U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies. The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July
Exactly 20 years ago, America met Michael Scott and a certain Dwight Schrute. When The Office launched in 2005, it quickly became a cultural touchstone, and its main title—complete with that dreadfully catchy tune—was so
caption Jennifer Henry After feeling burned out in New York, I jumped at an opportunity to move to Sweden with my husband. The slower pace helped me rediscover my favorite hobbies and shifted my relationship
Two Venezuelan F-16s flew near a US Navy destroyer on Thursday. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images Two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets buzzed a US Navy destroyer in international waters on Thursday. The Pentagon called the
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Fortune/Reuters A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here. I’m always shocked when I remember Amazon
As a Costco employee, I think the Daisy by Marc Jacobs perfume and Grinch statues are two of the best things to get at Costco right now. Veronica Thatcher I’ve been a Costco employee for
Investors in athletic apparel maker Lululemon Athletica are seeing red this morning after the company reported its second-quarter fiscal 2025 results. While the athleisure brand surpassed Wall Street earnings estimates for the quarter, it provided
World shares rose Friday after U.S. stocks climbed to a record as Wall Street made its final moves ahead of an update on the American job market that could clear the way for cuts to
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos Yves Herman/REUTERS The CEO of Anthropic warned that AI could gut entry-level jobs. Dario Amodei told the BBC that CEOs eye AI to cut
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani’s work spanned the worlds of celebrity, fashion and power. His death announced Thursday at age 91 has elicited an outpouring of tributes. Ralph Lauren “I have always had the deepest
Tiler Peck is one of the longest-tenured prima ballerinas at New York City Ballet. Twice, she has had injuries that almost ended her career. But at 36, an age when many ballerinas choose to retire,
caption TK Ash Jurberg My partner and I visited Portland and ended up traveling the city solely by bicycle. Cycling helped us save money and explore neighborhoods we otherwise might’ve missed. Now, I’ll tell every
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published August job market data on Friday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The US added 22,000 jobs in August, far fewer than the expected 75,000. Unemployment rose to the highest rate since
Hello once again and thanks for spending time with Fast Company’s Plugged In. Fifteen years into the era defined by the iPhone, a question still looms over the consumer tech industry: What’s the next great
Every day, we hear about new algorithms, groundbreaking analyses, and the potential for AI to revolutionize patient care. Yet, for many physicians and their teams on the front lines, AI can feel like another layer
No one has ever called LeBron James underrated. But the NBA star wasn’t always on top, particularly outside of basketball. He’s been questioned and critiqued for his pursuits in philanthropy, education, business, and entertainment. That’s
New data suggests that high-paying remote positions are almost as rare as they were before the pandemic.  According to a recent analysis of over one million job postings between January and July from Ladders, a
When the Labor Department put out a disappointing jobs report a month ago, an enraged President Donald Trump responded by firing the economist in charge of compiling the numbers and nominating a loyalist to replace
There’s a mountain of evidence that having a sense of purpose is correlated with feeling happy. And while an inanimate object such as the moon can’t feel emotions, humans have much to thank our natural
Work is filled with contradictions and disruptions these days, and the uncertainty can make the workplace feel like a constant emergency. As a result, people are stressed, pessimistic, and pulling back from their organizations—but they’re