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Amazon MGM Studios announced Thursday it’s gained creative control over the James Bond franchise. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli remain co-owners of the franchise, which includes 25 movies released since 1962. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/EyxD0wFI7R

Fortune 500 fashion retailer @Nordstrom has hired Catherine Bloom as its first director of luxury styling. Bloom was previously a personal stylist for Neiman Marcus and has worked with countless celebrities and business executives. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/d39J49yfB9

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin spoke out at the UBS Financial Services conference in Key Biscayne, Fla. on Tuesday, thanking Elon Musk for his work with DOGE, but sounding his disdain for President Donald Trump’s tariffs plan. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/x6NZABjpL4

Meta’s layoffs were supposed to affect only the lowest-performing workers at the company. But laid-off employees have shared they received positive performance reviews and their jobs were cut anyway. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/q4G1swfpBl

Tom Brady wore a $740,000 watch for his first time as a Super Bowl commentator. The company produced only 18 of these watches, making the piece “insanely rare,” a fine jewelry store owner told @FortuneMagazine. https://t.co/Da5p3DtgKp

Max Levchin, CEO of buy-now, pay-later platform Affirm, said it’s important to help your employees pack their boxes after you lay them off. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/ZkSUHdakke

Gen Z workers actually want to work in the office. “People are seeking out the human connection we lost when we moved primarily to remote work,” human resources author Lia Garvin told @FortuneMagazine . https://t.co/9YTFushZaL

Waffle House instated a $0.50 surcharge for every egg sold across its 1,900 restaurants. Egg prices have continued to rise over the past several months due to a bird flu outbreak, causing short supply. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/6erUu0osIO

Bill Gates said he was surprised to see how many tech billionaires support Trump. The billionaire Microsoft founder donated $50 million to the Harris campaign and said he “always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center.” | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/anagySxT79

LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault calls Mark Zuckerberg’s move to lay off low-performing Meta employees a chance for the workers to be “promoted outwards, so to speak.” | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/O8SwkeuYrO

Gen Zers and millennials are duping online merchants into refunds for products they’ve received and are keeping. The practice is called digital shoplifting. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/4uLOy7rp4U

Spirit Airlines on Jan. 22 updated its legal agreement between passengers and the airline. It now disallows passengers from wearing certain offensive clothing and displaying obscene body art. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/RT76DGzVTt

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood said her firm wouldn’t invest in President Donald Trump’s memecoin, $TRUMP. She said the firm doesn’t know ‘of much utility for this coin’ and will stick to the big three: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/veTNNV8YNr

Warren Buffett has never been unclear about his disdain for cryptocurrency. But Berkshire Hathaway has invested millions of dollars in a Brazilian crypto-linked bank, Nu Holdings Ltd., whose stock is up 34% year over year. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/LOR9s7EQhD

JetBlue is getting sued for $1 million by a California couple alleging one of their planes dropped a massive chunk of ice on their home, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in physical and emotional damage. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/UJ4ihZPCKN

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TikTok influencers claim they won’t pay their taxes this year if the app gets banned. Some argue they shouldn’t have to pay the government for taking away their job, and others say they won’t be able to access important tax documents. | @FortuneMagazine https://t.co/jSNVG8UqcG