Players are experiencing safety threats from ‘vitriol’ of prediction market users, 11x WNBA All-Star Nneka Ogwumike warns
“It’s not a safe place for athletes,” Ogwumike, the president of the WNBA Players Association, told Fortune.
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ServiceNow CFO says leaders working 14 hours and getting 4 hours of sleep set a ‘terrible example’ for their employees
“Recovery is part of the performance,” ServiceNow president and CFO Gina Mastantuono said.
Boardrooms are no longer rewarded for being right, Lumen CEO says, and it means executive partnerships are more important than ever
“We had to come in with a strong opinion. We had to have all the facts we had to master, and that is just not possible in today's market,” Kate Johnson said.
The $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer and women’s earning power has created a ‘perfect storm’ of opportunity, wealth executives say
Around 53% of women’s assets are currently unmanaged by professional advisors. Wealth management execs say women need to take the reins of their financial futures.
With U.S. debt above $40 trillion, the IMF chief warns that economic growth alone won’t solve the problem
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the U.S. can grow its way out of the debt.
‘He can’t run again’: MAGA merch sellers are closing shop and cutting prices. One sold $63 million but now she’s closed three stores
MAGA merch boomed while Trump was on the ballot, but sellers are closing stores, slashing prices, and wondering if their businesses can outlast him.
Women see five or six doctors to figure out menopause symptoms. A top Novartis exec says AI could finally connect the dots
At Fortune’s MPW Summit, top health care leaders said midlife care is too fragmented, and AI could help women put the pieces together.
Katie Zacharia lasts five days, or half a Scaramucci, as White House press secretary
She said failing the bar exam was “somewhat inconsequential” since she would not need to be a barred attorney while in China.
Boards don’t want retirees in times of rapid change and those who leave full-time roles could be out in the cold, execs warn
Leaders from H&S, TwinPoint Collective, Black Women on Boards, and Logitech weigh in on board recruitment and how women can position themselves for a seat.
The American Dream now costs $5.3 million—and even college grads will fall $1.2 million short
Housing and child-rearing costs are driving the increase, while a record number of renters spend more than 30% of their income just to keep a roof overhead.
Woman pleads guilty in $1.2 billion plot targeting Wes Edens, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and Aston Villa, and co-founder of Fortress Investment
Court documents allege she hid a phone in sanitary pads, and describe a LinkedIn message and two other men she allegedly defrauded.
For one grocery chain, the cost to ship lettuce now tops the lettuce itself, showing how high fuel prices are sinking their teeth across the economy
“Higher gas prices are beginning to bite because, unlike earlier in the year, there’s no offset this time around from fiscal policy.”
A rogue OpenAI agent robbed a crypto wallet to obtain funds to carry out a task
An AI agent turned to funded wallets after it failed to get free tokens to test a crypto trading app.
OpenAI discloses four more rogue incidents involving financial, medical, and government data
The company flagged two new incidents as “critical,” yet did not discover or disclose them until months later.
AI agents are going rogue—the labs’ own training choices are a big reason why
From the Hugging Face attack to government breaches, researchers say rogue AI incidents result from how companies train their models, and the race to ship them.
Despite making over $200,000 a year, many NFL referees still hold full-time jobs as attorneys, aerospace engineers, and college professors
Gen Z may be juggling multiple jobs out of financial necessity, but they’re not alone. Many of the NFL’s 121 referees hold second jobs—just for fun.
Italy’s air traffic now fully restored after a network disruption led to 50% less planes in the sky
This caused delays at airports across the country, including Rome’s Fiumicino airport and airports serving Milan and Bergamo
Qatar will help revive Lebanon’s economy by fixing its power grid and rebuilding the war-damaged south, prime minister said
Qatar has also given tens of millions of dollars to the Lebanese army since the country's economic meltdown began in 2019
Amazon pulled a $4 ‘sterling silver’ ring that was 92% cancer-causing cadmium. A jewelry expert warns it’s back
A ring matching one that tested at more than 9,000 times the U.K.’s legal cadmium limit has resurfaced on Amazon under a new seller. A similar “sterling silver” design sells in the U.S. for $4.99, about what the silver alone in a genuine ring would be worth.
Elon Musk spent $158 million on GOP leadership. Dem candidate James Talarico says rallygoers are ‘my slingshot’ against the ‘Goliaths’ to win Texas
The description falls in line with Talarico's past rhetoric painting politics not as right versus left, but the ultrawealthy versus everyone else.
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