GM CEO Mary Barra on what she’s learned during 10 year at the top
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Barra speaks to Fortune about EVs and the future of the company.
https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/gm-ceo-mary-barra-leadership-lessons/
Many Gen Xers demand menopause hormone drugs, and they won’t take no for an answer
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Women who want hormone therapy often encounter doctors who don’t want to prescribe it.
https://fortune.com/well/article/menopause-hormone-therapy-gen-x/
Manager are overwhelmed as they toil under unwieldy workloads and 50% say their well-being has deteriorated
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Workloads have increased for around 71% of managers since last year, according to a new report.
https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/managers-overwhelmed-workload-well-being-deteriorated/
China unveiled more stimulus actions for its property sector—investors weren’t pleased, again
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Some analysts were hoping for Beijing to expand a program that would allow the government to act as a buyer of last resort.
Nasdaq Private Market CEO says only 25 of 1,200 unicorns are actively trading on the secondaries market
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The secondaries market is hot right now—for some.
Georgia judge declares 7 new election rules passed by Trump-backed state board ‘illegal, unconstitutional and void’
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Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election but claimed without proof that widespread fraud cost him victory in the state.
Unemployed Brits will receive free Ozempic-style weight-loss shots to help them get jobs
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Britain has apparently found a solution to the global unemployment crisis: Weight loss shots.
Furloughed Italian Fiat workers are struggling to pay their mortgages amid Stellantis crisis
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Fiat workers have been in limbo for a year as parent Stellantis fights falling sales.
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/17/furloughed-italian-fiat-workers-mortgages-stellantis/
Musk’s empire risks being targeted by EU for potential X fines
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The EU may target Elon Musk’s broader business empire for X fines, potentially including revenue from SpaceX and Neuralink to increase penalties.
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/17/musk-empire-risks-being-targeted-by-eu-for-potential-x-fines/
Harris and Trump release new policy details in interview blitz as campaign comes to the end
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Here are some takeaways from the cascade of appearances.
https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/harris-trump-new-policy-details-interview-blitz-campaign-end/
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says founder Jeff Bezos is the ‘most unusual business leader of our era’
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Jassy took over for Bezos in July 2021, inheriting overzealous plans he’s worked to scale back.
https://fortune.com/2024/01/22/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-jeff-bezos-most-unusual-business-leader/
Nestlé cuts sales outlook in a ‘very painful reset’ and overhauls top leadership
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Nestlé had already cut its annual sales growth expectations from 4% to 3% in July amid tougher consumer environment.
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/17/nestle-cuts-sales-top-leadership-overhaul/
Robby Starbuck and the Fearless Fund
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Some CEOs tell me they prefer to support DEI quietly. I wonder what’s been scrapped or put on hold.
https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/robby-starbuck-fearless-fund/
Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese agrees to pay $880 million to clergy sexual abuse victims
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades.
JD Vance says Trump did not lose the 2020 election: ‘Not by the words that I would use’
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JD Vance has repeatedly deflected questions about whether the Republican presidential nominee lost the 2020 election.
https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/jd-vance-donald-trump-did-not-lose-2020-election/
Kamala Harris keeps focus on ‘Blue Wall’ states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as election draws near
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The vice president campaigned at a hockey rink in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she denounced Republican candidate Donald Trump as “unhinged.”
https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/kamala-harris-blue-wall-states-us-election/
Phillips 66 is going to shut down its Los Angeles-area oil refinery where 900 people work
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The refinery accounts for about 8% of California's refining capacity, according to the state's Energy Commission.
https://fortune.com/2024/10/17/phillips-66-shut-down-los-angeles-area-oil-refinery-900-people-work/
Supreme Court allows an EPA rule limiting pollution from coal power plants to remain in effect—for now
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Two conservative justices, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, said in a brief order they thought the challengers would likely win on at least some of their claims eventually.
LVMH’s Bernard Arnault sees nearly $10 billion in wealth wiped out after share-price bloodbath
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In March, Bernard Arnault was the world’s richest person—with $48 billion more to his name.
Basketball great Candace Parker wants to buy a WNBA team—and an NBA team too
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Even after retirement, this three-time champion continues to aim for the biggest goals.