Kevin Warsh, an angry Trump and Jerome Powell Déjà vu: how history is repeating itself The S&P 500 fell 1% and the Dow lost 1.7% as the Fed chair said rates weren't restrictive before Wednesday's hike. Fortune · Sep 17
Congress is so dysfunctional and irresponsible it’s only done its job four times since World War II The federal government had a record $432 billion deficit in July and hit the $40 trillion total debt threshold in August — and Congress took a break. Fortune · Sep 17
Billionaire TikTok founder is now the richest person in all of Asia, with a $105 billion net worth—he's gained $92 billion since 2019 thanks to AI Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, is Asia’s richest person—his net worth skyrocketed $12 billion this month alone. Fortune · Sep 17
Current price of oil as of Sept. 17, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. Fortune · Sep 17
As Anthropic heads towards a $2 trillion IPO, some of the loudest critics are company insiders "I would burn my equity to the ground in a heartbeat for a 1% higher chance we make it out of this situation alive,” wrote one researcher. Fortune · Sep 17
Zocdoc CEO: I’ve watched Walmart, IBM, and others try to ‘disrupt’ healthcare. Here’s why they failed. For too long, we have mistaken disruption for progress. Patients still struggle to find a doctor who takes their insurance. Fortune · Sep 17
How can Europe achieve its growth potential? Business leaders from Microsoft, Volvo, EDF, and Mastercard outline the challenges and opportunities facing companies in Europe Fortune · Sep 17
When it comes to rate hikes, CFOs aren't counting on a 'one-and-done' Columbia economist Yiming Ma says the real risk isn't the hike itself, but treating it as an isolated event. Fortune · Sep 17
'It's a raise against Trump:' Despite inflation being ahead of target for five years, Trump brands latest hike as political "The problem they have is that we have the greatest economy in history ... so they're raising that only for political reasons, and that's a raise against Trump." Fortune · Sep 17
Europe has a new way to annoy Trump: A ‘hostile’ trade pact with Canada as an ‘associate member’ of the E.U. Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning. Fortune · Sep 17
Inside the Ukrainian drone factories prototyping the free world's next arsenal They are completely unshackled from traditional defense procurement cycles that dictate things must take three years. Fortune · Sep 17
Joe Kiani: We could cut 180,000 preventable hospital deaths a year. Here's exactly why we haven't Preventable medical harm still kills far too many Americans, despite decades of proven safety protocols. Fortune · Sep 17
Europe’s CEOs are ready to turn its energy challenge into a competitive edge Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Sep 17
Ryan Serhant says the American city isn't dying—wealth is 'multiplying,' and buyers are flocking to Ohio, Alabama, and the Carolinas The Owning Manhattan star says the wealthy are diversifying into cheaper, less obvious markets. Fortune · Sep 17
Fortune · Sep 17 GM CEO Mary Barra says America has a ‘societal problem’ with skilled trades—and is putting $200 million behind training Gen Z to work with their hands General Motors invested $200 million in skilled trades last year. Its CEO Mary Barra says they could offer Gen Z a more “AI-proof” path to six-figure pay.
Fortune · Sep 17 Warsh says AI's hyperscalers are part of why your borrowing costs are rising: ‘The competition for capital is real’ Hyperscalers issued $121 billion in bonds last year and are on pace for far more in 2026. Warsh says that's showing up in Treasury yields.
Fortune · Sep 16 Exclusive: Inside the room where Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence shared an emotional embrace in front of America's leadership class It was "shocking, historic and emotional to all," Yale Management professor Jeff Sonnenfeld told Fortune.
Fortune · Sep 16 Salesforce's Marc Benioff to AI industry: Regulate yourselves or get sued The outspoken CEO is hosting the company's annual Dreamforce conference this week in San Francisco.
Fortune · Sep 16 Stocks slide toward lowest level since July after Warsh's hawkish press conference The S&P 500 fell 1% and the Dow lost 1.7% as the Fed chair said rates weren't restrictive before Wednesday's hike.
Fortune · Sep 16 Man sentenced in $35 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded Travis Kelce: I 'did this out of greed' He also asked to be married to his fiance while in prison.
Fortune · Sep 16 The MLB and its Dominican pipeline is selling false promises and shady contracts to children as young as 11 Is your team giving kids behind-the-curtain deals before the MLB allows it?
Fortune · Sep 16 America's bedrot era: how the dopamine recession created the 'couch economy' New spending data shows how much of the economy now depends on people staying home, and a chase for quick, easy hits of stimulation may be driving it.
Fortune · Sep 16 The Fed just delivered a unanimous rate hike, the first in three years, and no cuts through 2027 Inflation has been above 2% for five years. The Fed just decided that was long enough.
Fortune · Sep 16 Luxury travel expert Olivia Ferney charges $100K a year for planning billionaire travel—they’re easier to work with than millionaires, she says She said less-wealthy clients brought more complaints and chargebacks, helping push her agency toward a narrower set of customers.
Fortune · Sep 16 Mark Zuckerberg says AI doesn't need an industry-wide slowdown because market forces and competition will push companies to make their models safe Zuckerberg aligned more closely with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, who has said AI companies should “run as fast as they can.”