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Current price of oil as of Oct. 13, 2026

When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.

Fortune · 12h ago

The Turing Trap is turning into a Talent Trap: The wrong AI strategy could strand millions of skilled workers

There's a parallel to the mistake of treating AI as imitating humans rather than building systems that complement and extend human capabilities.

Fortune · 12h ago

Startup Causa Prima raises $20 million to tackle billing disputes with AI agents

Backed by Base10, Causa Prima’s software lets buyers’ and suppliers’ AI agents negotiate payment terms.

Fortune · 14h ago

This 39-year-old quit 80-hour consulting weeks to make underwear for his struggling family business. He credits 'sweaty feet' for record profits

"If my sock doesn't fit just right, then when I get back from my hike, I go to the sock department," Minus33 President Lawson Glidden told Fortune.

Fortune · 17h ago

The world's largest crypto exchange says its users are asking for the top 10 stocks in Asia

Several cryptocurrency exchanges are transforming themselves from apps devoted to coins into platforms handling different asset classes.

Fortune · 17h ago

Who’s trading your crypto? In the future, it may be an AI agent

“We’re the busiest we’ve ever been,” says Blockaid cofounder Ido Ben-Natan.

Fortune · 21h ago

Alphabet president Ruth Porat on how Google is funding AI to win long term, and the biggest risks ahead

Google is spending about $200 billion on its AI build-out this year, Porat confirmed at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on Monday, and the peak is still around the corner.

Fortune · 22h ago

Top execs say the $124 trillion Great Wealth Transfer, women entrepreneurs, and veterans are poised to remake the financial landscape

Women are stepping into new wealth, and they want other women to oversee how their fortunes are deployed. Nonprofit Girls Who Invest received 4,000 applications this year.

Fortune · Oct 13

‘If you take your foot off the pedal at all, you will start to stall’: Women in C-suite roles have stagnated, and the reasons go beyond the pipeline

Women’s share of roles in both the C-suite and at the board level has stalled at about 30%, marking the first decline in women’s board representation in more than a decade.

Fortune · Oct 12

Susan Collins’s allies spent $25,000 attacking her rival in the Oregon version of Portland: ‘They can’t even find it on a map’

“Good luck convincing Mainers you know what’s best for them when you don’t know which Portland they live in,” blasted her Democratic rival.

Fortune · Oct 12