Comment on Ryan Reynolds: Cofounder, Maximum Effort; Chief Creative Officer, MNTN

At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Khan, who chairs the Federal Trade Commission, said she launched a market inquiry to better understand the business practice. A family member on the other side of the country has died and you need an airline ticket to go to the funeral. You’ve been handling all of these details on your phone or computer—where nothing is truly private anymore—and when you go to buy that ticket, you’re charged a higher price.

Doritos killed its ‘Crash the Super Bowl’ ad contest before creator culture took hold. Now, the company is bringing it back and wants to see what the internet comes up with. Back in the fall of 2006, Doritos launched its “Crash The Super Bowl” contest, challenging fans to create their own big game Doritos ad.

The mega retailer says it’s shifting its shopping season ahead by several weeks to accommodate consumer behavior with discounted toys, electronics, and more. Is Christmas coming early this year? It is at Walmart.

At this point, Ryan Reynolds is known as much for his blockbuster films as his business acumen. Reynolds’s portfolio spans TV and film production (Maximum Effort), marketing and advertising (MNTN), sports (Wrexham, Alpine F1), a mobile network (Mint Mobile), spirits (Aviation Gin), and more. Hear from Reynolds on how he’s used creativity as the antidote to financial constraints, tired advertising tropes, and consumer ennui. Over the past decade, Ryan Reynolds has redefined how advertising, brands, and entertainment can be mixed and matched, all while making us laugh.

‘Today’s lawsuit shows the fullest picture to date of ExxonMobil’s decades-long deception.’ California has filed a lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil over its alleged role in global plastic waste pollution, its attorney general announced on Monday.

More than perhaps any other material, cement is the glue that holds the globalized world together—especially our cities. But producing it requires huge amounts of fossil fuels, and the industry is responsible for up to 8% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a 2023 study in Nature. Efforts to tackle the issue have historically centered on things like fuel and efficiency.