BUSINESS NEWS
- Elon Musk revives billionaire beef with Bill Gates, says he better exit his ‘crazy short’ against Tesla soon or else add to his $1.5 billion in losses
by Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on November 18, 2025 at 11:05 am“I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla,” Musk said at the time Gates made his bet.
- One man is responsible for the McDonald’s Dollar Menu, Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust, and Smashburger. Meet Tom Ryan
by Dave Smith on November 18, 2025 at 11:03 amRyan was a hitmaker everywhere he went, from Pizza Hut to Quiznos to McDonald's and beyond.
- Trust is the missing ingredient in the AI boom
by Richard Edelman on November 18, 2025 at 11:00 amThere is a soft underbelly of the AI boom, a deep sense of unease about its employment effects and a lack of understanding of benefits to the consumer.
- Satya Nadella relinquishes his role as Microsoft’s communicator-in-chief—right when he’s needed most
by Diane Brady on November 18, 2025 at 10:48 amAlso: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
- Odds of President Trump paying out $2,000 tariff rebate checks now sit at just 2%
by Eleanor Pringle on November 18, 2025 at 10:33 amIn the days since President Trump made the pledge, members of his cabinet have poured cold water on the plans.
- Newly released emails and a Trump-ordered investigation have thrust billionaire LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman into the Epstein firestorm
by Lily Mae Lazarus on November 18, 2025 at 9:30 amDocuments show Epstein was giving advice to Hoffman as late as 2017.
- Trump ‘dominates the political scene’ like no other recent U.S. president, says famed diplomat Kishore Mahbubani
by Angelica Ang on November 18, 2025 at 7:06 amAmerica’s economy is still 1.5 times larger than China’s, and it has a powerful weapon: the U.S. dollar.
- ‘May I meet you’: Bill Ackman’s dating tip captivates the internet
by Eva Roytburg on November 17, 2025 at 6:59 pmYour next relationship might start with: “May I meet you?”
- How Malaysia shrugged off Trump’s tariffs, according to its finance minister: ‘We didn’t panic’
by David Austin on November 17, 2025 at 5:23 pm"We weren’t going out there and saying 'I’m going to reset my [growth] targets,'" Malaysia Finance Minister II Amir Hamzah Azizan explained.
- Visa leans into AI-enabled payments and stablecoins to stay ahead of the game in Asia
by Angelica Ang on November 17, 2025 at 4:00 amOne thing missing from current chatbots is "the ability to make payment via an agent,” said Asia-Pacific president Stephen Karpin.