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Mentions of exec security protocols are popping up in more proxy filings, and companies like Starbucks are changing corporate jet policies due to what it calls "significant heightened security concerns." These moves follow the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and a shooting at a Park Avenue office building about eight months later. Both instances shattered long-held assumptions that corporate leaders were at least somewhat insulated from the types of violence more often associated with politicians or celebrities, several security executives told Business Insider.

We are now in a time of manufacturing where precision is more than a technical necessity; it's a business requirement. The more complex, globally dispersed and demanding things get, the less slack remains in the system. Under these circumstances tolerance management has become a decisive competence and affects competitiveness not only in terms of controlling costs, ensuring quality and improving production efficiency but also for long term market success.

In the short term, expectations are brutally realistic, but this is still a team intent on making noise from day one. That intent will be made clear when Cadillac unveils the livery of its first F1 car during a Super Bowl commercial Sunday. Such a move is a statement and arrival aimed as much at mainstream America as at a paddock that, for years, questioned whether the brand belonged on the grid at all.

And Babbel fits naturally into a modern business workflow. This language learning platform is designed around real-world conversations, not academic drills, making it especially useful for professionals who need practical language skills they can apply immediately. With lifetime access, business leaders gain access to more than 10,000 hours of language education across 14 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and more. Lessons are short, typically 10 to 15 minutes, so learning fits easily between meetings, travel days, or early mornings.

However, instead of getting busy with your regular Monday work rituals, you learn about the team's volunteering at the local community center to help the homeless. Your day suddenly changes. It's no longer about the deadlines and meetings. Now you will be a part of something more meaningful and do your bit for society. This is what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is about. It creates connections with the community and makes work personally meaningful.

Applovin's stock fell on generalized fear over two new innovations in the mobile game world. Late last week, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) unveiled Project Genie, an AI-powered tool that allows users to create virtual worlds. Second, a new AI-based digital advertising start-up, CloudX, became generally available, posing a potential competitive threat to Applovin's mobile game advertising engine.

Shares of Strategy ($MSTR) surged sharply Friday, lifting more than 25% at times, trading near $133, after a brutal prior session left the bitcoin‑linked stock deeply oversold. The jump comes as markets stabilized and bitcoin rebounded from multi‑week lows to around $71,000, injecting newfound demand into equities tied to digital assets. Friday's rally reversed a dramatic sell‑off on Thursday, during which MSTR shares plunged to multi‑year lows on earnings losses and renewed pressure in crypto markets.

The US dollar held steady on Friday, hovering near two-week highs and on track to close the week in positive territory. The currency strengthened in recent sessions, supported by the nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chair, a series of upside surprises in manufacturing and services PMIs, and cautious rhetoric from some Fed officials. However, the supportive backdrop has been challenged by a deterioration in labour market indicators.

A senior executive at quantitative trading firm Vatic Labs resigned last month and sued the company, alleging it failed to pay most of a contractually guaranteed $1.5 million bonus, according to a complaint filed in Delaware Superior Court. Rosen Kralev, the former director of trading at the high-frequency trading firm, alleges in court papers that Vatic for months blamed the missed payments on difficulties raising funds. It is the second instance in the past year of a former Vatic executive suing the firm over alleged nonpayment.

The company is also leaning on its multi-year restructuring program, 'Beauty Reimagined', to offset part of the blow. The plan, which carries an estimated price tag of $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion, combines sweeping cost cuts with a reorganization of brands and regions and a net reduction of 5,800 to 7,000 jobs, or up to about 11% of the workforce, by 2027.

The U.S. stock market roared back on Friday, as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge, at least for now. The S&P 500 rallied 2% for its best day since May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,206 points, or 2.5%, and topped the 50,000 level for the first time, while the Nasdaq composite leaped 2.2%.

The charges announced today largely reflect the cost of overestimating the pace of the energy transition that distanced us from many car buyers' real-world needs, means and desires. They also reflect the impact of previous poor operational execution, the effects of which are being progressively addressed by our new team. The company said that the charges include cash payments of 6.5bn, to be paid out over the next four years.

The German owned discount retailer Lidl is to provide their workers with the seventh pay rise since 2023. The retailer will double paid paternity leave as part of a further £29 million investment for workers wages and entry level pay will rise to £13.45 per hour. Londoner's starting out with Lidl will see an increase from £14.35 6o £14.80 and with length of service pay will rise to £15.30.

Minute Maid helped make orange juice a year-round morning staple in 1946, when it started shipping cans of frozen juice around the U.S. But 80 years later, the brand's parent company is halting sales of frozen juice concentrates in the U.S. and Canada, saying it wants to focus on the fresh juices that customers now prefer. "We are discontinuing our frozen products and exiting the frozen can category in response to shifting consumer preferences,"

When it comes to the world's richest billionaires, tech founders litter the top of the list. AI has been heralded as a multi-trillion-dollar industry, catapulting many founders to extreme wealth; but now AI bubble fears and doubts over valuations have led to billions erased from CEOs' net worths overnight. For Larry Ellison, whose net worth has been hardest hit, that looks like a $59.2 billion loss since the year started-and we're only in February.

The average CEO makes over 280 times what their company's line worker earns. This is more than 10 times the ratio observed in the 1970s. Looking just at the salaries and bonuses of Fortune 500 CEOs, financial executives, top university presidents, and even some directors of the larger non-profit organizations, you would think that these leaders are performing at high levels-at least levels high enough to justify their huge compensation. Unfortunately, that's not often the case.

Reddit reported on Thursday $690 million in ad revenue for Q4 2025, a 75% year-over-year increase. Which means its ad biz grew by at least 60% each quarter of 2025. Reddit also saw its active advertiser count grow by 75% YOY. In addition, Reddit reported $2.1 billion in total 2025 ad revenue - topping $2 billion in annual ad revenue for the first time and improving on its 2024 revenue by 74%.

Ever found yourself staring at flight prices, watching them jump around like a nervous cat? Last month, I was booking a trip to Prague (one of those cities where you can practically taste the history in the cobblestone streets), and I noticed something odd. The same flight I'd been tracking for days suddenly dropped by nearly £80 when I checked it on a Tuesday afternoon.

The findings also indicate that working parents and caregivers (often women), as well as employees with disabilities who require workplace accommodations, are being pushed out. "The probability of more skilled employees departing after RTO mandates is 77% higher than that of less skilled workers, and the probability of senior employees departing after RTO mandates is 36% higher than that of junior workers," said Mark Ma, an associate professor of business administration at the University of Pittsburgh.

We're now operating in a fundamentally different internet, one shaped by opaque algorithms, generative content, and growing distrust,

Peloton Interactive ( NASDAQ:PTON ) surged during the pandemic as home fitness demand exploded, with revenue peaking at $4.1 billion in fiscal 2021. Since then, it has steadily declined, shedding market value and users. Sales have fallen amid economic pressures, while membership rolls have shrunk as consumers return to gyms or cut spending. Product updates, such as redesigned bikes and treads, have failed to capture broad interest in a price-sensitive market.

As we kick off 2026, activist investor campaigns are no longer just prevalent; they are global, sophisticated, and have increasingly become an acute threat to corporate leadership. The escalating pressure is undeniable: Barclays data shows that activist investor campaigns hit a high last year - surpassing 2024 by 5% - with 32 CEOs resigning as a result (a record) - and showing no signs of slowing down.

Michael Lewis and Tom Lee held court in a podcast taping in New York City on Tuesday, talking to SoFi's head of investment research Liz Thomas for her show The Important Part. In a wide-ranging conversation that covered, among other things, Lee's thoughts on flash-frozen technology and Michael Lewis' dinner with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the subject of Sam Bankman-Fried, the two towering figures in finance debated whether the current sell-off in software stocks was turning into something more serious.

Estée Lauder forecast annual sales and profit slightly below estimates on Thursday, as the cosmetics maker navigates a brand reset with increased marketing spend while it navigates tariff-related pressures. Shares fell about ⁠9 percent in premarket trading after it forecast third-quarter margins to contract ⁠50 basis points due to stepped-up investments in product innovation and tariff pressures. The company, which is undergoing a turnaround under its CEO Stephane de La Faverie, flagged a $100 million tariff hit on

Snap SNAP reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.72 billion, up 10% year over year, largely due to strength in average revenue per user. Adjusted EBITDA margin came in at 21%, up 300 basis points from the prior year, owing to growing operating leverage and a favorable sales mix. Why it matters: Despite a 5% year-over-year decline in global daily active users, or DAUs, traction in high-margin offerings such as Snapchat+, Sponsored Snaps, and Memories Storage Plans improved core platform monetization, supporting both top-line and profitability expansion.

The past few years have done a number on a lot of people's savings. Between high levels of unemployment spurred by the pandemic and several years of rampant inflation, many folks have whittled down their cash reserves to practically nothing. An estimated 63% of U.S. workers did not have enough savings on hand to cover a $500 emergency expense, according to Fintech company SecureSave. That's kind of scary, though, because as a general rule, it's important to have a large enough emergency fund to cover at least three months of expenses.