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15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll

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Is the org chart dead in the age of AI? LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer thinks so thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Is the org chart dead in the age of AI? LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer thinks so

The humble org chart isn’t usually blamed for holding back innovation. But as companies push their employees to adopt AI, LinkedIn executive Aneesh...

The federal government shed 385,000 employees last year. Now the Trump administration is on a blitz to hire Gen Z workers thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

The federal government shed 385,000 employees last year. Now the Trump administration is on a blitz to hire Gen Z workers

A year after firing thousands of probationary employees, the Trump administration indicated it needs more early-career workers to sustain the federal workforce. “We’ve...

Energy ‘vulnerable’ India seeks U.S. help to produce more oil and wean itself off Russia, Middle East reliance amid geopolitical turmoil thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Energy ‘vulnerable’ India seeks U.S. help to produce more oil and wean itself off Russia, Middle East reliance amid geopolitical turmoil

India imports nearly 90% of its crude oil—largely from Russia and the Middle East. With geopolitical trouble making both of those sources less...

Nordstrom’s $6.25 billion deal to go private is paying off—and don’t expect an IPO anytime soon thumbnail
Los Angeles Daily

Nordstrom’s $6.25 billion deal to go private is paying off—and don’t expect an IPO anytime soon

When Nordstrom went private last year, the move was seen by industry analysts as a way to let the founding family make the...

Jerome Powell says the $39 trillion national debt is ‘not unsustainable,’ but warns the trajectory ‘will not end well’ thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Jerome Powell says the $39 trillion national debt is ‘not unsustainable,’ but warns the trajectory ‘will not end well’

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell offered a sobering assessment of America’s fiscal health on Monday, telling a Harvard economics class that while the...

Dollar doomsayers can relax: Iran’s ‘petroyuan’ gambit won’t topple the greenback thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Dollar doomsayers can relax: Iran’s ‘petroyuan’ gambit won’t topple the greenback

Even amid the torrent of disquieting news from the Middle East in recent weeks, an Iranian suggestion that it might start offering safe...

Wealth taxes on billionaires and $30 minimum wages are part of the same plan, advocate says. ‘They should pay their fair share’ thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Wealth taxes on billionaires and $30 minimum wages are part of the same plan, advocate says. ‘They should pay their fair share’

There are an estimated 938 billionaires in the United States. To put that into context, that’s about two full Boeing 747s (each one...

Bill Ackman told spooked investors to get over the Iran war and buy Fannie and Freddie. Stocks surged 40% the next day thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Bill Ackman told spooked investors to get over the Iran war and buy Fannie and Freddie. Stocks surged 40% the next day

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-sponsored businesses designed to prop up mortgages, ripped on Monday after billionaire investor Bill Ackman told...

Jerome Powell to Gen Z: Don’t fear AI—master it thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Jerome Powell to Gen Z: Don’t fear AI—master it

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a pointed message to the next generation of workers last week: Stop worrying about artificial intelligence and...