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What top CEOs are saying about emerging tech like AI—and why it matters to CFOs

During a Yale CEO Summit, Fortune 500 chief executives discussed reinventing businesses around artificial intelligence.

Fortune · Jun 20, 2024

‘Perilous for democracy, good for profits’: is big business ready to love Trump again?

Once-critical CEOs have reasons to back a second Trump term, with plans for tax breaks and reduced worker power

The Guardian - US · Jun 13, 2024

Web Summit founder's Israel Hamas comments: a case study in PR trainwrecks

Weeks before the 70,000-person Web Summit conference kicks off, founder Patty Cosgrove has been buffeted by a wave of cancellations and recriminations.

Fortune · Oct 19, 2023

DeSantis holds up Disney move as proof he’ll fight ‘woke’ corporations

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As he declared victory over Walt Disney Co. on Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis lectured the corporate leaders of the state’s biggest employer in its lifeblood tourism industry.

Orlando Sentinel · Mar 4, 2023

Disney got ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Avatar.’ But some now see the Fox deal as a mistake

LOS ANGELES — Will history judge Walt Disney Co.'s $71.3 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox a success?

Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2023

Elon Musk is finally running out of gas at Twitter

Elon Musk, Twitter Inc.’s new owner and until recently the world’s richest person, has spent most of the past two months pouring his time, energy and finances into the highest-profile social network on the internet. But finally, Musk seems to be running out of gas.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

Russian economy bitten by sanctions

Sanctions have been effective at crippling the Russian economy.

Axios · Jul 26, 2022

Sanctions against Russia risk exacerbating global famine, says new analysis

A new report from a leading political consultancy says increasing sanctions against wheat-rich Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine could trigger a "hunger hurricane" in North Africa, the Middle East and other famine-affected regions of the world.

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Here's the 'hall of shame' of companies that haven't left Russia

Hundreds of Western businesses and corporations have garnered praise for withdrawing from Russia, even if that entails a hit to their sales and profits.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

Rapid corporate exodus from Russia is seen as a lesson for ESG investors, regulators

The unprecedented response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the global outcry from consumers, lawmakers and government officials may signal a shift in how corporations should be evaluated on environmental, social and governance criteria, observers said.

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2022