The age of the everything executive The C-suite is asking executives to do more and oversee more functions. Fortune · Jul 20
I've interviewed 700 leaders. The ones outsourcing their thinking to AI lose their best people first There's an old warning about AI for leaders, from the story Charlie Munger used to tell about Max Planck: "I'll ask my chauffeur to reply." Fortune · Jul 20
The FDA’s peptide vote could create telehealth's next multibillion-dollar market As regulators weigh whether pharmacies can legally compound wellness peptides, companies are preparing for a repeat of the GLP-1 boom—only this time with even murkier science. Fortune · Jul 20
Gas prices spiral over $4 as U.S.-Iran war heats up again, amid warning that 'economic gravity' will soon catch up to American families "In the Wile E. Coyote scenario, economic gravity eventually exerts itself," wrote UBS's Paul Donovan this morning. Fortune · Jul 20
‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Hackers are stealing data they can't even read yet—banking on quantum computers to crack it later Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning. Fortune · Jul 20
Retirees wait for the day they can sell their homes and cash in—but there's a secret Medicare 'trap' that could stop them in their tracks Selling your home near retirement age can trigger a Medicare premium surcharge that costs thousands a year—and most retirees don't find out until the bill arrives. Fortune · Jul 20
It’s not just Taco Bell lettuce and possible glass in Pillsbury rolls: Food and drink recall events reached a 6-year year-over-year high A General Mills recall and cyclospora outbreak traced back to a Taco Bell supplier have made consumers antsy about food safety. Fortune · Jul 20
Current price of oil as of July 20, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. Fortune · Jul 20
How Nestlé turned a chocolate heist into a masterclass in brand building When thieves made off with a truckload of KitKats, Nestlé's marketing team decided the best crisis response was to make a joke of it—it’s European marketing head explains how it pulled off the feat. Fortune · Jul 20
Agentic commerce is coming—and the battle to build its infrastructure is on Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Jul 20
The minimum wage is now the lowest it’s been in 70 years—making the federal wage floor ‘officially a poverty wage,’ report finds “We are currently in the longest period of inaction on the federal minimum wage since its inception in 1938,” economist Sylvia Allegretto wrote in a recent report. Fortune · Jul 20
'Milliseconds matter in modern markets': How Trump's Truth API, and less frequent SEC filings, could create a 'two-tiered market' A paid feed for market-moving posts and an option to end quarterly reports could narrow who gets to know what and when in the world's deepest market Fortune · Jul 20
Backed by Daymond John and Post Malone, this Afghan-born founder built a $150M brand. Her real mission: the women back home Durana Elmi left Afghanistan as an infant. Decades later, the perspective she gained from afar shapes every call she makes at her supplement brand, Cymbiotika. Fortune · Jul 20
Warren Buffett says his $147 billion investing career was an accident: ‘I may be one of the 10 luckiest in the world’ The billionaire says luck, not just skill, has been a defining force behind his investing career. Fortune · Jul 20
Fortune · Jul 19 Markets brace for return to all-out war in Iran amid rising U.S. death toll, while former NATO commander warns Suez Canal could be next Retired Adm. James Stavridis told CNN on Sunday that Trump now has three options, and "and none of them are good."
Fortune · Jul 19 The U.K. is getting a new prime minister, but bond investors are really in charge and 'hyper-reactive,' Wall Street veteran says "But investors know it’s the bond market that will call the shots in the $4.2 trillion economy no matter who sits in the prime minister’s office."
Fortune · Jul 19 The world is looking ahead toward a post-Iran oil market that offsets most Hormuz volumes in a few years as ships reject a U.S.-backed alternate route Goldman Sachs estimated that enough Mideast pipeline capacity could be added to insulate 75% of the pre-war Gulf exports by the end of 2028.
Fortune · Jul 19 MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce CEOs who cut entry-level jobs risk long-term fallout, warns MIT’s Andrew McAfee—as IBM and Salesforce double down on Gen Z talent.
Fortune · Jul 19 A decade after the ‘Godfather of AI’ said radiologists were obsolete, their salaries are up to $571K and demand is growing fast "As long as AI doesn't make this quantum leap of becoming sort of AGI,” most jobs are going to be reasonably safe, said one economist.
Fortune · Jul 19 America's math and reading scores tanked after schools ditched textbooks for screens—and AI could worsen the brain rot A major Brookings Institute study of more than 500 students and educators across 50 countries found the risks of AI in the classroom “overshadow its benefits.”
Fortune · Jul 19 Ranch dressing is quietly doing America's diplomacy for it Tourists came for soccer and left obsessed with condiments. Turns out that's more persuasive than any treaty.
Fortune · Jul 19 Looking back at the World Cup: Fans drank Boston dry, got permanent tattoos, sold out famous BBQ joints, and drove up small business revenue From permanent tattoos and drinking Boston dry, to a bar doing nearly 300% of weekly business in one night, the World Cup is helping small businesses.
Fortune · Jul 19 Beyond rockets and satellites, SpaceX is quietly building an AI compute business that may become key to its eye-popping valuation Deals with Google and Anthropic to rent out computing capacity could generate $26 billion a year.
Fortune · Jul 19 Billionaires like Ken Griffin are moving to Miami—but middle-class earners can’t copy them and reap the same benefits, real estate experts say Real estate experts tell Fortune those making a middle-class salary are better off renting than buying with fewer affordable homes in the Miami market.
Fortune · Jul 19 A weak yen turned Tokyo into a steal. A strong shekel turned Tel Aviv into the world's most expensive city to buy McDonald's A new Deutsche Bank report highlights how defense spending bolstered the shekel and a weak yen helped Japan have the cheapest iPhones in the world.