The CEO of a $282 billion chip machine producer takes one easy step to stay calm at the start of a big presentation
Christophe Fouquet has been leading ASML since 2024. Dutch semiconductor giant ASML’s CEO has a simple piece of advice for anyone going into a big presentation: inhale and exhale. “Watch the way you are going to breathe for the first 30 seconds,” Christophe Fouquet said on a Norges Bank podcast posted on Wednesday. “If you…
Make America Wealthy Again. Inside corporate America’s ‘quiet’ campaign to change Trump’s mind on mass deportations
Many of America’s biggest businesses are quietly lobbying to curb President Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of immigrants — workers who represent a large share of their labor force. And some involved in the campaign are deploying a phrase designed to appeal to Trump and his business-minded allies: Make America Wealthy Again. B-17 learned…
The egg-scuse for inflation. Restaurants are adding surcharges on your omelette — and it’s partly my fault
Tribeca Park Cafe would very much like customers to know that the higher prices are not its fault. “Due to high increase in egg, dairy products, and coffee prices, unfortunately, we have been forced to accommodate those high costs,” a sign taped to the glass around its deli counter reads. To emphasize, or perhaps provide…
I inherited $110,000. The first thing I bought was a convertible — here’s how I saved, invested, and spent the rest.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Susan von Seggern, a 56-year-old publicist and CFO in Los Angeles. It has been edited for length and clarity. My grandmother indirectly helped me become financially smart by leaving me $10,000 when she died in 1993. While on her deathbed, she couldn’t satiate her four grandchildren…
A software engineer shares the résumé that got him onsite interviews at Meta, Amazon, and Dropbox — and hired at Microsoft
Akshay Phadké shares the four strategies he used to make his résumé stand out in his applications to Big Tech companies. Akshay Phadké, 32, has spent the last decade climbing the ranks in both Big Tech and startups. “I aspired to work at such places alongside people who were curious to learn new things, looked…
A tech exec ate lots of ultra-processed foods. He became CEO of a nutrition company and took 5 steps to improve his diet.
Jonathan Wolf made small, gradual changes to eat fewer ultra-processed foods. When Jonathan Wolf co-founded the nutrition company ZOE eight years ago, his diet was “not great.” He was eating lots of ultra-processed food and tons of sugar, he told B-17. But he began making incremental changes to his diet in 2017, after he met…
Shoppers are using loopholes to avoid paying for clothes online — and retailers are fighting back
Retailers are hitting back at serial returners by implementing fees and banning accounts. Some young consumers are trying to make their money go further by taking advantage of retail loopholes such as returning items after wearing them once, using chargeback services on credit cards — or even pretending they didn’t receive the things they ordered.…
Gold hits record high after Trump threatens steel and aluminum tariffs
President Donald Trump is making new tariff threats. Commodity prices climbed and related currencies softened against the dollar on Monday after President Donald Trump said he would impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum entering the US. Speaking on Air Force One en route to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, Trump also said…
BP shares jumped 8% after renowned activist investor Elliott took a stake in the energy giant
Elliott Management is known for its aggressive pushes for change in the companies it invests in. Energy giant BP’s shares have soared after activist hedge fund Elliott Investment Management revealed it has taken a stake in the British company. Shares in BP rose by as much as 8.2% in early London trading on Monday before…
