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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai on Jan. 7.Aly Song | ReutersIn a regulatory filing out Friday, Elon Musk-led automaker Tesla announced a change to its corporate bylaws that will limit shareholders ability to sue the company if investors believe the company’s board or executives committed any breach of fiduciary duties.The filing says the new bylaw went into effect as of May 15, and that Tesla has adopted “an ownership threshold requiring any shareholder or group of shareholders to hold shares of common stock sufficient to meet an ownership…

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In a Friday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, EQT CEO Toby Rice claimed that natural gas will be a major source of power for the burgeoning artificial intelligence boom. “We firmly believe that natural gas is going to take the lion’s share of power demand to meet this growing AI demand need,” Rice said. “And people need to understand, this is not just a luxury item, this is not just going to make our apps better, this is absolutely critical that America wins the AI race.”EQT is one of America’s leading energy companies that produces natural gas. According to Rice, there’s…

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DANIEL SUSSKIND:  Growth doesn’t come from the material world of things that we can see and touch, but it comes from the intangible, invisible world of ideas. MATTHEW DUFFEY: Nobody can predict what’s going to happen in the next decade, but I think the one thing that we can all agree on is doing what you’ve done for the past ten years is not going to work. DANIEL: If you’re wanting serious sustained increases in living standards, in per capita GDP, you’ve got to focus on how our economies produce and share new ideas about the world. FEMI OKE: From PwC’s management publication strategy…

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Kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty ImagesLong-term care can be costly, extending well beyond $100,000. Yet, financial advisors say many households aren’t prepared to manage the expense.”People don’t plan for it in advance,” said Carolyn McClanahan, a physician and certified financial planner based in Jacksonville, Florida. “It’s a huge problem.”Over half, 57%, of Americans who turn 65 today will develop a disability serious enough to require long-term care, according to a 2022 report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Urban Institute. Such disabilities might include cognitive or nervous system disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s…

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Celsius CEO John Fieldly told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday that sugar-free category is a dominant force on the energy drink market and detailed his company’s growth trajectory after a recent acquisition.”For the first time in 2024, sugar free is the largest segment of the energy drink category, and you’re looking at one of the best portfolios to compete head-to-head,” Fieldly said.Investors were impressed by Celsius’ recent quarter and its agreement to buy Alani Nutrition, a rival company known for female-focused energy drink brand Alani Nu, which is popular with social media influencers. The company said it’s set to buy…

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This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CxO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions faced by chief executives around the world. In 2005, when nature enthusiast Martin Axelhed took over as CEO of Fjällräven—an outdoor clothing and equipment brand known for its iconic Kånken backpack—he brought a lifelong appreciation of nature from a childhood of hiking, skiing, and hunting in the Swedish countryside. During his two decades in the role, his main focus has been integrating the company’s founding principles of ethical environmental stewardship into a modern corporate strategy while driving growth in…

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