The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to probe why health care costs keep climbing. Instead of defending their own practices, the CEOs from big hospital groups stepped up to point out how political decisions by the opposing party push prices higher. Earlier this year, insurance lea
A single person. A laptop. Some clever AI tools. That’s the basic recipe some in Silicon Valley now bet could bake up a billion-dollar tech business before long. Late last year, a high-profile tech leader mentioned a playful but telling detail: he and a circle of boss friends were quietly betting on
A 31‑year‑old woman named Ashly Robinson, who went by “Ashlee Jenae, ” was found dead in a hotel room in Tanzania last week. She had been traveling with her boyfriend, Joe McCann, the founder of a crypto company called Asymmetric Financial. Two days before she died, Joe had proposed to her, and phot
Peter Stern, 54, stepped into the CEO role at Peloton early in 2025 after pitching himself to a headhunter. He came from a long career in subscription services, having worked for Time Warner, Apple and Ford’s software division. Stern sees the job as a dream opportunity, despite Peloton’s recent stru
A fresh chief executive has taken the helm at Disney and is already making tough choices. The company plans to remove up to 1, 000 positions in the next few weeks, mainly from a recently merged marketing team. This move comes as Disney adjusts to slimmer earnings from its streaming services, w
The entertainment world is buzzing as Disney prepares major changes under new leadership. Reports suggest the company plans to cut about 1, 000 jobs in its marketing department. This move comes as part of a broader restructuring effort aimed at modernizing operations. Disney's marketing teams are o
Sam Altman’s leadership style has sparked fresh debates about trust in tech. A lengthy report dug into internal records and past colleagues’ notes, painting a picture of someone who bends facts when it suits him. One former insider bluntly described him as someone who doesn’t worry much about the fa
Experts often get excited about flashy tech trends, but the real mistake happens when bosses follow the crowd instead of thinking for themselves. Many CEOs bet big on 3D TVs, virtual reality worlds, and other hyped ideas just because everyone else was doing it. When COVID locked people inside, those
Palo Alto Networks shares jumped after the company’s chief executive, Nikesh Arora, bought more than sixty‑eight thousand shares—his first purchase in over four years. The move was reported in an SEC filing and is worth roughly ten million dollars, a signal that investors are feeling optimistic abou
The new film “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” brings together several high‑profile tech CEOs for a look at artificial intelligence. The director, Daniel Roher, had originally wanted to interview Sam Altman of OpenAI but ended up using a chatbot that mimicked him when the real person w
