AI is changing the CEO’s role—and could lead to a changing of the guard
When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees in October that he was giving up running the tech company’s commercial businesses, he said that he was doing so to increase his…
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Indonesia’s Danantara bets a new $6 billion SOE can save a textile industry from Trump tariffs and foreign competition
Indonesia plans to establish a new state-owned enterprise (SOE) to rejuvenate its struggling textile and garment industry and shield it from fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The decision,…
‘We are an n of 1’: Palantir hails ‘incredible’ earnings as stock rockets nearly 8% after hours
Palantir Technologies declared, “We are an n of 1” in the artificial intelligence software market on Monday, as the data analytics group reported yet another set of record quarterly results,…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX buys xAI in stunning deal valued at $1.25 trillion ahead of looming IPO
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has acquired xAI, the artificial intelligence firm founded by Musk three years ago, in a massive, and unconventional, deal that combines the two privately held…
Oracle said it was ‘highly confident in OpenAI’s ability to raise funds and meet its commitments.’ Cue the stock fall
Oracle opened the day higher on plans to raise $50 billion for AI infrastructure. It closed lower after reminding investors who that infrastructure is for. The company said Sunday night…
Why Colgate-Palmolive is moving talent across borders to develop leaders
Good morning! Fortune writer Emma Burleigh here, filling in for Kristin Stoller. As workers map out 2026 travel plans and debate how to stretch their PTO, thousands of Colgate-Palmolive employees…
Tether has a radical vision for decentralization—and it goes far beyond crypto
Is it too soon to say crypto winter? Perhaps. But it certainly is getting ugly out there: Asset prices are in freefall, key legislation hangs by a thread, and members…
What CFOs at Adobe, Dataminr, and Huntington say about scaling AI
Good morning. AI is rapidly becoming a board-level priority, pulling CFOs to the center of enterprise AI strategy. That was a takeaway from the first Fortune Emerging CFO webinar of…
‘FOMO’ trade finally loses steam as gold and silver sink on Warsh nomination
The steady march higher for precious metal prices has finally faltered, with both gold and silver dropping over the course of the weekend. At the time of writing, gold is…
How Pfizer’s CEO wielded moral clarity to help his team do the impossible
When Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla asked his employees to compress years of vaccine development and manufacturing into months, he knew the first reaction would be resistance. Faced with a task…