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Most executives announcing layoffs lean on a familiar script. They talk about efficiency, strategic alignment, and the need to position the company for long-term growth. The language is careful. The emotion is managed. What Mark Zuckerberg wrote to employees on May 20 was something different. In a memo to staff posted by Business Insider, Zuckerberg […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed earlier this year that the company now writes up to 30% of its code using generative AI. The company has invested $13 billion in OpenAI. It built GitHub Copilot. It has made AI central to every product in its portfolio. On May 14, Microsoft (MSFT) sent thousands of its own

David Einhorn is not known for cheerleading. The Greenlight Capital founder built his reputation on sharp short bets, including his famous calls against Lehman Brothers and Allied Capital. When Einhorn goes on offense, Wall Street tends to pay attention. So when the billionaire hedge fund manager stepped onto the Sohn Investment Conference stage this month,

As a journalist covering the cannabis landscape for over five years, I’ve reported on a number of regulatory changes and medical achievements in the space. Over the last decade, the U.S. cannabis industry exploded, evolving from a stigmatized underground market into a fully fledged consumer sector.  Just recently, Target expanded its hemp-derived THC beverage footprint

The soda market has grown beyond being an indulgence. For decades, grabbing a Coke, a Pepsi, or some other flavor of soda was a treat. Now, at least for younger generations, soda has become a functional beverage. Rachel Bonsignore, vice president of consumer life at NielsenIQ (NIQ), told Beverage Digest that Generation Z (people born

Big banks are strange companies to own. From the outside, they look slow and lumbering. From the inside, they are a single bad weekend away from a phone call to the Treasury Department. That tension is what makes investing in them so hard. It is also the whole reason an unglamorous piece of post-2008 regulation

Most financial advisors tell you to keep three to six months of living expenses in an emergency fund and move on. Suze Orman thinks that guidance falls dangerously short for anyone approaching retirement. Her recommendation breaks sharply from the industry standard, and the gap between what she suggests and what most planners advise is far

For years, HP Inc. (HPQ) has been a company investors bought for the dividend, not the upside. A slow PC and printer business that pays a generous quarterly check, has a single-digit earnings multiple, and almost no story. Then last Friday happened. HPQ jumped sharply in a single session, up 15%, according to IBTimes. The

It could produce 100 customized pizzas per hour with one employee. It had backing from Paul Allen’s investment firm. It partnered with Domino’s. It raised more than $53 million over a decade. On May 11, Picnic executed a General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors. In plain terms: the company ran out of money and

Most families know they need life insurance, but a detailed breakdown from Fidelity Investments shows that choosing between term and whole life involves tradeoffs that can quietly reshape your finances for decades. The two policy types share several structural features, including tax-free death benefits, fixed premiums, and medical underwriting, which makes them look interchangeable at