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Powered 500 leaders List for 2026 is out.

Five hundred founders, operators, and investors defining the decade ahead.

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The Federal Open Market Committee held rates on 29 July by a nine to three vote, with all three dissenters pushing for an increase rather than a cut. The more consequential change was the statement itself, which is getting shorter on purpose, and what that means for anyone whose planning depended on reading the Fed's intentions in advance.

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New York's bespoke tailors are taking in suits at a ratio they have never recorded, and hiring staff to keep up. The same shift that filled their order books has left the wider apparel industry holding several hundred million units of inventory built against a size curve that no longer describes the customer.

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Introducing the 2026 Powered Magazine 25 Outstanding Fintech Leaders

Powered Magazine is proud to present its inaugural list of "25 Outstanding Fintech Leaders" - an editorial recognition of founders, CEOs, innovators, and financial technology executives who are redefining the future of finance through innovation, technology, and customer-centric solutions.

The leaders featured this year are transforming digital banking, payments, lending, wealth management, insurance technology, blockchain, embedded finance, financial infrastructure, and enterprise fintech. Through bold leadership and groundbreaking ideas, they are improving financial accessibility, driving digital transformation, and shaping the next generation of global financial services.

We congratulate each honoree on this well-deserved recognition and thank them for their contributions to one of the world's fastest-growing and most influential industries.

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Three CEO successions. Six days. One question every board should be asking.

Leadership transitions are often judged by who gets the job. But the harder question is whether the succession actually prepares the company for what's next.

In just six days, three major organizations announced CEO transitions. One opted for a 14-month handover. Another turned to an interim leader. A third promoted from within.

Different decisions. The same unanswered question: What problem is the new leader actually expected to solve?

This analysis explores what these appointments reveal about succession planning, governance, and the strategic choices boards make long before a CEO takes the corner office.

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With 58% of small businesses now using generative AI, the old assumptions no longer hold. Here's why enterprise budgets, technical hires, and hype skepticism are all the wrong lens for Main Street's AI adoption wave.

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Introducing the 2026 Powered Magazine 25 Leaders Transforming Healthcare

Powered Magazine is proud to present its inaugural list of "25 Leaders Transforming Healthcare" - an editorial recognition of founders, CEOs, and healthcare executives driving meaningful change across healthcare delivery, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, digital health, diagnostics, and patient care.

The individuals featured this year are advancing medical innovation, expanding access to care, improving patient outcomes, and helping shape the future of healthcare.

We congratulate each honoree on this well-deserved recognition and thank them for their contributions to one of the world's most essential industries.

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Moody's warned this week that unprecedented AI spending is threatening the credit quality of the largest technology companies. The number that should hold executive attention is not the capital expenditure figure. It is the 1.2 trillion dollars in lease commitments sitting off the balance sheet, most of it attached to data centres that have not been built.

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Brussels fined Google roughly a billion dollars under the Digital Markets Act on 23 July. The money is immaterial to Alphabet. The compliance order behind it is not, and it establishes a template that reaches well beyond the companies formally designated as gatekeepers.

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Executive coaching's most-quoted return figure comes from a single case study at one company, decades ago. As coaching budgets face procurement scrutiny for the first time, the industry's evidence base is being audited, and the honest case for coaching turns out not to need the inflated number at all.

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Introducing the 2026 Powered Magazine 25 Leaders Shaping the Future of Logistics

Powered Magazine is proud to present its inaugural list of 25 Leaders Shaping the Future of Logistics - an editorial recognition of founders and executives driving meaningful change across freight, transportation, supply chain, fulfillment, and logistics technology.

The individuals featured this year are building companies, scaling innovation, and helping define the future of global commerce.

We congratulate each honoree on this well-deserved recognition and thank them for their contributions to one of the world's most essential industries.

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Two Speeds: Delta's Premium Cabin Just Overtook Its Main Cabin for the First Time. Quiet Luxury Is Priced on the Absence of Other People. Everyone Is Selling the Same Absence.

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The Junior Rung: AI Removed the Tasks That Taught Judgement, Not the Need for It. Why Hollowing Out Entry-Level Work Is a Year-Four Problem Disguised as a Year-One Saving?

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The Fourteen-Month Handoff: What Boards Get Wrong About Naming a Successor? Long Runway, Interim CFO, or Internal Promotion: Choosing Your Succession Posture

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The 67 Percent Bankruptcy Spike Has an Eighteen-Month Fuse. Why Small Business Bankruptcies Are Rising Five Times Faster Than Everyone Else's.

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Wolfsburg Math: Why 100,000 Job Cuts Do Not Close Volkswagen's Gap
Volkswagen Is Cutting the Cost Base. The Revenue That Made It Affordable Is What Changed.

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In 2026, the best Chief Compliance Officers aren’t just managing risk - they’re building trust at scale.

Meet the 25 Women Chief Compliance Officers of 2026 👇

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Who’s on your shortlist of the most impactful CCOs right now?

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With 58% of small businesses now using generative AI, the old assumptions no longer hold. Here's why enterprise budgets, technical hires, and hype skepticism are all the wrong lens for Main Street's AI adoption wave.

https://t.co/KIr94WdtMB

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Resorts are swapping day spas for sleep labs and longevity clinics, chasing the wealth concentrated in over-50 travelers. Here's the capex logic behind wellness tourism's shift from amenity to business model.

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After regulators blocked its $25B Albertsons merger, Kroger's $1.65B Giant Eagle deal reveals a rebuilt playbook: regional adjacency, a private seller, and pre-flagged divestitures. Here's what it signals for grocery M&A.

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Fidji Simo's exit from OpenAI and Sumit Rana's from Epic Systems both happened the same week, for unrelated reasons. Here's why the deputy seat deserves the same succession scrutiny boards reserve for the CEO chair.

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