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A shortage of air traffic controllers caused more flight disruptions Monday around the country as controllers braced for their first full missing paycheck during the federal government shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing-related delays on Monday afternoon averaging about 20 minutes at the airport in Dallas and about 40 minutes at both Newark Liberty International Airport and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The delays in…

More than half of the grades handed out at Harvard College are A’s, an increase from decades past even as school officials have sounded the alarm for years about rampant grade inflation.  About 60% of the grades handed out in classes for the university’s undergraduate program are A’s, up from 40% a decade ago and less than a quarter 20…

The number of people who may think a banana costs $10 has exploded in the last few decades. The US has 902 billionaires this year, up from 66 in 1990, when the economy was less than half of its current size and $410 million was equivalent to $1 billion in today’s dollars. US billionaires are collectively worth about $7.6 trillion, according to…

Investor Cathie Wood, a long-time Tesla bull known for first investing in the company a decade ago at $13 per share, condemned the growing resistance to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s potential $1 trillion pay package. Over the weekend, the ARK Invest CEO suggested the financial system that’s enabling the pushback against it is the one with the problem, not the…

Our nervous systems weren’t ready for the level of uncertainty we’re facing right now. That’s according to Dr. Brené Brown, author, researcher, and professor, who spoke at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday.  “It is extraordinarily difficult to be brave right now for a lot of different reasons,” Brown said. “Politics is one, but [also] radically…

The escalating trade clash between the U.S. and China has investors on edge, fearing it could mark the beginning of the end for global cooperation as we know it. On Friday, President Donald Trump called China’s new export controls “extraordinarily aggressive” and “hostile”; he threatened a retaliatory 100% tariff. (He later sought to deescalate the situation, calming U.S. markets.) For…

KPMG’s CEO Outlook survey offers an annual look behind the curtain at the issues keeping the top business leaders up at night. Every year, hundreds of leaders answer the call from the Big 4 accounting firm to speak frankly and anonymously about key issues that need to solved, and 400 participated in the 2025 edition. CEOs have a message for…

This year, Fortune’s Asia team is highlighting several women leaders who are showing influence and power beyond the corporate boardroom.  Here’s who made it onto Fortune’s first-ever “Most Influential Women” ranking: Twelve women from pop culture, policymaking and professional sports, who together show the diverse ways that power gets expressed across the Asia-Pacific. Blackpink Hallyu, the Korean wave, is taking…

McDonald’s is bringing back its iconic Monopoly game in the United States on Oct. 6, 2025, for the first time since the infamous “McMillions” scam, which saw $24 million in prizes stolen by an insider and his criminal network. This fan-favorite promotion returns after nearly 10 years away, having been shelved following the exposure of one of the biggest frauds…

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