I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall.

It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand.

That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI.

Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

Commuters in New York face a day of chaos as the strike shutting to Long Island Railroad goes into a third day.

Plus, the U.S. and China agreed to launch boards of trade and investment, and while fuel is expensive now, brace

yourself because global oil inventories are falling at a record pace.

The highest that oil prices have ever reached, at least for the brand benchmark, was $148

barrel. This was in 2008. There are some expectations out there that the Strait of Kermuda remains

close for

another few months, this level would be tested. It's Monday, May 18th. I'm Daniel Bach for the

Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas. And here is the AM edition of What's News,

the top headlines, and business stories moving your world today. A marathon day of negotiations has failed to end the strike on the Long Island Railroad, setting

the stage for a rough start to the week for commuters.

Unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the railroad, negotiated into

the early hours of this morning, after some prodding from the National Mediation Board

and New York Governor Kathy

Hokel. The bottom line is, no one wins in a strike. Everyone is hurt. The hundreds of

thousands of people who rely on the railroad and the thousands of unionized workers who are

losing out on wages. The talks went well enough that both sides agreed this morning to

continue. But as the journal's Alyssa Luckpad explains, that won't save Monday morning's commute

because of the time needed to get crews and trains in place. About 300,000 passengers

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