The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• CDC to escalate Ebola response after WHO declares emergency [18d]
• Markets are jittery as the global oil crisis bleeds into a global debt selloff, while Trump weighs new military options on Iran [18d]
• Four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collide and crash during air show in Idaho [18d]
• Gundlach says it’s ‘just not possible’ for the Fed to cut rates [18d]
• Supply shocks weren’t random. They were strategic—and should be seen as ‘supply coercion’ instead, former Fed official says [18d]
• U.S. says China to buy $17 billion of agricultural goods annually [18d]
• Taiwan’s president says the U.S. arms sales that Trump called a bargaining chip with China are ‘the most important deterrent’ of regional conflict [18d]
• WHO declares latest Ebola outbreak a global health emergency. A rare variant of the disease with no approved treatments is to blame [18d]
• The top foreign holders of U.S. debt may soon dump Treasury bonds and bring their money back home, potentially spiking borrowing costs [18d]
• BlackRock private credit fund’s valuations are probed by DOJ [18d]
• Ukraine brings the war to Moscow with one its largest drone attacks on the capital, adding to the ‘darkening cloud of anxiety over Russia’ [18d]
• Drone strike sparks fire at UAE nuclear power plant, the first time it’s been attacked since the Iran war started [18d]
• This community college student is America’s entrant in the Olympics of skilled trades. ‘I always wanted to be the first female to do something’ [18d]
• Some states blast utilities for ‘blatant corporate greed’ as profits rise while consumers revolt against AI-fueled electric bills [18d]
• Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump in Jan. 6 impeachment, loses primary as president retains grip on GOP — ‘that’s what you get’ [18d]
• OpenAI paid $100 million for a talk show. James Murdoch is eyeing an even bigger deal. The hot new asset class is humanity [18d]
• Freshworks CEO: why agile enterprises are winning the AI race — and what they did differently [18d]
• The AI boom hasn’t stopped U.S. companies from hiring cheap offshore labor, and overseas call center employment is still skyrocketing [19d]
• Zillow CEO doubles down on remote-work model: ‘There is talent everywhere in this country’ [19d]
• Gen Z is right about the job hunt—it really is worse than it was for millennials, with nearly 60% of fresh-faced grads frozen out of the workforce [19d]
• ‘The Butterfly Trust’: How Deutsche Bank maintained Jeffrey Epstein as a client until he was arrested [19d]
• ‘No one was coming to save me’: How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn’t fix [19d]
• Gen X is the most indebted generation in America. Their employers can fix that [19d]
• Gen Z calls degrees ‘useless’—but 20 years of data tells a different story: graduates are still the least likely to be unemployed [19d]
• A 45,000-person labor strike at Samsung’s memory chip plants could throw a wrench into the AI boom [19d]
• Wall Street is keeping a close eye on Kevin Warsh at the Fed. These are the red (and green) flags they’re watching for [19d]
• New NRG Energy CEO leans into growth with ‘bring your own power’ for the AI boom and affordability with ‘virtual power plants’ [19d]