Current price of oil as of Aug. 11, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. Fortune · Aug 11
Zach Dell aims to build a name for himself with Base Power Zach Dell, who turns 30 this month, has built a home battery and tech business, successfully fundraising on a $13 billion valuation. Fortune · Aug 11
Apple stock sinks as hopes that new CEO John Ternus will launch a high-end, ‘all-glass’ iPhone are shattered Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning. Fortune · Aug 11
Ex-MI6 chief says the biggest risks for CEOs are the threats they already know about Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Aug 11
A year in the life of HP: How the UK&I MD is balancing perfection and speed—and putting people first Over the past few months, Fortune has spoken with senior HP leaders to understand how the company is evolving—from innovation and culture to customer engagement and the future of work. Fortune · Aug 11
Arianna Huffington says even high-flying CEOs are unhappy and feel stuck in their multimillion-dollar jobs: ‘It’s a trap’ Huffington Post's multimillionaire founder Arianna Huffington says success is a ‘trap’—CEOs with big salaries are afraid to leave jobs they no longer love Fortune · Aug 11
Record beef prices are minting fortunes for ranchers—but straining the American farmers who fatten their cattle “Pretty much everybody above [cow-calf producers] is a margin operation,” one economist said. “And most of those margins are under some sort of adverse pressure.” Fortune · Aug 11
CareScout CEO: the hidden economic cost of an aging baby Boomer generation CareScout’s Cost of Care data show the median cost of assisted living exceeds $74,000 annually, while a private room in a nursing home approaches $130,000. Fortune · Aug 11
AI’s biggest buildout is here. These stocks offer a way to invest in the data center boom For those seeking a pick-and-shovel approach to the AI wave, here’s a guide to utilities, grid hardware, cooling firms, and refinery stocks. Fortune · Aug 11
Italy's $4.7 billion cheese economy is feeling the heat as climate change threatens its cheese banks that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault. Fortune · Aug 10
Everything’s bigger in Texas: Musk’s planned $16.8 billion chip factory is five times bigger than the world’s current largest building SpaceX and Tesla’s planned Terafab would span more than 100 million square feet and will assist humanity’s space colonization—according to Elon Musk. Fortune · Aug 10
Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could 'a happiness-segregated society by marriage' be why? Americans went through a “happiness crash” right after the pandemic. The ones who are married are the only ones who really recovered. Fortune · Aug 10
Trump's $200 billion tariff hit swells budget deficit to $2.1 trillion for 2026, CBO confirms A major tool for deficit reduction—Trump’s IEEPA tariff regime—is unconstitutional. Fortune · Aug 10
'A prisoner can oppose incarceration while remaining confined': The paradox of Gen Z, capitalism, and consumption Every generation flirts with anti-capitalism when it’s young, but has something broken down along the way? Fortune · Aug 10
Fortune · Aug 10 Apple may scrap its all-glass iPhone. Wall Street hasn't been this alarmed since Steve Jobs' death Investment firm Jefferies on Monday downgraded Apple from hold to underperform, cutting its price target from $285.56 to $263.66.
Fortune · Aug 10 Zuckerberg’s vision for an AI assistant is far more intimate than ChatGPT: It watches him sleep, train and bake with his 8-year-old daughter The “superintelligence” pitch comes amid an FTC inquiry into child chatbot safety and days after Meta disclosed a sharp drop in free cash flow
Fortune · Aug 10 Mark Zuckerberg makes his case for American open-source AI over Chinese rivals It comes as Meta tries to regain ground on OpenAI and Anthropic, and as Chinese open-source labs close in on the American frontier.
Fortune · Aug 10 Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt was a Carnival Cruise ship officer before building his bookstore empire Barnes & Noble has thrived under its new CEO’s independent bookstore twist.
Fortune · Aug 10 The stock market may be doing so well that it's causing more baby boomers and Gen Xers to drop out of the labor force “My hunch is that this is as at least partially attributable to wealth effects from record highs in the stock market.”
Fortune · Aug 10 Strategy dumps yet more Bitcoin, latest $109 million sell-off comes amid a seven-week buying hiatus The company’s fourth Bitcoin sale since June underscores its push to build cash and reassure investors.
Fortune · Aug 10 MacKenzie Scott has given away $26 billion and rarely speaks publicly. Now she's releasing a novel—but you won’t find it on Amazon The billionaire philanthropist and novelist studied under Toni Morrison and is releasing her first novel since 2013.
Fortune · Aug 10 Mark Zuckerberg says the future will have an ‘abundance of jobs’—and predicts a wave of new careers like world builders and personal biologists Despite predictions of a job apocalypse, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees a future of economic and financial prosperity.
Fortune · Aug 10 Exclusive: Corma raises $60M from Sequoia, Khosla Ventures for AI trained to defend against cyberattacks The startup is exiting stealth mode after deploying its first model six weeks ago.
Fortune · Aug 10 Boards are expanding the CFO’s mandate—with COO duties increasingly in the mix Zillow expanded its CFO's role to include COO duties, and Zoetis created a similar combined role for its incoming finance chief.
Fortune · Aug 10 The six-figure CEO-adjacent job that can accelerate your path to the C-suite About 75% of chiefs of staff are promoted after leaving the role.