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CEOs at Davos are buying into the agentic AI hype

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The world needs 8.5x higher GDP to give everyone a Swiss standard of living. As leaders gather in Davos, fear of growth holds this back

Three senior partners at McKinsey have a new book, "A Century of Plenty," looking back at 100 years of human progress and asking if we can do it again.

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The U.S. debt now equals $229,000 per household—and a hefty tax hike looms as the most probable outcome

Spiraling interest payments—which grew from $352 billion in 2021 to $970 billion in 2025—put the debt train on an accelerated track.

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Davos 2026: reading the signals, not the headlines

Davos continues to excel at diagnosis. Where it has historically faltered is continuity.

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Gates Foundation, OpenAI unveil $50 million ‘Horizon 1000’ initiative to boost health care in Africa through AI

Gates recalled that a few years ago, he predicted that AI would mark a technological revolution: “Everything I’ve seen since then confirms my view.”

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On Netflix’s earnings call, confident co-CEOs can’t quell investor fears over the Warner Bros. bid

Netflix stock, already down 15% since the announcement of the Warner Bros. bid, fell further after the company announced it would pause stock buybacks.

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Billionaire Marc Benioff challenges the AI sector: ‘What’s more important to us, growth or our kids?’

The Salesforce cofounder, long a critic of Section 230, doubled down in Davos. He wants the original sin of the internet to be scrubbed away.

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Palantir CEO says AI “will destroy” humanities jobs but there will be “more than enough jobs” for people with vocational training

Alex Karp said he struggled to market his humanities skills to get his first job.

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Gen Z’s nostalgia for '2016 vibes' reveals something deeper: a protest against the world and economy they inherited

In 2016, millennials were hanging onto the last gasp of their youth—and so was the internet, in retrospect.

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Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan budget watchdog, ran the numbers exclusively for Fortune.

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Trust has become the crisis CEOs can’t ignore at Davos, as new data show 70% of people turning more 'insular'

Trust guru Richard Edelman worries that time is running out for leaders to rebuild trust.

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Selling America is a ‘dangerous bet,’ UBS CEO warns as markets panic

Gold is surging, and the dollar is sliding—but UBS’s CEO says the real risk is betting against the U.S.

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Crypto market reels in face of tariff turmoil, Bitcoin falls below $90,000 as key legislation stalls

Altcoins also drop as tensions rise between the U.S. and Europe.

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The 9 most disruptive deals of Trump's first year back in office

President Trump's unorthodox dealmaking style has left the business community scrambling to adapt.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s biggest AI bubble warning yet is a challenge to the Fortune 500: It’s time to reinvent the knowledge worker

The Microsoft CEO offers a fix to the AI productivity dilemma, calling on business leaders to shift workflows to match the structural design of the technology.

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What a Walmart CEO contender’s exit reveals about when to move on

Executives who come close to the CEO role often face their most consequential career decision after the board has already made its choice.

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At Davos, AI hype gives way to focus on ROI

The hype around generative AI capabilities is giving way to harder questions about productivity gains and bottom-line impact.

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BlackRock's billionaire CEO says companies need to address AI's impact on white collar jobs and wealth inequality

“Many of the people most affected by what we talk about here will never come to this conference,” Larry Fink said at the World Economic Forum.

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Trump may name Jerome Powell’s replacement at Davos: Meet the top 4 candidates for Fed chair

There are two Kevins, a BlackRock executive, and a DOJ investigation looming

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Americans aren’t paying for all of Trump’s tariffs — only 96% of them, study finds

Despite the Trump administration’s claims, exporters are cutting shipments to the U.S. rather than lowering prices.

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Inside Davos' pricey power club: Why executives spend up to $1 million a year for access

Microsoft and McKinsey are among the U.S. companies spending up to $1 million each just to sponsor a Davos venue.

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Billionaire Marc Andreessen spends 3 hours a day listening to podcasts and audiobooks—that’s nearly an entire 24-hour day each week

Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, and Marc Andreessen all swear by the same habit for success: Spend your free time reading—or listening—over scrolling.

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Mass texts and EZ-Pass phishing: $17 billion stolen in crypto scams, largely by the Chinese

Fraudsters are increasingly using advanced technology like crypto and AI to dupe victims.

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Truck drivers are among the best jobs to have right now, Indeed says—it pays 160,000, with no degree required

Job-seekers might even find more luck hitting the road than trying to get their foot in the door of corporate offices, a new Indeed report says.

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Forget the four-day workweek: CEO of the world’s largest workspace provider says it’s not coming, despite what Bill Gates and Elon Musk predict

Billionaire tech CEOs promise shorter weeks thanks to AI—but IWG’s Mark Dixon says automation won’t free time, it’ll just create more work.

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