Fortune Live for July 14, 2016: Brainstorm Tech Special Edition
We close our show with a quick recap of some of our favorite highlights from the event in Aspen. Hope you enjoy!source
Meet a 73-year-old cafeteria worker who expects to serve 700 free Thanksgiving meals this year: ‘I just feel like this is a time to step it up a little bit’
“When you work with the school system you know the families that are in need because there are a lot of babies that come to school and that’s the only…
‘Weaker job growth and lower inflation’: It’s all lining up perfectly for a Fed cut in December
U.S. markets are closed today for Thanksgiving, but S&P 500 futures were flat this morning after the index closed up 0.69% yesterday, its fourth straight day of gains. Investors appear…
A billionaire and an A-list actor found refuge in a 37-home Florida neighborhood with armed guards—proof that privacy is now the ultimate luxury
A quaint, 37-home neighborhood an hour from Miami is attracting moneyed residents, including actor Mark Wahlberg, despite not having a private golf club or coastline—instead its major selling point is…
Teaching yourself how to cook this Thanksgiving? Here’s some stuff you need in your kitchen
More than 90% of people in the U.S. celebrate the food-centric holiday and more than 1 in 4 attend meals that include more than 10 other people, according to the…
Finance’s outdated view of women holding back female founders
Women make up around half of the world’s population. There is no field of endeavour in which women are not achieving, from tech to fashion to AI. And yet, the…
Singapore tops global ranking for attracting and retaining talent, pushing out Switzerland
The city-state—the only Asian country in this year’s top 10—dethroned Switzerland, which had held first place since the list’s inception in 2013. Switzerland slid to second place on this year’s list,…
Despite some green shoots, the new CEO of Kohl’s faces a tough slog to win back its AWOL shoppers
First the good news: Kohl’s finally has a steady hand at the helm after promoting its interim CEO to the top job, following years of churn in its C-suite. The…
How to stop ‘death-by-measurement’ from killing your product’s vision
Think about any product or brand that you use. Would you get a tattoo of any of them?That’s the level of passion one has to inspire in an audience to…
What the head of IBM’s $500 million AI and quantum venture fund is looking for in a startup
Fontaine talked to Fortune recently about what she is looking for when she invests.Primarily, IBM is focused on business-to-business companies, especially if they fit into IBM’s ecosystem of clients and…
