Banking
Goldman Sachs Replaces Big Annual Layoff With Targeted Rolling Cuts
March 19, 2026

Goldman Sachs is set to begin a series of small layoffs that will continue through the summer and impact all of its business lines, Seeking Alpha reported Thursday, citing a paywalled article by Business Insider. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Adoption Is Being Measured in Tokens, but the Metric Falls Short, Experts Say
March 19, 2026

A growing number of companies are using a unit called the token to measure how much their employees and workflows use artificial intelligence, according to The Wall Street Journal. Companies that now regularly use AI are starting to track their workers’ use of tokens, AI’s...

Economy
Wall Street Rally Overpowers Housing Slump to Lift Household Wealth
March 19, 2026

Rising stock prices helped drive an increase in Americans’ net worth in the fourth quarter of 2025, the Federal Reserve said Thursday (March 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Earnings
FedEx Earnings Point to a Leaner, More Competitive Logistics Industry
March 19, 2026

In today’s period of global turmoil, the logistics sector is increasingly just trying to get itself, as an industry, from point A to point B, much less the millions of packages shipped each day. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Artificial Intelligence
Jeff Bezos Raising $100 Billion to Supercharge Manufacturing With AI
March 19, 2026

Jeff Bezos is meeting with some of the world’s largest asset managers to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would buy manufacturing companies and transform them with the help of artificial intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (March 19). Get the Full...

Economy
Labor Market Remains Stable Despite Energy Fears
March 19, 2026

Jobless claims decreased last week, surprising economists and signaling a labor market that remains steady despite the pressures caused by rising oil and gas prices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Transportation
Uber Makes Billion-Dollar Bet on Rivian Robotaxis
March 19, 2026

Uber has teamed with carmaker Rivian to boost both companies’ autonomous vehicle efforts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Facebook / Meta
Meta Phases Out Human Moderators as AI Detection Outpaces Teams
March 19, 2026

Meta said Thursday (March 19) that over the next few years, it will shift the content enforcement efforts on its apps from the current third-party vendors to the company’s new artificial intelligence systems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Artificial Intelligence
Telecom and Energy Networks Embed AI to Streamline Workloads
March 19, 2026

Three of the largest companies in telecom and technology are pushing artificial intelligence out of far-flung data centers and into the infrastructure of everyday life, a shift that lets AI act on information the moment it is created rather than after a round trip to...