How a DIY Adobe Illustrator design landed Rebel Creamery in a $23.8 million fight with Van Leeuwen
Rebel has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but will continue to sell in grocery stores amid a court-ordered rebrand.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he doesn’t see empathy as a soft skill: ‘It’s the hardest skill we learn’
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks labeling empathy “soft” underemphasizes its importance.
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Google’s founders didn’t market test Alphabet’s name before launching the now $1.9 trillion juggernaut. Here’s the advice Steve Jobs gave Larry Page
The anniversary of Google's IPO is on Wednesday, and Fortune looked back at the philosophy behind the founders'…
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UAE halts all trade with Iran after new missile fire in Gulf, cutting off a key export route for Tehran
Tehran denies launching the missiles that triggered Tuesday's alert, as Iran's economy already reels from sanctions and…
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From Pennsylvania to Ohio to Texas, the governors’ races are all coming down to data centers
Stacy Garrity accused Josh Shapiro of having “lit the fuse on the chaos we are seeing in community after community.”
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Ex-Google chief scientist tells Gen Z the trick is not to master AI—instead, just ‘skim papers’
Jeff Dean, who just left Google after 27 years, says future success belongs to Gen Z students who read broadly and…
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Millionaire Mel Robbins says her waitressing boss taught her how to spot the most influential person in the room: ‘It’s never who you think it is’
“The Mel Robbins Podcast” host says the most powerful person in the room is “never who you think it is.”
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Bond traders are testing Kevin Warsh: The Fed chair will heed—but not be ruled by—them, says an economist who spent years sitting next to him
"He wants the Fed to think in terms of the bigger picture ... and people are finding that frustrating, but I think he's…
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Afghanistan’s grape harvest is turning into raisins — literally — as exports collapse
Border closures with Pakistan have crushed Afghanistan's fruit exports, forcing farmers to dry their grapes into…
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Exclusive: Replit taps OpenAI’s low-cost Luna model for new ‘Free Mode’
An 80% reduction in the cost of tokens for OpenAI's Luna allowed Replit to roll out the new service, which despite its…
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Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors
The Hangzhou-based startup, founded in 2016, has quickly become something akin to a national champion in China's…
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Also’s $3,500 e-bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportation
The Rivian spinoff just raised $150 million to build autonomous vehicles for moving people and packages—not just…
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Even potato-chip tasters are temporary in the economy of 2026 — there’s nearly 57 million of these ‘disposable workers’
MIT labor economist Paul Osterman tracks them in his new book, “Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment."
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Home Depot’s $730 million tariff refund was largely offset by rising costs
Home Depot, Amazon, and Walmart are taking very different approaches to the tariff refunds flowing back to retailers.
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Current price of oil as of August 19, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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Iran has Trump right where it wants him and suggests he seek ‘a dignified exit’
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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One of the VC world’s biggest stars is doubling down on sports in a big way, and there’s a compelling tax reason behind the strategy
Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner's $12.5 billion deal with former Disney CEO Bob Iger to buy the Los Angeles…
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How the UAE has emerged as a ‘leading light’ for tokenization
Coinbase's decision to base its global tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi is the latest sign that the emirate's bet on…
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Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it an initial 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport trips
Nevada capped Tesla's fleet at a fraction of its request and kept it away from Harry Reid airport.
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Top economist on Trump’s ‘deadly cocktail’ for the bond market—and how the bond vigilantes have crossed Scott Bessent’s ‘red line’
"The bond vigilantes have come out of hibernation," Johns Hopkins' Steve Hanke told Fortune, and "the inflation genie…
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Inside the $8 billion cybersecurity acquisition that helped ServiceNow’s stock buck the ‘Saaspocalypse’ fears
The deal for Yevgeny Dibrov’s Armis was Israel’s second-largest tech startup exit ever.
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Exclusive: Accounting AI startup Rillet reaches unicorn status with $1 billion valuation. Its founder says he wants to give CFOs back their weekends
“Our message is not that we’re coming after jobs,” Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp told Fortune. “That's just not correct.”
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OpenAI says it paused AI training for two weeks and announces new security protocols following Hugging Face hack
The AI company says its unreleased Astra model presents a “critical” cybersecurity risk and it has put its largest…
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Current price of oil as of August 18, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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Like Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Siemens’ CEO has no recurring meetings with direct reports to save time—he also replies to emails with just ‘OK’ or ‘No’
CEO of $256 billion Siemens, Roland Busch, replies to emails with just ‘OK’ or ‘No.’ Anything longer, and the boomer…
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Boiler room raised $74 million selling retirees SpaceX, Anduril, Anthropic, and Perplexity while reaping ‘massive hidden fees,’ SEC claims
The New York financier at the center of the case, Andrew Spaventa, denied the allegations on Friday, and said he…
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Randall Lane probably didn’t break the law by accepting $6 million while working at Forbes, but he may still pay a price under a 140-year-old doctrine
A New York legal doctrine requiring employee loyalty could pose more risk to the fired Forbes editor than any criminal…
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Italy’s $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral
Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs…
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CEO of the world’s largest workspace provider says commuting will be extinct by 2040—and your kids will think it’s ‘mad stuff’ professionals once did
CEO of IWG, Mark Dixon, says future generations will think it's "mad stuff" that bosses once made workers "travel 100…
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Bank of America is splashing out $250 million a year on weight loss drugs for its staff: ‘We see a great impact on employees,’ CEO says
Weight-loss drugs are becoming a popular perk, with almost a third of workers saying they’d even switch jobs for it.…
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CXMT’s blockbuster IPO will test whether China’s memory makers are ready for the spotlight: ‘It does not yet mean China is broadly catching up’
Experts say shortages are forcing companies to explore Chinese chip supplies, yet adoption is still likely to be…
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AstraZeneca said to have explored Bristol Myers merger
Bristol Myers Squibb, which has a $133 billion market capitalization, could provide AstraZeneca with a bigger foothold…
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AI is creating a two-speed jobs market in the UK, Indeed says
“Demand is concentrating around experienced workers and roles directly connected to AI, rather than flowing evenly…
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As AI creates more entrepreneurs and a skills mismatch, Gen Z faces the choice of being a specialist or a ‘general-purpose nerd’
"AI is creating a structural skills mismatch as companies aggressively replace generalists with specialized talent."
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Sen. Bernie Moreno says Rep. Max Miller shouldn’t serve in the House, calling former son-in-law a ‘danger to my daughter’ and granddaughter
Emily Moreno has said that Miller scalded, hit and threatened her while they were married. Miller denied those…
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