25 Leaders on Evaluating New Opportunities

How to separate smart bets from distractions.

How to separate smart bets from distractions.
U.S. employees are spending an average of 87 minutes per day — amounting to 47 eight-hour workdays in a year — using and interacting with artificial intelligence tools, according to a new survey. However, the research, by human resources software platform BambooHR, also revealed that workers spend more time troubleshooting errors and on “prompt iteration”…
Key Points IPOs are a way for corporations to raise money by selling newly created shares of the company to any investor who wants to buy them at a predetermined price. Despite the bullish buzz often resulting from an IPO, most of the highest-profile ones don’t perform all that well out of the gate. A…
Circle Internet Group Inc. said its plan to establish First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., has been approved by the Comptroller of the Currency. The bank’s operating name will be Circle National Trust. Circle submitted its banking application June 30 last year and received conditional approval in December. The move into banking by Circle, a…
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has kept energy prices elevated and is transmitting cost-push inflation across the broader economy. Investors holding long-dated debt are demanding higher yields to compensate for the erosion of purchasing power they now expect to persist. The second is fiscal stress. The US national debt is approaching $40…
Keke Palmer said she learned an important lesson about building a professional reputation from an industry veteran: Queen Latifah. The actor, host, and singer joined Amy Poehler on the August 18 episode of the Good Hang podcast, where she reflected on what she had learned from women she has worked with in Hollywood. One of…
Investors step in to close Africa’s critical $80B infrastructure financing gap. Gulf investors are rapidly reshaping Africa’s investment landscape, committing billions of dollars to ports, transport corridors, logistics, renewable energy, and critical minerals as governments across the continent seek new sources of long-term development finance. The shift gathered momentum in June, when sovereign wealth funds…