The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• The world’s 500 richest people made more than a quarter trillion yesterday as volatile markets react to fragile Iran war ceasefire [5d]
• Only five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, far below Iran’s pledge as negotiations begin [5d]
• Levi’s 517 jeans sales jump 25% thanks to ‘Love Story’ and the Carolyn Bessette Kennedy effect [5d]
• A global food emergency: Why the closed Strait of Hormuz puts half the world’s calories at risk [5d]
• Jet fuel supply disruptions are comparable to 9/11 and could take months to replenish even if Hormuz Strait is reopening, airline trade group warns [5d]
• Americans hate the economy so much, they’re buying $22 smoothies [5d]
• Even Nvidia’s own research teams can’t get enough GPUs amid the race for AI computing power [5d]
• Mark Cuban admits he made a mistake letting go of the Mavericks: ‘I don’t regret selling. I regret who I sold to’ [5d]
• You’re looking at the AI revolution all wrong, top economist says: 40% unemployment and a 3-day work week are the same thing [5d]
• Deutsche Bank says China is energy ‘winner’ in age of war [5d]
• JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon says don’t make big decisions when you’re tired—especially if it’s a Friday [5d]
• ‘This utter lack of communication and consultation flies in the face of federal law’: states push against immigration detention plans [5d]
• Hormuz traffic still blocked as Iran tries to formalize control [5d]
• Goldman flags $100-plus Brent if Hormuz shut another month [5d]
• Zoom CEO predicts a 3-day workweek is just five years away—and he’s happy about it: ‘I hate working 5 days’ [5d]
• Claudia Sheinbaum wants Mexico to start fracking to get away from Trump’s natural gas. But she won’t call it that [5d]
• The cease-fire that wasn’t: Here’s why Trump and Iran never really agreed to the same terms [5d]
• Nutella jumps on the best product placement money can’t buy: a trip to the far side of the moon [5d]
• Trump’s ‘cease-fire’ won’t stop Iranian hackers for long, cyber experts say [5d]
• First, Iran and Hormuz, second, China and Taiwan? The dangerous implications of a tollbooth on the open sea [5d]
• Democrats begin to realize that an illegal war and a threat of genocide are grounds for Trump’s removal [5d]
• AI-savvy pro-Iran groups troll America with Lego Movie-style propaganda videos mocking American failure [5d]
• A serial killer stalked Long Island’s Gilgo Beach for 30 years. A blank-faced 62-year-old architect just pleaded guilty [5d]
• Data centers are destroying states’ clean energy dreams [5d]
• ‘In rural, urban, red, blue, Democrats have overperformed everywhere’: GOP wakes up to freight train heading their way [5d]
• ‘Every time you see that power bill, you’re just sick’: Meet a West Virginian whose $900 electric charge is more than her fixed income [5d]
• The 2026 Masters winner will earn 113 times more than the first champion did in 1934 [5d]
• U.S. just had its hottest March ever, in records dating back 132 years [5d]
• European far-right loved Trump for years until he went to war next door in Iran [5d]
• Oil climbs back toward $100 a barrel, stock futures fall as Wall Street digests botched cease-fire [5d]
• Trump and Iran both claim they have a cease-fire. They don’t agree on what they agreed to [5d]
• Iran closes strait, challenges U.S. to rein in Israel: ‘the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments’ [5d]
• Current price of oil as of April 9, 2026 [5d]
• The white-collar jobs most exposed to AI, according to Anthropic’s own data [5d]
• ARK Invest is betting on underdog drone delivery company Manna to beat out Alphabet and Zipline [5d]
• U.S. government is spending $88 billion a month in interest on national debt—equal to spending on defense and education combined [5d]
• Too much fire, not enough cease: Iran tightens its grip on global oil trade on eve of peace talks [5d]
• Why CEO Michelle Gass is thriving at Levi’s after stumbling at Kohl’s [5d]
• White-collar workers are quietly rebelling against AI as 80% outright refuse adoption mandates [5d]
• The digital sovereignty dilemma is a false choice — here’s how enterprises can have both [5d]
• Why a proposed merger to create Malaysia’s largest construction conglomerate fell apart [5d]
• Meta just killed a dashboard that let employees compete to be the company’s No. 1 AI token user [5d]
• Jamie Dimon says the best teams work like Navy SEALs, not sprawling ‘flat’ corporations [5d]
• Gen Z doesn’t want your full-time job. They want several part-time roles, and it’s reshaping the entire workforce [5d]
• Delta’s CEO spent 15 years turning the airline into a premium brand. Now it commands 20% more per seat than rivals [5d]
• 75% of Gen Z equate desk jobs with burnout and instability—and 1 in 4 are picking up a toolbelt instead [5d]
• Why Trump’s 2027 budget could be the document that triggers a debt crisis [5d]
• Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav’s ‘extraordinary’ $887 million golden parachute gets ripped by proxy advisory firm ISS [5d]