I tried it. And it didn’t work.Leading a globally distributed workforce means I’m constantly thinking about how andwhere people work. In theory, the idea of a four-day workweek was aligned with how ourcompany…
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Data centers are swapping water for forever chemicals to keep AI cool
The midterms are six weeks away and Republicans are walking a fine line between meeting constituents in opposition to data center growth and agreeing with the president who continues to advocate for them. Now there seems to be another wrinkle to the ongoing data center backlash: the release of “forever chemicals” into the air. A…
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The same algorithm Gen Z fears is managing its portfolio
More than half of Gen Z, 51%, say AI poses the greatest threat to their job security, according to an iCIMS Workforce Report. That anxiety persists even as 87% of Gen Z workers already use AI for professional purposes, and even as 24% say folding AI into their daily work has led to burnout, according…
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Ed Sheeran asked Patriots owner Robert Kraft for $2 million aid donation after Macklemore was dropped from his tour for pro-Palestine comments
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft shot back at Macklemore after he challenged him to match a $1 million donation he is making to organizations providing aid to Palestinians, the latest escalation in a dispute that saw the artist booted from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour. On Wednesday, Macklemore, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty,…
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Vontier secures deal to upgrade tech across 700+ Tesco petrol stations
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Barbra Streisand Calls Out Kennedy Center Closure, Blames Trump’s ‘Unchecked Ego’
The 2008 Kennedy Center honoree said “galling and painful” for her to witness what was happening to the institution amid Trump’s threats to demolish the building.