The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• This ‘mutually assured destruction’ threat in the $7.3 trillion JGB market helps prevent Japan from triggering a debt crisis — for now [22d]
• How FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam is adapting to the era of ‘re-globalization’ [22d]
• Top energy expert says probability the U.S. will attack Iran soon is 75% as risk of major disruption to oil supply is priced in — ‘this one is real’ [22d]
• Partial government shutdown will extend into the week as House Speaker Johnson says it will be a few days before vote on funding [22d]
• ‘Melania’ documentary debuts with $7 million in ticket sales after Amazon MGM Studios spent $75 million for rights and marketing [22d]
• France’s Capgemini to sell unit that provides tech services to ICE as backlash against Trump’s immigration crackdown goes global [22d]
• 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from ICE facility in Texas after judge’s scathing order demanding release [22d]
• China’s export-led growth is looking more and more unsustainable while a real estate crash and reeling consumers fuel deflationary spiral [22d]
• Meet Walmart’s new CEO, John Furner: Once an hourly worker, today he takes charge of the top company in the Fortune 500 [22d]
• U.S. Olympic gold medalist went from $200,000-a-year sponsorship at 20 years old to $12-an-hour internship by 30 [22d]
• Trump voter in key swing district is horrified by his immigration crackdown. ‘We’re not a Third World country. What the hell is going on?’ [22d]
• Democrat stuns Texas GOP in special election for a state senate district that Trump won by 17 points in 2024, adding to signs of a blue wave [22d]
• Trump says the U.S. is ‘starting to talk to Cuba’ as he moves to cut its oil supplies [22d]
• Trump’s fight with NATO over Greenland ‘crossed a line that cannot be uncrossed’ and weakens the alliance long term, expert says [22d]
• Trump limits DHS intervention during protests in Democratic cities, but ICE and Border Patrol will be ‘very forceful’ protecting federal property [22d]
• The AI adoption story is haunted by fear as today’s efficiency programs look like tomorrow’s job cuts. Leaders need to win workers’ trust [22d]
• The ‘smart money’ isn’t acting like we’re in a bubble, top economist says. The AI ballgame is in its ‘early innings’ [22d]
• In the age of AI, better meetings might be your company’s secret weapon [22d]