Loans Tala, A Company that Offers Loans For As Little As $10, Just Raised $110 MillionFortune - Lucinda Shen A firm of offering bite-sized loans is cashing a big check of its own. On Wednesdsay, Tala, a Santa Monica-based provider of micro-loans to …
Career Development How Women’s Educational Gains Are Changing the Working World: The BroadsheetFortune - Claire Zillman, Emma Hinchliffe Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Reshma Saujani argues men should redirect their bravery, Jane Lauder becomes one of the world’s 500 richest people, …
Leadership End of Shareholder Primacy, Part III: CEO DailyFortune - Alan Murray, David Meyer My former colleagues at the Wall Street Journal editorial page launched a broadside against the Business Roundtable’s “stakeholder” policy yesterday. …
Greenland Trump Cancels State Visit After Danish PM Says Greenland ‘Isn’t For Sale’Fortune - Morten Buttler, Nick Rigillio, Bloomberg President Donald Trump canceled a state visit to Denmark after his offer to buy Greenland was met first with bemusement, then flat refusal. Anger …
Norway In Tesla-Crazy Norway, the Electric Vehicle Revolution Is Already HereFortune - Katherine Dunn Until he moved to Norway, Michael Arup had never owned a car. But when the banker and his family moved from Copenhagen, Denmark to the Norwegian …
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, …
