BUSINESS NEWS
- Citi CEO Jane Fraser swears by Warren Buffett’s golden rule for dealing with conflict at work: ‘Never, ever respond to that email in anger’
by Preston Fore on September 26, 2026 at 1:10 pmCitigroup CEO Jane Fraser says Warren Buffett gave her two rules for handling conflict at work. The first? "You can always call them an a--hole tomorrow."
- Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary doesn’t care if you work from your basement. He just wants to know if you can ‘execute’
by Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on September 26, 2026 at 1:06 pmCompanies forcing workers back to the office are potentially giving up their best talent, he said.
- The $40 trillion U.S. national debt is smaller than Japan’s relative to its economy—but economist warns America is still ‘the world’s largest debtor’
by Sasha Rogelberg on September 26, 2026 at 1:03 pm“Japan’s debt dynamics are fundamentally different from those of the United States … Japan is the world’s largest creditor nation. The U.S. is the world’s largest debtor.”
- Microsoft VP: SaaS isn’t dying. It’s becoming the operating system for AI agents—and that changes everything
by Bryan Goode on September 26, 2026 at 12:30 pmThe "toggle tax" is costing enterprises more than time, but the SaaS crash never came. AI agents are finally eliminating the human middleware holding workflows together.
- Hershey CEO: America’s 250 years of innovation and why we expanded our innovation pipeline 50% in one year
by Kirk Tanner on September 26, 2026 at 12:00 pmHershey has witnessed two World Wars, the Great Depression and two dozen U.S. presidents, but things like Reese's Oreo are still brand new.
- We’re researchers tracking the nonprofit crisis. Philanthropy’s response is not enough
by Phil Buchanan, Elisha Smith Arrillaga on September 26, 2026 at 11:00 amFoundations hold $1.8 trillion in assets but are not meeting nonprofits’ moment of crisis.
- Oracle gave Larry Ellison and his co-CEOs nearly $1 billion in stock options. By fiscal year end, all were underwater
by Amanda Gerut on September 26, 2026 at 10:30 amNew CFO Hilary Maxson, who opted to take some of her pay in restricted stock units, fared much better.
- How Japan went from a rice shortage to a rice surplus in two years, as climate change, tourism, and a U.S. trade fight collided
by Catherina Gioino on September 26, 2026 at 10:00 amA drought-driven shortage in 2024 nearly doubled prices to ¥4,300 a bag and toppled a minister, before farmers overcorrected into a record surplus.
- Alo is defying China’s consumer slowdown, selling $1.5 million in one minute and planning 8 more stores
by Bilin Lin on September 26, 2026 at 9:08 amAlo just broke a Tmall record in China as Lululemon stumbles.
- Women hold more U.S. jobs than men—but still earn far less starting the day they graduate
by Muskaan Arshad on September 11, 2026 at 3:53 pmFemale workers are driving nearly all of America's job growth as men keep leaving the labor force. Their paychecks tell the opposite story—and the gap only widens with age.