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Jim Edwards is the executive editor for global news at Fortune. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Business Insider's news division and the founding editor of Business Insider UK. His investigative journalism has changed the law in two U.S. federal districts and two states. The U.S. Supreme Court cited his work on the death penalty in the concurrence to Baze v. Rees, the ruling on whether lethal injection is cruel or unusual. He also won the Neal award for an investigation of bribes and kickbacks on Madison Avenue.

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Iran calls for ‘full-scale war’ but behind the scenes a peace proposal might reopen the Strait of Hormuz—if Trump can stomach it
By Jim EdwardsJuly 21, 2026
‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Hackers are stealing data they can’t even read yet—banking on quantum computers to crack it later
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‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Hackers are stealing data they can’t even read yet—banking on quantum computers to crack it later
By Jim EdwardsJuly 20, 2026
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Investing
Tech stocks lead steep global sell-off as investors lose faith in AI chip trade
By Jim EdwardsJuly 17, 2026
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX stock deflates—and Wisconsin officials want him investigated for election ‘bribery’
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Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX stock deflates—and Wisconsin officials want him investigated for election ‘bribery’
By Jim EdwardsJuly 16, 2026
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Economy
Trump threatens Iran with more bombing as U.S. missile stockpiles decline, the Strait of Hormuz slams shut, and there’s no endgame in sight
By Jim EdwardsJuly 15, 2026
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Economy
The price of oil shoots upward as Trump demands tolls in the Strait of Hormuz
By Jim EdwardsJuly 14, 2026
Ships go dark as the clock runs out on Trump’s ‘undeclared naval war’ in the Strait of Hormuz
Newsletters
Ships go dark as the clock runs out on Trump’s ‘undeclared naval war’ in the Strait of Hormuz
By Jim EdwardsJuly 13, 2026
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Newsletters
Strait jacket: Wall Street is worried President Trump has no good options for ending the war with Iran
By Jim EdwardsJuly 10, 2026
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Newsletters
Trump is set to rip up the ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Iran—and Wall Street doesn’t care
By Jim EdwardsJuly 9, 2026
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Newsletters
Iran strikes 85 U.S. military sites in the Gulf, sparking a global selloff in stocks and a spike in the price of oil
By Jim EdwardsJuly 8, 2026
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North America
Game over for 20% of Xbox staff as Microsoft hits reset: We ‘didn’t focus on the core business,’ CEO says. ‘We simply spread ourselves too thin.’
By Jim EdwardsJuly 7, 2026
Photo: Kwak Noh-jung, chief executive officer of SK Hynix.
AI
$29 billion stock offering going live this week will test investor appetite for AI companies 
By Jim EdwardsJuly 6, 2026
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Economy
On Wall Street, analysts increasingly don’t believe the U.S. government’s ‘misleading’ job numbers
By Jim EdwardsJuly 3, 2026
Sam Altman seeks new world order for AI as OpenAI slowly loses ground to Google and Anthropic 
AI
Sam Altman seeks new world order for AI as OpenAI slowly loses ground to Google and Anthropic 
By Jim EdwardsJuly 2, 2026
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AI
Leveraged stock bets are ‘very concentrated in the AI ecosystem,’ Goldman Sachs warns
By Jim EdwardsJuly 1, 2026
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