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The Signal Insight Brian McNamara spent six years running the group behind Advil, Centrum, and Sensodyne before GSK spun off its consumer health division in 2022. Perhaps a fifth of that job is comparable to what his role is now, as CEO of Haleon, he estimates, such was the difference ...

The Signal Insight Nitin Nohria spent a decade as dean of Harvard Business School, and taught his first workshop there for new CEOs in 1997. Many of today’s business leaders think of that era as an easier one to navigate, but he rejects the idea that today’s technological and geopolitical ...

The News The diesel export ban that President Donald Trump is mulling in a bid to bring down record-high prices would backfire in two ways — further dividing Hill Republicans while risking even pricier gasoline. It’s not clear that the Trump administration will impose diesel export limits, which the president ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the Iran war and railed against Israel’s critics in a UN General Assembly speech Thursday that showcased the country’s growing isolation. Hundreds of diplomats filed out as Netanyahu approached the lectern from where leaders of France, Brazil, and the UK assailed Israel this week. ...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed fears over AI’s existential threats as a “distraction” that’s “not grounded on science,” as the heads of OpenAI and Anthropic warned the UN of AI’s risks to humanity. If labs insist their products can’t be controlled then “we have to shut the labs down,” Huang ...

The News The senior leadership of UBS has revived discussions about ways to move the bank out from under Swiss regulators’ heavy hand, including through a combination with a foreign bank, after a setback this week, people familiar with the matter said. Switzerland’s parliament voted this week to advance a ...

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called a 40-year ban on booze from the top tier of British soccer matches “discriminatory,” signaling the potential return of pints to stands. The 1985 ban was justified by the UK’s then-home secretary as necessary to eliminate a “major contributory factor in violent and disorderly ...

China’s leader Xi Jinping called for “healthy” competition between Washington and Beijing in his historic White House visit Thursday, saying the countries shared the “responsibility to develop and manage AI for good.” US President Donald Trump said he prefers “​to leave [AI] exactly where it is,” reflecting his insistence that ...

Tim’s view On top of power hardware shortages, angry neighbors, and permitting delays, data center developers have a new headache to deal with: skeptical insurers. Wall Street is more than happy to rain cash down on AI infrastructure. But the insurance industry is still struggling to design and price coverage ...

Oil prices rose above $100 a barrel on the US-Iran geopolitical deadlock. Iran’s president said Wednesday he was open to talks to end the war, but warned that Tehran wouldn’t surrender its nuclear program — a major sticking point in the negotiations — or “bow” to the US. Yet, more ...