The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• Is Powell’s Fed head independence dead? It’s just one more diversionary Trump trick [43d]
• Elon Musk says saving for retirement is irrelevant because AI is going to create a world of abundance: ‘It won’t matter’ [43d]
• 5 daily tasks that can double as exercise [43d]
• Forget the K-shaped economy, market veteran Ed Yardeni says—instead, it’s boomers hoarding wealth while Gen Z struggles to build it [43d]
• Trump threatens to keep ‘too cute’ Exxon out of Venezuela after CEO provides reality check on ‘univestable’ industry [43d]
• Former New York Mayor Eric Adams has a new act as a crypto entrepreneur—though details of his “NYC Token” remain vague [44d]
• Muhammad Ali once joked he should be on a stamp because ‘that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.’ Wish granted [44d]
• Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth hotline organization, The Trevor Project [44d]
• The 4.9% mystery: U.S. economy sees productivity surge, but drivers remain an ‘open question,’ top economist says [44d]
• Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis, and AI-generated jokes are just slowing down animal control’s primate chase [44d]
• ‘Apple Intelligence,’ powered by Gemini, marks a ‘major validation moment for Google,’ top tech analyst says [44d]
• Allegiant Air to acquire Sun Country Airlines for $1.5 billion [44d]
• Grok blocked in Malaysia and Indonesia as sexual deepfake scandal builds [44d]
• Paramount fires back at Warner Bros. bid, launching proxy fight for board seats at annual meeting [44d]
• ‘Godfather of AI’ says the technology will create massive unemployment and send profits soaring — ‘that is the capitalist system’ [44d]
• Americans making more than $100,000 are quickly losing faith in the economy—and it’s a red flag for the white-collar job market [44d]
• An anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall—and now Washington wants answers [44d]
• U.K. investigation into X over allegedly illegal deepfakes risks igniting a free speech battle with the U.S. [44d]
• Echoing the Great Recession, Gen Z graduates are pouring into education, with Teach For America reporting a 43% surge [44d]
• Acquisition.com CEO says leaders ‘have it backwards’ when it comes to hiring: She says she hires for emotional intelligence over technical skills [44d]
• ‘Something big’ just happened in the U.S. housing market, real estate CEO says. And it could mean the difference of being able to buy a home or not [44d]
• The FOMC has the power to pick its own chair and could keep Powell—unless the DOJ probe and Supreme Court let Trump oust him from the Fed [44d]
• Google’s Sergey Brin admits he’s hiring ‘tons’ of workers without degrees: ‘They just figure things out on their own in some weird corner’ [44d]
• Goldman Sachs top economist says Powell probe won’t change the Fed: ‘Decisions are going to be made based on employment and inflation’ [44d]
• Jeff Bezos tells Gen Z entrepreneurs to gain work experience before launching new companies: ‘I started Amazon when I was 30’ [44d]
• How luxury homebuilding giant Toll Brothers took the drama out of CEO succession [44d]
• A cautionary Hollywood tale: the Ellisons’ lose-lose Paramount positioning [44d]
• Productivity gains fuel U.S. growth while hiring slows [44d]
• Molson Coors CEO: We’re doing our part to solve society’s ‘occasion problem’ – and we’re getting some unexpected help [44d]
• DeFi has earned a seat at the grown-ups table—now comes the hard part [44d]
• How a Harvard grad helped make Hyperliquid the biggest new player in crypto—with just 11 people and no venture funding [44d]
• Employees are using ‘2025 tools inside 2015 job structures,’ a new Workday study says [44d]
• Meet autistic Barbie: the newest Mattel doll launched in line intended to celebrate diversity [44d]
• Help Fortune find Europe’s Most Innovative Companies 2026 [44d]
• Treasury spent $276 billion in interest on the national debt in the final three months of 2025, says the CBO—up $30 billion from a year prior [44d]
• World Liberty Financial’s bid for a U.S. bank charter raises new questions about Trump’s crypto conflicts [44d]
• ‘Sell America’: Investors dump U.S. assets in fear of the end of Fed independence [44d]
• One reason CEOs tie layoffs to AI? It motivates remaining employees to adopt the technology [44d]
• Malaysia and Indonesia move to ban Musk’s Grok AI over sexually explicit deepfakes [44d]
• Stock futures slide while gold and silver jump after Powell investigation raises fears over the Fed’s independence [44d]
• DOJ probe on Powell draws swift backlash from Congress as key GOP senator says he won’t confirm anyone for the Fed until case is resolved [44d]
• Powell blasts DOJ criminal probe as attack on Fed independence. ‘Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats’ [44d]
• Oil prices rise as bloody crackdown on Iran protests suggests Tehran fears a ‘dire security threat to the regime’ with loyalty of forces in doubt [44d]