Walt Disney Company Magical Accounting? Here’s What We Know So Far about the Whistleblower Allegations at DisneyFortune - Erik Sherman Disney is supposed to be in the business of making magic—but not with its numbers. A former senior financial analyst for The Walt Disney Company has …
Walt Disney Company What We Know So Far About the Whistleblower Allegations at DisneyFortune - Erik Sherman Disney is supposed to be in the business of making magic—but not with its numbers. A former senior financial analyst for the Walt Disney Company has …
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift and Stella McCartney Release ‘Lover’ Fashion CollectionFortune - Kate Dwyer Taylor Swift has unveiled her fashion collaboration with designer Stella McCartney, which goes on sale Friday at a New York City pop-up store, the …
Tech Industry GameStop Eliminates 14% of Corporate Staff in RestructuringFortune - Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg GameStop eliminated more than 120 corporate staff positions, part of a drive by the video-game retailer to slash costs amid falling sales and a loss …
Walmart Walmart Suit Says Tesla Installed Faulty Rooftop Solar Panels That Caused Multiple FiresFortune - Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg Walmart sued Tesla, claiming it failed to live up to industry standards in the installation of solar panels on top of hundreds of stores, resulting …
Health U.S. Panel Says More Women Should Get BRCA Gene Testing for Breast Cancer: Brainstorm HealthFortune - Sy Mukherjee An independent expert panel of scientists specializing in prevention says that many more American women can benefit from genetic screening for BRCA …
YouTube Kids YouTube Plans to End ‘Targeted’ Ads on Kids’ Videos—Critics Say That Doesn’t Go Far EnoughFortune - Mark Bergen, Bloomberg To satisfy regulators, YouTube officials are finalizing plans to end “targeted” advertisements on videos kids are likely to watch, according to three …
Retail Walmart CEO: VR Training Helped Save Lives in El Paso ShootingFortune - Aric Jenkins Walmart CEO Doug McMillon says active shooter training utilizing virtual reality devices helped Walmart employees navigate the mass shooting in El …
Apple Arcade Can Apple Afford to Make Its Streaming Video Service Free? Can It Afford Not to?Fortune - Don Reisinger As Apple has inched closer to the launch of its Apple TV Plus streaming video service, Disney's shockingly low price on its own cord-cutting service …
Retail Big-Box Rebound: How Target Packaged a TurnaroundFortune The room was no bigger than a walk-in closet, a tight fit for Target CEO Brian Cornell and the team of executives and support staff who were sharing …
Huawei Who Do the U.S. Sanctions on Huawei Hurt?Fortune - Frank Bajak, Michael Liedtke, The Associated Press Chinese technology giant Huawei has yet to feel the full force of U.S. sanctions due to temporary exemptions and other uncertainties. Nonetheless, …
Entertainment Industry A Fourth ‘Matrix’ Movie Is in the WorksFortune - The Associated Press Keanu Reeves and Lana Wachowski are returning to the world of "The Matrix." Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich says Tuesday that a …
Millie Bobby Brown Stranger Things Star Millie Bobby Brown Launches Gen Z Beauty LineFortune - Kate Dwyer Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown can now add "beauty entrepreneur" to her resume. The 15-year-old Emmy nominee announced her skincare and …
WeWork Here’s Why WeWork Won’t be in the S&P 500 After its IPOFortune - Ellen Florian The co-working company put its “culture of inclusivity” front and center last week in its IPO filing. But when it comes to “inclusion” of its common …
Leadership Speeding the Journey from Startup to ‘Change the World’ CompanyFortune - Alicia Dunn “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress …
James Bond The Next James Bond Movie Gets Its TitleFortune - The Associated Press The 25th James Bond movie has a title: "No Time to Die." Producers announced the moniker Tuesday for the film that has long been referred to simply as …
Interest Rates What Are Negative Interest Rates and Why is Everybody So Worried About Them?Fortune - Bob Sellers While the yield curve inverted last week, something else is developing that may be more ominous for the financial markets: negative interest …
Facebook Facebook Releases New Privacy Measures, But They May Not Appease CriticsFortune - Chris Morris Facebook has unveiled its new privacy tool, which will allow users to see and control the data apps and Websites share with the social media site. …
Finance More than Half of All Stock Buybacks are Now Financed by Debt. Here’s Why That’s a ProblemFortune - Larry Light The era of cheap borrowing is fostering corporate America’s favorite investor-pleasing activity: Share buybacks. Indeed, more than half of all buybacks …
Finance Why Volatility is Starting to Plague Many Asset Classes, Not Just StocksFortune - Erik Sherman On Wednesday, Aug. 14, the market saw a big loss—800 points for the Dow alone. By the end of week, things were mostly recovered. Now, back down a bit. …
Women Leaders A Big Year for Cosmetics Puts Estee Lauder Heir on List of Richest in the WorldFortune - Andrew Heathcote, Bloomberg Cosmetics heir Jane Lauder vaulted into the ranks of the world’s 500 richest people this week after shares of the cosmetics giant that bears her name …
Career Development Assurant CEO: Double Digit Earnings Growth for InsurerFortune - Susie Gharib Keep your eye on Assurant. This New York-based insurance company is on the move--big time. Its earnings are surging-- the latest quarterly numbers …
Stocks Bonds Are The Most Expensive They’ve Been in 64 Years. Here’s What That Means for Your PortfolioFortune - Shawn Tully When U.S. stocks are expensive, as they are today, government bonds are often the best refuge. Now, they're so incredibly pricey that what you pocket …
Democrats Democrats Are Spending Millions to Try to Take Back StatehousesFortune - Jaclyn Gallucci Democrats still shaken by the 2010 tea party wave that netted Republicans six governors' offices, flipped 21 statehouse chambers and drove nearly 700 …
Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren Wants to Repeal the Joe Biden-Authored 1994 Crime BillFortune - Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg Elizabeth Warren is proposing to repeal the 1994 crime bill in an implicit shot at Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, who wrote the law, …
Tech Industry Sometimes You Don’t Need Deep Learning: Eye on A.I.Fortune - Jonathan Vanian Ibrahim Gokcen, the digital chief technology officer for industrial giant Schneider Electric, has some words of caution about deep learning—the …
Dick's Sporting Goods Dick’s Sporting Goods Tests Dropping Gun SalesFortune - Chris Morris Dick’s Sporting Goods is weighing getting out of the gun business. The sporting goods chain has quietly been conducting a test for the past several …
Tech Industry Silicon Valley’s Smokescreen and the Phoniness of ‘Thought Leadership’—Data SheetFortune - Adam Lashinsky, Robert Hackett Technology companies are big on changing the world. And they do. Computers have revolutionized access to information and how we communicate. Software …
World News Staffer at U.K. Consulate Reportedly Detained Trying To Return to Hong KongFortune - Sheryl Tian Tong Lee, Bloomberg The U.K. said it was “extremely concerned” by reports that a Hong Kong consulate worker was detained during a recent trip to mainland China, a case …
Leadership Feedback on the Business Roundtable Shift: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, David Meyer Yesterday’s story on the end of shareholder primacy drew lots of reaction, in my email and on my Twitter feed. Most readers think, as do I, that …
