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Fortune @fortune.com · 18m
The seemingly endless morass of the Iran war, with its rinse-and-repeat cycle of peace talks, collapsing negotiations and modest escalations of violence, is likely to continue at least through the midterms in November and potentially beyond, analysts said. bit.ly/4yp5pVe
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‘Groundhog Day’: Iran is unlikely to let the war end until after the midterms—and may even escalate soon | Fortune
Iran wants to "humiliate" Trump and may still escalate its attacks to recapturing its waning leverage.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 49m
Palantir founder and CEO Alex Karp is known in the U.S. for his $450 billion AI defense company, but in Sweden, he’s ruffled feathers by snapping up thousands of acres of land, disrupting local hunting. bit.ly/4rIhMJN
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp quietly purchased 37,000 acres of forests in Sweden—and locals found out when hunters lost leases to use the property | Fortune
Cladonia Skog AB, a newly registered company owned by Karp, said it would use the land for “forestry and other related activities.”
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Fortune @fortune.com · 1h
With 2.1 million skilled trades jobs expected to go unfilled by 2030, Ford CEO Jim Farley brought leaders together at the Ford Pro Accelerate summit to discuss how to boost the “essential economy.” #CEODaily bit.ly/4z7IAW9
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The U.S. needs 1.7 million skilled trades workers a year. Ford wants to help train them | Fortune
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Fortune @fortune.com · 1h
The exigencies of AI are placing @PaloAltoNtwks CEO @nikesharora at the center of a widening reckoning in tech—and making him a sought-after counselor to AI leaders and fellow CEOs. bit.ly/4z16ena
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Palo Alto Networks' Nikesh Arora is building a defense against the dark side of AI | Fortune
Cybersecurity’s AI reckoning has arrived, and Arora has become a go-to advisor to CEOs.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 3h
As “funflation” makes the cost of leaving the house increasingly expensive, some Americans are turning their spending toward having fun at home. bit.ly/3Tw4Zxi
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Funflation is hitting hobbies just as Americans spend more on fun at home to avoid going out | Fortune
The rising cost of airfare, eating out, and gas has made Americans pickier about their spending.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 4h
“Currently, there are hundreds of thousands of skilled trade roles open across the U.S. just waiting to be filled,” Google's Tim Chadwick wrote. bit.ly/4yon13y
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Google data center lead says ‘hundreds of thousands’ of skilled trade jobs are open across the U.S.—and they’re ‘just waiting to be filled’ | Fortune
Despite growing backlash over data centers, trillions in AI investment are fueling a surge in high-paying skilled trades jobs across the U.S.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 16h
The U.S.-China rivalry has produced an “over-securitization of almost everything,” a leading Chinese strategist said. bit.ly/46MHoLQ
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The U.S. should be ‘more confident’ and less worried about losing ground to China, says Peking University expert | Fortune
As U.S.-China relations thaw, Peking University’s Yu Tiejun argues that Washington's fears of losing the tech race are misplaced.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 18h
"For 80% of our general managers, they started off as hourly workers,” Danny Meyer told #CEODaily.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 18h
EliseAI, the artificial intelligence company that automates back-office work for landlords and health systems, has raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation, the company told Fortune. bit.ly/4iVocD0
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Exclusive: AI housing unicorn EliseAI hits $4 billion valuation in new funding round led by a16z and Bessemer | Fortune
"The industries where AI matters most are still not the ones getting the most attention," says CEO Minna Song.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 20h
Funko CEO Josh Simon’s first job was working under former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, where taking a risk taught him a career lesson he still carries today. bit.ly/47m9CNE
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He was Disney's most junior employee when he rewrote the CEO's op-ed. Now he's a CEO, with advice for Gen Z: ‘Don't really ask for permission’  | Fortune
Funko CEO Josh Simon’s first job was working under Disney’s Michael Eisner, where taking a risk taught him a career lesson he still carries today.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 20h
Wharton's Jeremy Siegel has a theory: AI could help address the affordability crisis through agents tasked with making consumers’ lives cheaper. bit.ly/4yoZcJd
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AI may prove disinflationary because agents can negotiate contracts and deals to make your life cheaper, says top economist | Fortune
Personalized AI agents "could ultimately be an important competitive, and disinflationary, force across the economy," Prof. Siegel wrote.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 22h
Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm just donated $150 million to the University of Oklahoma to study diabetes, the disease he was diagnosed with in his 50s. bit.ly/4hTtXQs
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Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm donates $150M to the University of Oklahoma to help study a cause that’s personal to him: diabetes | Fortune
The gift is the largest in OU's history, and it arrives as Oklahoma ranks near the bottom nationally for health system performance.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 23h
AMD's acquisition of World Labs is an extremely rare AI deal between two of the women at the very top of this industry. bit.ly/4rFYlRI
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Fortune @fortune.com · 23h
CFOs are feeling better about their own companies even as they become more cautious about markets and the broader economy. #CFODaily bit.ly/4xW0UAG
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83% of CFOs say U.S. stocks are overvalued, even as optimism about their companies rises | Fortune
CFO confidence rebounds, but executives remain measured in their assessment of the broader economy.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 29/09/2026
Generative AI is the driving force behind a sharply rising number of platform functions, user interactions, and creative processes at Netflix today. bit.ly/3ViLGrO
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How Netflix is using AI to personalize streaming | Fortune
Netflix is using AI to make recommendations and advertising more personalized—and to give filmmakers new production tools—while trying to preserve human creative control in an industry wary of the tec...
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Fortune @fortune.com · 29/09/2026
A leaked IPO prospectus is giving investors the first detailed view of Anthropic’s finances ahead of an upcoming public listing. bit.ly/4ymaZaW
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Fortune @fortune.com · 29/09/2026
Billionaire David Rubenstein says the fundamentals for career success haven’t changed—even as AI has come into the picture. bit.ly/4hAuDsM
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Billionaire David Rubenstein tells young workers to learn how to read and write in the AI era: ‘Learn how to speak effectively and persuasively’ | Fortune
The Carlyle cofounder says the core skills of reading and writing have made people “successful over the last several thousand years,” and will never change.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 29/09/2026
"It’s not clear to me that money will even matter in the future," Elon Musk said. bit.ly/4d6749U
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Elon Musk says money might ‘not even matter’ in the future—but tells Gen Z to study arts, sciences, and engineering to know what to ask AI and robots | Fortune
The Tesla CEO says humanoid robots will usher in an “age of abundance”—and advises young people to embrace broad learning to better work with AI.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
Shafter, Texas, is a ghost town in a county that just keeps getting emptier. But 81-year-old billionaire John Poindexter, is betting on it anyway. bit.ly/4hf6Gbs
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
Navya Tuteja, a high school senior, launched Raaha, a free AI platform that lets neurodivergent job seekers score a listing for fit before they apply. bit.ly/4AzP1CN
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Her school blocked ChatGPT. Now this 17-year-old high school senior runs an AI startup with 1,000 users | Fortune
Navya Tuteja's school WiFi blocked ChatGPT and Claude: "It made me use it in school way less ... as annoying as it was, it was still good, in a way."
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
The legal channel the Trump administration is using to seize three oil tankers linked to Iran and enforce forfeiture is known as prize law and has its roots in the Middle Ages. bit.ly/3V4T8a1
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The U.S. may soon receive $600 million worth of Iranian oil that was seized earlier in the war, putting an ancient body of maritime law back in focus | Fortune
The legal channel the administration is using to seize the tankers is known as prize law and has its roots in the Middle Ages.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
Lisa Su's AMD became the first company led by a female CEO to be worth more than $1 trillion. bit.ly/4dFkx8G
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
With no heirs to leave his wealth to, 81-year-old billionaire John Poindexter is funneling some of his fortune into a quite unexpected cause: a small town in West Texas. bit.ly/4hf6Gbs
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With no heirs to leave it to, this billionaire is pouring his fortune into a Texas ghost town of about 25 people | Fortune
John Poindexter, the 81-year-old founder of truck-body maker J.B. Poindexter & Co., wants to turn Shafter, Texas, into a living history museum.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
“We don’t set different prices based on who you are or the time of day, and we won’t,” Walmart CEO John Furner wrote in a statement. bit.ly/4hcs2pW
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
Oracle awarded cofounder Larry Ellison and its co-CEOs stock option packages with a combined grant-date value of $988 million. By the end of the fiscal year, however, all of those options were underwater. bit.ly/4hj4luI
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Oracle gave Larry Ellison and his new co-CEOs nearly $1 billion in stock options. By fiscal year end, all were underwater | Fortune
New CFO Hilary Maxson, who opted to take some of her pay in restricted stock units, fared much better.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
“Whether you’re buying groceries or electronics on a hot afternoon or in a sudden rush for an item, it’s never a reason to charge you more,” Walmart Inc. CEO John Furner wrote in a statement posted on the company’s website. bit.ly/4hcs2pW
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Walmart CEO says that the retail giant and its AI shopping assistant aren't using personal information to set prices amid rollout of digital labels | Fortune
“Whether you’re buying groceries or electronics on a hot afternoon or in a sudden rush for an item, it’s never a reason to charge you more.”
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
Americans’ views of China are warming as the world’s view of America is getting colder. #CEODaily bit.ly/4iO3jtj
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Why the U.S.-China thaw is harder than it looks | Fortune
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
OpenAI said Friday that its AI agents had gained access to private images belonging to ChatGPT users and posted them online. bit.ly/4iPsOug
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
As large companies get larger than ever, norms are shifting, making things riskier for 401(k) holders who thought they were playing it safe. bit.ly/4xK7FoZ
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Your 401(k) is funding the AI boom. Here’s what that means for your retirement | Fortune
The passive-investing revolution was supposed to spread risk. Instead, it has tied millions of workers’ nest eggs ever more tightly to the fortunes of Big Tech.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
Warren Buffett’s middle child, Howard Buffett, recently took over his father’s position as Berkshire Hathaway chairman. Most interestingly, he was previously a farmer. bit.ly/4huFAfp
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Fortune @fortune.com · 28/09/2026
The U.S. initiated its naval blockade in April, targeting ships attempting to enter or leave Iranian ports. It also applied to Iran-linked vessels anywhere in the world, including the Indian and Pacific Oceans. bit.ly/3V4T8a1
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The U.S. may soon receive $600 million worth of Iranian oil that was seized earlier in the war, putting an ancient body of maritime law back in focus | Fortune
The legal channel the administration is using to seize the tankers is known as prize law and has its roots in the Middle Ages.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
“The mistake we see all too often is the tendency to bundle two very different decisions. Where you want to live need not be where you want to invest.” bit.ly/3TrMA4I
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Thinking about buying stocks instead of a home as mortgage rates top 7%? The S&P 500 has blown away the housing market over the past decade | Fortune
"Buying a home also bundles two very important, but very different, decisions: where to live, and how to invest a large chunk of your life savings."
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
Navya Tuteja, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology outside Washington, D.C., launched Raaha, a free platform that lets neurodivergent job seekers score a listing for fit before they apply. bit.ly/4AzP1CN
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Her school blocked ChatGPT. Now this 17-year-old high school senior runs an AI startup with 1,000 users | Fortune
Navya Tuteja's school WiFi blocked ChatGPT and Claude: "It made me use it in school way less ... as annoying as it was, it was still good, in a way."
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
“This could lead to a fiscal crisis, which could result in exploding unemployment rates, crashing asset values, surging inflation, falling incomes, sharp and unexpected increases in taxes and cuts in government support, or some combination.” bit.ly/4z6Gu97
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The U.S. economy is running hot and stuck on a hamster wheel as GDP growth must outpace borrowing costs—or else get sucked into a debt spiral | Fortune
"With interest rates on new Treasury bonds and notes at around 5% and medium-term nominal economic growth expected to be closer to 4%, the U.S. is entering a debt spiral."
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
No European country has felt this shift more than Germany, the continent’s biggest economy and the fourth largest in the world. Since 2019, the mix of goods China exports to other countries has started to resemble Germany’s: mostly factory machinery and cars. bit.ly/4yegNDr
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'China has arrived’: From $1,000 Gucci sneakers to German cars, the world's No. 2 economy is coming for the industries that made Europe rich | Fortune
China learned from Europe's industrial giants, and now its factories are challenging them in cars, machinery and even luxury goods
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
BMO’s research found 60% of Gen Z homeowners and 57% of Millennial homeowners said they could not have purchased a home without financial support from their families. Nearly six in 10 Gen Z adults also expected to receive or ask for financial help from parents or grandparents. bit.ly/4ybHt7M
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In the affordability crisis, 37% of parents are counting on financial help from the Bank of Baby Boomers and can't wait for the Great Wealth Transfer | Fortune
The cost of childcare has led many families to turn to their parents before the Great Wealth Transfer.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
What happens when an ultrawealthy person has no descendants? In the case of 81-year-old billionaire John Poindexter, he’s getting creative and funneling some of his wealth into the super small town of Shafter in West Texas. bit.ly/4hf6Gbs
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With no heirs to leave it to, this billionaire is pouring his fortune into a Texas ghost town of about 25 people | Fortune
John Poindexter, the 81-year-old founder of truck-body maker J.B. Poindexter & Co., wants to turn Shafter, Texas, into a living history museum.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
They learn how to prepare resumes and develop their LinkedIn pages, sitting through mock interviews to fine-tune their speaking skills. The Gen Zers are taught to keep their phones away during meetings, ditch abbreviations in their emails, and keep on top of meeting documents. bit.ly/4hrRPtb
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Gen Z aren’t ready for the workplace—and this youth job program CEO is giving them a crash course in emails and workplace etiquette to change that | Fortune
Byron V. Garrett, the CEO of Genesys Works, says employers “want someone who's ready to go to work,” so it's training thousands of underserved U.S. teens.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 27/09/2026
A now U.S.-friendly interim Venezuelan government still doesn’t want to give up its crown-jewel assets in Citgo, and the Trump administration may be more amenable to that sentiment from Caracas. bit.ly/4AB77V2
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How Trump could wrest Citgo from Elliott Management and hand it back to Venezuela | Fortune
The fate of Citgo may be decided by whether the Trump administration opts to hand it to Elliott or Venezuela.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
“The resulting increase in debt as a percentage of GDP increases interest rates on Treasury securities even further. Thus, macroeconomic effects push interest rates above the initial boost that was built into the scenario.” bit.ly/4hpYFzg
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Here's how much worse U.S. debt could get as Treasury yields surge to the highest levels in two decades | Fortune
Publicly held debt would explode to 222% of GDP by 2056, under a scenario where interest rates rise by 1 percentage point.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
The recent surge is due to Saudi Arabia shifting its oil shipments back through the Persian Gulf, after previously diverting them to Red Sea ports, and more daytime transits via the Strait of Hormuz with U.S. Central Command’s help. bit.ly/4hb5N3G
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Trump stonewalls Iran as U.S. helps double oil volume exiting the Persian Gulf, with the military now guiding ships through Hormuz in broad daylight | Fortune
Tanker Trackers estimated that the total amount of crude oil exiting the U.S. blockade line is now 13 million barrels per day.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
“If you make it more intelligent and its main concern is our well-being, then maybe we’re safer. But at present, their main concern is not our well-being. Their main concern is to achieve whatever goal you give them.” bit.ly/3TuybVo
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'Godfather of AI' explains how humanity could end: Even without a bad actor, AI 'may derive subgoals that cause it to want to get rid of people' | Fortune
"But at present, their main concern is not our well-being. Their main concern is to achieve whatever goal you give them."
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
The decline is unsurprising, given Oracle stock’s volatile year and the fact that the options were priced near the peak. Oracle has been racing to finance and build data centers, spending $55.7 billion in capital last fiscal year. Shares are down 53% over the past 12 months. bit.ly/4hj4luI
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Oracle gave Larry Ellison and his new co-CEOs nearly $1 billion in stock options. By fiscal year end, all were underwater | Fortune
New CFO Hilary Maxson, who opted to take some of her pay in restricted stock units, fared much better.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
Before the Tmall launch, Alo kicked off an eight-week series of community events in Shanghai, including running clubs, city walks, outdoor yoga, cycling and wellness classes. The programming introduced consumers to what Alo calls the “Alosphere.” bit.ly/3VRa8Ra
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Alo is defying China's consumer slowdown, selling $1.5 million in one minute and planning 8 more stores | Fortune
Alo just broke a Tmall record in China as Lululemon stumbles.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
Some sellers have become so desperate they are dropping the asking price in addition to concessions: In August, 15.8% of homes around the country saw both a price drop and a concession, the highest share since Redfin began collecting the data point. bit.ly/4xMJ1Eo
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Nearly half of home sellers are now offering incentives to unload their properties—even $20,000 in concessions and all-expenses-paid cruises | Fortune
“If we were to quantify all these concessions…we would see that home prices are down, and people are getting better deals,” Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather said.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
The new revelation is significant because it is the first time the company has said that one of its AI models was able to gain unauthorized internet access since announcing a range of steps on Aug. 18 to improve the security and monitoring of its “sandboxes.” bit.ly/4yhcIOK
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OpenAI pauses training a second time after saying its AI agents escaped a secure 'sandbox' again just last weekend | Fortune
OpenAI looks to improve test security again after upgrades it made after the Hugging Face attack proved insufficient.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
Although the restaurant business is stressful, Scotto can watch customers enjoy dishes rooted in his family’s history while employees make money and a brand his family owns continues to grow. “If we fail, it’s because of us, and if we do well, it’s because of us.” bit.ly/4rwYXZP
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He landed his dream job at BlackRock—then quit to build a 300-person restaurant business | Fortune
Anthony Scotto III traded corporate security for seven-day workweeks, hundreds of employees, and a rapidly expanding family business.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
The flagship Associate to Driver program pays eligible associates while they earn a commercial driver’s license and transition into the retailer’s fleet. First-year drivers can make up to $115,000 annually, and more experienced drivers can earn up to $135,000. bit.ly/4jn4GPJ
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For Gen Z workers wary of college debt, Walmart offers a road to six figures without a degree | Fortune
The retail giant is training store associates for in-demand roles as truck drivers, technicians, and opticians.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
Animoca Brands President Evan Auyang has an odd résumé for someone leading one of Hong Kong’s most prominent Web 3.0 startups. bit.ly/4yimcte
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Animoca’s Evan Auyang worked in finance and public transit before crypto. Here’s why he thinks the blockchain should be more like a bus  | Fortune
The ex–deputy chief of Kowloon Motor Bus—where he haggled with politicians and triads over bus routes—is now helping build a HKD stablecoin.
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Fortune @fortune.com · 26/09/2026
“There’s a fear of failure,” Peter Thiel said of German entrepreneurship, adding, “Perhaps there’s also a fear of success.” bit.ly/4iJEIWv
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Peter Thiel says Germany has a ‘fear of success’ problem—and it explains why entrepreneurs don’t scale like Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg | Fortune
The billionaire cofounder of PayPal and Palantir warns that Germany’s entrepreneurs too often shy away from scaling companies into global giants.
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