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Hyatt’s CEO has built a ‘family’ culture for 20 years. Now he’s leaning on it thumbnail
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Hyatt’s CEO has built a ‘family’ culture for 20 years. Now he’s leaning on it

Mark Hoplamazian has run Hyatt Hotels for nearly two decades. He has navigated the 2008 financial crisis and a pandemic that sent hotel...

How AstraZeneca’s 17,000 AI-certified employees are helping it reach a ‘stretch goal’ of $80 billion in revenue thumbnail
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How AstraZeneca’s 17,000 AI-certified employees are helping it reach a ‘stretch goal’ of $80 billion in revenue

Good morning. AstraZeneca’s AI strategy has moved well past the exploration phase as upskilling employees became a priority. The biopharmaceutical giant has now...

Current price of oil as of April 30, 2026 thumbnail
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Current price of oil as of April 30, 2026

By 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil had reached $114.66 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s 66 cents more than it...

Trump-tied public crypto company buys startup from one-time ‘cannabis king’ who serves as current advisor in deal worth up to $43 million thumbnail
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Trump-tied public crypto company buys startup from one-time ‘cannabis king’ who serves as current advisor in deal worth up to $43 million

AI Financial, a publicly traded crypto firm tied to President Donald Trump’s family, has purchased a startup owned by one of the company’s...

Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls thumbnail
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Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls

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Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package thumbnail
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Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package

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Are You Building a Future-Ready Small Business? Choose Tech That Is Less Visible, Not More Complicated thumbnail
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Are You Building a Future-Ready Small Business? Choose Tech That Is Less Visible, Not More Complicated

For many small businesses, workforce technology is like that. When it works properly, nobody notices it. When it doesn’t, it can quickly become...

Britain braces for £35bn energy shock as Iran conflict pushes inflation back above 4% thumbnail
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Britain braces for £35bn energy shock as Iran conflict pushes inflation back above 4%

Britain’s small and medium-sized businesses are about to be marched back into the inflationary trenches they thought they had left behind. According to...

Barclay Brothers swerve bankruptcy with eleventh-hour creditor pact thumbnail
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Barclay Brothers swerve bankruptcy with eleventh-hour creditor pact

Aidan and Howard Barclay, the eldest sons of the late Sir David Barclay, have narrowly sidestepped bankruptcy after striking an eleventh-hour deal with...

John Lewis dragged into High Court over click-and-collect rent at Brent Cross thumbnail
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John Lewis dragged into High Court over click-and-collect rent at Brent Cross

The John Lewis Partnership has been hauled before the High Court by the past and present owners of Brent Cross shopping centre in...