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Starbucks is winning customers back after investing $500 million in workers and stores

Starbucks bet on more baristas, better schedules, and bigger benefits. It’s working.

Fortune · Apr 29

Accenture's Julie Sweet blew up 50 years of company history. She says the hardest part is still ahead

Sweet dismantled her own operating model while reskilling for the AI age and preserving a great place to work. She says the Fortune 500 still isn't ready.

Fortune · Apr 29

‘A little touch of luxury, it goes a long way’: Starbucks CEO sees the turn in the turnaround as human touch sings

Brian Niccol’s bet that Starbucks can function as an affordable indulgence for every income cohort just got its strongest data point yet.

Fortune · Apr 29

From Warren Buffett to Tim Cook, these 5 Fortune 500 legends all share the same childhood job

Ross Perot once said a paper route taught “just good, basic business principles.”

Fortune · Apr 29

AWS CEO Matt Garman sees huge business opportunity for Amazon in AI-powered software: ‘Everything is going to be remade’

In an interview with Fortune, the CEO of Amazon Web Services discussed the company’s new push into productivity software as well as its partnership with OpenAI.

Fortune · Apr 29

The $39 trillion national debt just got its own version of the viral Doomsday essay

Centrist political group No Labels is using science fiction to sound the alarm: "Neither party has any credibility on the debt or deficit right now."

Fortune · Apr 28

Bloomberg, the OG of financial data firms, has a potent new AI agent. How it built it holds lessons for others

Bloomberg's "AskB" shows the potential of AI agents in finance. Building it wasn't easy, Bloomberg CTO says.

Fortune · Apr 28

GM expects $500 million in Trump’s tariff refunds—just a fraction of the $3.1 billion in tariffs it paid last year

The automaker booked the $500 million as a first-quarter accounting gain even though it hasn't received the money yet.

Fortune · Apr 28

Wall Street is panicking about OpenAI. A veteran tech analyst says everyone's overreacting

Between the Wall Street Journal's report on what Sarah Friar said and the lawsuit by Elon Musk painting him as a liar, Sam Altman’s having a bad week.

Fortune · Apr 28

'He wanted to be CEO': Early OpenAI VC Vinod Khosla says Elon Musk's bid for control led to the Sam Altman feud and his major investment

The billionaire venture capitalist placed a $50 million check into OpenAI at a $1 billion valuation — and sent his own LPs an apology letter for doing it.

Fortune · Apr 28