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To qualify for the Blue Ribbon list, a company must appear on at least five of our 10 most rigorous annual rankings.

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Warren Buffett posted pedestrian investment returns over the last years of his career, due largely to a failure to grasp the potential of Big Tech.

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A Fortune investigation reveals that Boring Company was able to skirt aggressive penalties after it protested to some of Nevada’s most powerful politicians.

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Cloud-computing giant CoreWeave is valued at more than $50 billion, but a heavy debt load represents a major vulnerability.

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The CEO of the U.S. energy secretary’s fracking company said Trump’s tariffs are getting in the way of U.S. energy and AI dominance.

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