weekly-highlights
Trump takes a page from Iran's playbook on the Strait of Hormuz, leveraging U.S. influence over the contested chokepoint to generate revenue | Fortune
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran transformed the Strait of Hormuz from a waterway where global shipping…
A Yale professor says America is now an 'oldigarchy'—and Boomers on LinkedIn are enraged | Fortune
I’m 42; Samuel Moyn is 54. When we talked about his new book, Gerontocracy in America,…
The 'Soccer Capital of America' is now gunning for the Soccer Capital of the World (Cup) | Fortune
When the FIFA delegation flew into Kansas City to evaluate its World Cup bid, local organizers…
There's no escape from inflation as a perfect storm of the 'Godzilla' El Niño, AI boom, Trump tariffs, fuel crunch, and Ukraine war keep prices high | Fortune
Oil prices have retreated as the U.S.-Iran war recedes, despite occasional skirmishes, but inflationary trends will…
The escalating U.S.–Iran war is rewriting the CEO playbook again | Fortune
Good morning. If you thought geopolitical risk was fading from your strategic planning picture, think again.…
Trump undercuts GOP midterms message with snub of housing bill | Fortune
A sweeping housing bill became law on Saturday without Donald Trump’s signature, or any White House…
Help not wanted: World Cup hiring boost has yet to materialize | Fortune
The hiring boom the FIFA World Cup was expected to bring to the US looks like…
OpenAI engineer’s ‘LOL’ moment set stage for legal fight with Apple | Fortune
When iPhone engineer Chang Liu quit for a job at OpenAI’s nascent hardware division, Apple Inc.…
German carmakers are suffering some of their worst declines ever in China as Q2 sales plunge 30%-41% | Fortune
Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines inChinaas domestic demand weakened and competition heated up…
Other diet fads championed by MAHA are questionable. But some science and thousands of years of human history are behind fermented foods | Fortune
Now, a generation- and culture-spanning way of preserving food is in the spotlight: fermentation. The federal…