Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Giovanni Ferrero knows it. Scion and executive chairman of Ferrero Group, the company behind favorites like Nutella, Kinder, and Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero announced plans in July to acquire WK Kellogg, maker of Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops, in a deal …

During a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 team were peppered with questions about the new model and requests to bring back its previous model, GPT-4o. They also asked Altman about the most embarrassing — and perhaps funniest — snafu in …

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power weakened further after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in Japan’s upper house elections on July 20. The vote marks a historic shift: For the first time since 1955, the LDP does not control either house of …

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The proposed $47 billion acquisition of Japan’s Seven & i Holdings by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) would have been the largest foreign takeover in Japanese history. Instead, after nearly a year of overtures, negotiations, and political maneuvering, ACT withdrew its offer in mid-July, citing a persistent lack of engagement and …

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Christopher Hodge, chief US economist at investment bank Natixis, shares his thoughts regarding the forces shaping the US economy. With a career spanning the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the US Department of the Treasury, and hedge funds, he offers a rare public and private perspective on today’s policy-driven …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ATLANTA — It’s not very often (or ever, actually) that baseball fans stand and cheer for the ump. But when the stadium announcer introduced the umpire crew before Saturday’s Braves–Marlins game, the crowd went wild. Because taking her place at first base, …

AI tools are driving efficiency and strategic gains—and fundamentally reshaping finance professionals’ roles. Artificial intelligence promises to ignite a revolution in the corporate finance function, enhancing efficiency, forecasting, and decision-making. As adoption accelerates, CFOs envision expanding their role from stewards of cost to drivers of longterm value as they integrate …