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Bankers are at a loss when it comes to biodiversity

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The finance industry arguably has a good handle on the implications of climate change, but bankers are struggling to measure or make money from biodiversity.

https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/17/bankers-biodiversity-climate-change-measure/

WNBA great Candace Parker wants to buy a team in the league—and an NBA team too

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Even after retirement, this three-time champion continues to aim for the biggest goals.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/wnba-great-candace-parker-wants-to-buy-a-team-in-the-league-and-an-nba-team-too/

Vista’s Robert Smith says enterprise software firms will be among the last to profit from AI—but that gains will be huge

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About 80% of Vista’s portfolio companies have deployed or developed a gen AI tool

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/enterprise-software-vista-robert-smith-gen-ai-a-i-apple-samsung-nvidia-goldman-sachs-private-equity-thoma-bravo/

How to get a perfect GMAT score, from someone who did

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These are the secrets to getting a 805 on the GMAT.

https://fortune.com/education/articles/how-to-get-a-perfect-gmat-score/

Fannie Mae CEO warns of ‘confidence gap’ limiting women’s homeownership—and its implications

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Only 30% of women report that they have the confidence to go through the mortgage process, said Priscilla Almodovar.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/fannie-mae-ceo-women-homeownership-housing-market-outlook/

Gen Z workers skip lunch, feel 4X guiltier than Boomers when they leave their desk

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In place of lunch breaks, there has been a rise in "little treat culture," influenced by the TikTok trend of the same name.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/lunch-breaks-shrinking-gen-z-work-culture-ezcater/

Justice Department will ‘very likely’ kill Google’s billion-dollar deal to be the default search engine on iPhones, Jefferies predicts

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Jefferies estimates the $25 billion deal makes up 20% of Apple’s pretax profit, or about 6.3% of total revenue, representing an 8% to 11% hit on share prices.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/apple-google-search-deal-antitrust-doj-jeffries/

Vista’s Robert Smith says enterprise software firms will be among the last to profit from AI—but that gains will be huge

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About 80% of Vista’s portfolio companies have deployed or developed a gen AI tool

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/enterprise-software-vista-robert-smith-gen-ai-a-i-apple-samsung-nvidia-goldman-sachs-private-equity-thoma-bravo/

Wall Street rebounds as corporate earnings boost sentiment

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Nvidia shares rose 3.1%, after a sharp decline the previous day.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-nvidia/

They were sued over grants for Black entrepreneurs. Now, these CEOs are raising millions to fund small businesses

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Conservative activists targeted the Fearless Fund and fintech Hello Alice. The suits are behind them, and the funds are back in action.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/fearless-fund-hello-alice-small-business-funding-mpw/

Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall

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Argentine media reported that Payne was in Buenos Aires to attend the concert of his former One Direction bandmate Niall Horan.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/liam-payne-dies-fall-hotel/

A Beyoncé song gave Levi’s a golden opportunity. Here’s how the CEO made it a campaign

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Michelle Gass also explained how the Queen’s iconic denim jacket ended up on her shoulders.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/michelle-gass-ceo-levis-beyonce-mpw/

U.S. PTO director says Tesla AI turns everybody into a tall white man

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Kathi Vidal called on Tesla’s CEO to fix the flaw if he wants to keep her as a customer: “Elon, if you’re listening, I’m going to withdraw my money if you don’t change that.”

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/us-pto-director-kathi-vidal-tesla-ai-makes-everybody-tall-white-man/

Famed Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett hid her pregnancy for six months early in her career

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“I was afraid if I talked about it nobody would take me seriously,” said Jarrett, adding that it was the environment for women back then.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/15/famed-obama-advisor-valerie-jarrett-hid-her-pregnancy-for-six-months/

Justice Department will ‘very likely’ kill Google’s billion-dollar deal to be the default search engine on iPhones, Jeffries predicts

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Jeffries estimates the $25 billion deal makes up 20% of Apple's pretax profit or about 6.3% of total revenue, representing an 8-11% hit on share prices.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/apple-google-search-deal-antitrust-doj-jeffries/

Degree requirements are holding back company profits and a roaring economy, experts say

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Skills-based hiring was the talk of the town at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in California this week.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/degree-requirements-skills-based-hiring-economy-carrie-varoquiers-lisa-gevelber-lafawn-davis-mpw/

U.S. PTO director says Tesla AI turns everybody into a tall white man

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Kathi Vidal called on Tesla's CEO to fix the flaw if he wants to keep her as a customer: “Elon, if you're listening, I'm going to withdraw my money if you don't change that."

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/us-pto-director-kathi-vidal-tesla-ai-makes-everybody-tall-white-man/

SpaceX’s launch this weekend will reshape the space industry

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The space startup’s booster landing helped pave the way for Starship coming to market.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/spacexs-launch-this-weekend-will-reshape-the-space-industry/

Top finance chiefs reveal how the role of the CFO has transformed, where the financial foundation is ‘just the cost of entry’

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Finance chiefs at Instacart, Siemens Energy, Toast, and e.l.f. Beauty explain the work of a modern CFO.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/cfo-role-evolving-maria-ferraro-emily-reuter-mandy-fields-elena-gomez/

Every high school has one ‘ultra-high-earning’ teen who makes $10,000 via online hustles, on average

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Thanks to TikTok, Depop, and Twitch, making money online has replaced the paper round.

https://fortune.com/2024/10/16/ultra-high-earning-teenagers-money-online-side-hustle/