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‘The U.K. has a competitiveness deficit in its energy costs—that’s a real call to action,’ says EDF U.K. chair
Rising energy prices and a restrictive regulatory environment are hampering the U.K.’s ability to grow, according to Alex Chisholm.
The Middle East’s female founders are on the rise. Why isn’t the funding following?
While progress has been made to address a lack of funding for MENA female-founded startups, structural hurdles in how capital is sourced and distributed still need to be overcome.
Billionaires are flocking to these 3 Florida localities—here’s how much they save in taxes
Florida's lack of a state income tax and wealth tax is pulling the ultrawealthy to three localities in particular.
America has lost 200 malls since 2008. Now the survivors are becoming Gen Z hangouts
Mall values are up 13% as top properties trade department-store dependency for food, fitness, entertainment, and apartments.
‘People just do not want the world to change so much’: The war over the future of work being fought by Gen Z
"Job hugging is real, but it's mostly happening in one part of the economy," says Gad Levanon, chief economist at the Burning Glass Institute.
Gen Z is the most online generation but this Christmas, they want gifts to get them outside
Beyond physical gifts, Gen Z also wants shared, in-person experiences, with three in five saying a shared meal matters more than a present
Millennials are winning the AI talent wars—they’re getting 60% of all the top AI jobs and earning $236K salaries. But most of them are men.
The highest-paid AI managers have two things in common: a degree, and being a man. While women and workers without one are stuck in AI's lowest-paying jobs.
I’m a female founder with a liberal arts degree and my company has raised $280 million. You don’t need a PhD to build a robotics startup
Robotics needs to broaden its pitch beyond hardware to attract women and other talent drawn to solving real-world problems.
Anthropic will open its Singapore office in October, chasing OpenAI for Southeast Asia’s AI market
According to Anthropic data, Singapore was ranked second out of 121 countries in Claude usage, behind Australia.
Agility is the most important skill in the AI age, says Capgemini CEO
Aiman Ezzat warns that AI FOMO could cost companies dearly if they treat it as hype instead of a true business transformation.
‘The end of the keyboard is near’: Christian Klein predicts voice translation will be the next workplace advantage
Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, predicts the end of the keyboard as we enter the era of applied AI and voice commands.
Europe’s Fortune 500 2026: Record revenue, shrinking margins, and a new No. 1 country
Now in its fourth year, the Fortune 500 Europe ranks the continent’s biggest companies by revenue.
Karin Rådström is steering Daimler Truck in a new direction as the world’s biggest truckmaker faces a growing challenge from China
Chinese rivals are gaining ground as Europe’s shift to electric trucks accelerates.
Urgent calls from OpenAI, Anthropic for an AI slowdown fall on deaf ears with Trump, Xi ahead of next week’s meeting
The CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI say the two countries must pace technological development to protect the human race, but both leader seems uninterested, and maybe even antagonistic to the idea.
Push for AI regulation mounts as talk of AI’s ‘existential’ risks go mainstream. But Trump resists calls for a slowdown
Fears of AI "killing all humans" broke into the mainstream discourse last week. But what happens as a result of the debate remains far from clear.
‘Give the American people a say in how AI develops’: OpenAI’s least favorite New York politico sees an opening
Alex Bores told Fortune that the Overton Window is wide open: "Even the questions that are being asked are up for grabs."
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, says he’s living in an Airstream trailer to oversee xAI’s biggest expansion yet
Musk says he is living at xAI’s Memphis data center site, continuing a longtime habit of sleeping where he works.
Trump’s tariffs slashed jobs and wage growth. Now companies are funneling their chunk of the $100 billion in refunds to supplement workers’ retirement
Williams Sonoma and TJX plan to give millions of dollars in tariff refunds back to employees through 401(k) payments and bonuses.
Bernie Sanders says if AI is coming for workers, it should bring a four-day workweek with it
Bernie Sanders and Mark Takano want AI productivity gains to help deliver a 32-hour workweek without cuts to workers’ weekly pay or benefits.