BUSINESS NEWS
- ‘If there’s no bottom rung on the ladder, it’s really hard to leap up’: Nonprofits focused on Gen Z employment get $25m Citi Foundation windfall
by James Pollard, The Associated Press on October 21, 2025 at 8:34 pmCiti Foundation identified youth employability as the theme for its $25 million Global Innovation Challenge this year.
- Salesforce revamps Agentforce to try to pull customers across the gap between AI capabilities and AI adoption
by Jeremy Kahn on October 21, 2025 at 7:15 pmSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff acknowledges enterprises need hand-holding to build effective AI agents
- OpenAI unveils its Atlas web browser in a bid to supplant Google as the internet’s universal starting point
by Alexei Oreskovic on October 21, 2025 at 6:26 pmChatGPT Atlas looks and works much like a standard web browser but infuses generative AI capabilities throughout the experience.
- Novo chairman to step down in board rift over pace of change
by Deirdre Hipwell, Maddie Parker, Bloomberg on October 21, 2025 at 6:11 pmThe move is part of a wider shakeup at the maker of Wegovy and Ozempic drugs, with more than half of the board members set to depart.
- Warner Bros. confirms it’s considering a sale after ‘unsolicited interest from multiple parties,’ stock soars over 11%
by Nick Lichtenberg on October 21, 2025 at 3:48 pm“It’s no surprise that the significant value of our portfolio is receiving increased recognition by others in the market,” CEO David Zaslav said.
- Brené Brown warns American workers are not neurologically wired for this level of rapid change and instability: ‘People are not okay’
by Emma Burleigh on October 21, 2025 at 3:40 pm“People are emotionally dysregulated, distrustful, and disconnected,” bestselling author and professor Brené Brown warns.
- General Motors surges nearly 15% on earnings beat, raises full-year guidance
by Nick Lichtenberg on October 21, 2025 at 3:13 pmEven as GM beat estimates on key metrics, net income saw a sharp year-over-year decline to $1.32 billion, less than half of the previous year’s $3 billion.
- Fear sweeps the C-suite—companies pour millions into security as threats against executives surge
by Amanda Gerut on October 21, 2025 at 2:44 pmPersonal security provided to executives jumped from 17% to 27% of companies in two years while cybersecurity protections tripled, a Goldman Sachs affiliate’s survey revealed.
- Reid Hoffman rallies behind Anthropic in clash with Trump administration, and CEO Amodei drags JD Vance into the fray
by Beatrice Nolan on October 21, 2025 at 2:37 pmReid Hoffman defends Anthropic amid a growing rift in Silicon Valley, as AI czar David Sacks criticizes the company’s approach to regulation and safety.
- The CEO of corporate credit card unicorn Ramp says the company’s counterintuitive secret to success is helping customers spend less
by Fortune Editors on October 15, 2025 at 5:12 pm"What if actually we wanted the same things as our customers, and what if our goal was," Glyman told Fortune, "actually just help them spend less?"
