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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Nicholas Gordon |Alan Murray
Good morning. Is attacking “woke CEOs” a winning political tactic? Two Republican contenders for the U.S. presidency—Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy—clearly think so. But early evidence suggests they may be miscalculating. Both candidates have toned done their anti-corporate rhetoric of late. And a recent New York Times poll found Republicans favored a “law and order candidate” over a “candidate who focuses on ‘woke’ ideology” by margins of two to one.
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2 months ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Michal Lev-Ram |Nicholas Gordon |Alan Murray
I was traveling in Asia last week, and as a result had to miss one of the year’s big events: Fortune Brainstorm Tech, held for the first time in Park City, Utah.
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2 months ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Nicholas Gordon |Alan Murray
It has been eight years since I joined Fortune, and there are few things I’m prouder of in that time than the creation of the Change the World list, which former editor Cliff Leaf and I conspired on back in 2015. At the time, Fortune had lots of lists. We ranked companies by revenue, by market value, by speed of growth, by employee satisfaction, by public image, and much more. But we had never recognized the ones that made the greatest contributions to society.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Clay Chandler |Nicholas Gordon
Good morning from Hong Kong. Tesla has long been the driving force of the global electric vehicle revolution.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Diane Brady |Nicholas Gordon
Diane Brady, Nicholas GordonWed, Aug 7, 2024, 5:04 AMGood morning. Companies change their names for a range of reasons. Sometimes, it’s intended to convey a break with the past, such as with Altria (Philip Morris) or Meta (Facebook). Other times, it may be prompted by a corporate marriage (Stellantis) or, more often, a split (Alphabet or GE (Vernova). Unlike a redesign, as PepsiCo famously did to Pepsi and Tropicana, creating a new identity is permanent.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Diane Brady |Nicholas Gordon
Good morning. The Fortune Global 500 list is out today; you can find it here. This is our annual ranking of the world’s largest companies by revenue and the most authoritative look across industries worldwide. In aggregate, these companies had their second-most profitable year ever, racking up $2.97 trillion in earnings during fiscal 2023, up 2% from the previous year. Together, they generated revenue of $41 trillion, representing more than one-third of global GDP.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Nicholas Gordon
The poster child for India’s liberalized banking sector is joining the ranks of the world’s largest companies. Mumbai-based HDFC Bank is fresh off last year’s $40 billion merger with its parent company—a somewhat risky move, but one that reflects the bank’s confidence in the continued strength of the Indian consumer class that fueled the rise of both companies.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Nicholas Gordon
Nicholas Gordon, Fortune’s Asia editor, with a report from our Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore conference. Two countries are clearly ahead in the AI arms race. The U.S. is home to startups like OpenAI and Anthropic and Big Tech firms like Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta. China, while still perhaps playing catch-up to its geopolitical rival, has its own AI startups and tech giants, locked in a fierce battle for market share.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Clay Chandler |Nicholas Gordon
Good morning from Hong Kong. Like a lot of people, I now use ChatGPT just about every day. Prompt, response; prompt, response. It’s simple, fast, cheap, and (mostly) reliable—almost like magic. But that magic depends on a sprawling network of very real infrastructure—GPUs, servers, data centers, cooling systems, undersea cables—and consumes a staggering amount of energy. But I’m newly conscious of that infrastructure since touring a mammoth data center in Singapore a few weeks ago.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
sg.finance.yahoo.com | Clay Chandler |Nicholas Gordon
Good morning from Hong Kong. Like a lot of people, I now use ChatGPT just about every day. Prompt, response; prompt, response. It’s simple, fast, cheap, and (mostly) reliable—almost like magic. But that magic depends on a sprawling network of very real infrastructure—GPUs, servers, data centers, cooling systems, undersea cables—and consumes a staggering amount of energy. But I’m newly conscious of that infrastructure since touring a mammoth data center in Singapore a few weeks ago.
