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New Target CEO Michael Fiddelke is putting candor at the core of his turnaround plan: ‘You can’t solve problems you’re not talking about’
by Phil Wahba on 6 March 2026 at 09:53
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GLP-1s cure hunger for a lot more than food, my study of 600,000 people suggests
by Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation on 6 March 2026 at 09:30
We may really be getting closer to understanding—and curing—addiction.
Hung up on Hormuz: the old-world order of oil was just shattered by the closing of Iran’s key global chokepoint
by Siddharth Misra on 6 March 2026 at 09:30
When oil tests the $90-per-barrel point, the global economy begins to fracture.
OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla, a vocal Trump critic, agrees with the president on AI and China: ‘We are in a techno-economic war’
by Nicholas Gordon on 6 March 2026 at 09:07
“Whoever wins the AI race will win the economic race, and will win the race for economic power and influence globally,” Khosla tells Fortune.
23,000 cancelled flights and debris raining on Dubai hotels: The Iran war is jeopardizing the $12 trillion global travel industry
by Sasha Rogelberg on 6 March 2026 at 08:30
“This has destabilized travel on the six populated continents of the earth,” one aviation expert told Fortune.
McDonald’s CEO did a burger taste test that became a cautionary tale for execs. But there’s a silver lining
by Rachel Ventresca on 6 March 2026 at 08:07
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski’s taste test turned into a viral meme war that shows how risky the CEO-influencer model has become.
I help manage one of the world’s most constrained supply chains, up close to the defining energy bottleneck of the decade
by Travis Edmonds on 6 March 2026 at 08:05
Here’s what other leaders can learn from how Hitachi Energy shifted operations to improve one of the world’s most constrained supply chains.
The Iran conflict will be the ‘straw that breaks the camel’s back’ of the U.S. economy if it goes on much longer, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman warns
by Tristan Bove on 6 March 2026 at 08:03
The Iran conflict alone could cost the US $200 billion. Add it to everything else happening, and the U.S. economy is teetering on a ledge.
Target’s new CEO lays out a $6 billion plan to revive ‘Tarzhay’
by Phil Wahba on 6 March 2026 at 08:00
Michael Fiddelke, who took the top job Feb. 1, admits the retailer “lost its way” and promises a reset.
Economist Eswar Prasad warns a ‘motley group’ of middle powers can’t stop the ‘doom loop’ threatening the global economy
by Nicholas Gordon on 6 March 2026 at 08:00
Prasad, author of “The Doom Loop,” worries that the forces behind globalization are worsening instability–and that global business is making things worse.