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The $100 oil shock is hitting the middle class like a margin call

As gas tops $4 a gallon, Wall Street debates inflation. But middle-class families and female breadwinners are absorbing the shock with little margin left.

By Katica RoyApril 21, 2026
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What happens if nothing is done to fix Social Security by 2032?
By Martha SheddenApril 21, 2026
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This Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Tim Cook is leaving at a peak and John Ternus is exactly the right CEO for the AI era
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianApril 20, 2026
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Trump has already endorsed the Monroe Doctrine. Now he needs to endorse the Truman Doctrine
By Robert HormatsApril 18, 2026
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The U.S. has a $282 billion trade surplus you’ve never heard of — and it’s at risk
By Josh KallmerApril 19, 2026
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AI’s next act: how Salesforce is turning efficiency gains into revenue
By Keith Ferrazzi and Wendy SmithApril 18, 2026
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LawFlorida launches criminal probe into OpenAI to see if ChatGPT is responsible for fatal Florida State shooting
By Mike Schneider and The Associated PressApril 21, 2026
Sequoia partner Julien Bek sitting on a stool and holding a microphone while speaking to an audience. Behind him is a stage that looks like a forest.
AIAre services the new software? This venture capitalist thinks the future is in selling AI-delivered outcomes, not AI-powered products
By Jeremy KahnApril 21, 2026
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan shakes someone's hand at the opening of Polymarket's temporary free grocery store in Manhattan
CryptoInvestors are valuing Polymarket at a discount to archrival Kalshi—and its crypto ties could be one reason why
By Jack KubinecApril 21, 2026
Double exposure photograph of a portrait of Mark Zuckerberg and a telephone displaying the Meta group s artificial intelligence logo at Kerlouan in Brittany in France on April 11 2025. (Photo by Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
AIMeta will start tracking employees’ screens and keystrokes to train AI tools
By Eva RoytburgApril 21, 2026
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Politics‘Something sinister could be happening’: FBI looks into dead or missing nuclear and space defense scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, and SpaceX
By Catherina GioinoApril 21, 2026
Google Cloud’s next big moment—and what it needs to continue its ascent
AIGoogle Cloud’s next big moment—and what it needs to continue its ascent
By Alex Kantrowitz, Marty Swant and Big TechnologyApril 21, 2026
The tables have turned: Florida and Texas are the biggest losers in the housing market as Ohio emerges as a surprise winner
Real EstateThe tables have turned: Florida and Texas are the biggest losers in the housing market as Ohio emerges as a surprise winner
By Sydney LakeApril 21, 2026
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Economy‘I thought the oil would be much higher’: Trump’s rosy Iran war spin risks sending traders the wrong message
By Nick LichtenbergApril 21, 2026
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CommentaryTariffs alone won’t save American manufacturing — here’s what actually will
By Johan "Kip" EidebergApril 18, 2026
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    CommentaryMillions of Americans paid billions in tariffs later ruled illegal — and they won’t see a dime back
    By Robert HormatsApril 6, 2026
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CommentaryWith Hormuz under strain, a trade corridor built for resilience faces a real-world test
By Angela Chitkara and Samantha SuttonApril 17, 2026
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CommentaryThe 3 forces quietly dismantling the business model that made enterprise software fabulously profitable
By Michael Jacobides and Stefano PuntoniApril 17, 2026
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CommentarySwitzerland’s former ambassador to Iran: here’s how to end this war — and why Pakistan isn’t enough
By Philippe WeltiApril 17, 2026
Anita Beveridge-Raffo is Head of Retail and Consumer Goods at Palantir Technologies
CommentaryPalantir exec: the biggest mistake retailers are making with AI? Trying to do it all with one agent
By Anita Beveridge-RaffoApril 16, 2026
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Commentary‘The Pitt’ reveals why healthcare desperately needs a new front door
By Jeremy MorganApril 16, 2026
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    CommentaryThe corporate ‘storyteller’ is marketing’s newest messiah—and just as hollow as every buzzword before it
    By Bruce StocklerApril 5, 2026
health
CommentaryTwo physicians on ending the waiting-room era: bring care home
By Benjamin Kornitzer and Bill FristApril 16, 2026
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CommentaryThe world’s most — and least — miserable economies in 2025, ranked
By Steve H. HankeApril 16, 2026
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CommentaryMoody’s CEO: AI has a trust problem – better models won’t fix it
By Rob FauberApril 16, 2026
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CommentaryTop New York surgeon: Americans have better data for choosing restaurants than surgeons. That has to change
By Mathias P. BostromApril 16, 2026
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CommentaryWhen the shocks keep coming, farmer cooperatives are the only buffer that works
By Shobha ShettyApril 16, 2026
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    CommentaryThe billion-dollar bet that turned insurance into entertainment
    By Stuart N. BrotmanApril 5, 2026
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CommentaryJeff Raikes: AI is capturing cognition — and most companies are building a talent debt they don’t see yet
By Jeff RaikesApril 15, 2026
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CommentaryI was a government official in the 1990s and watched the economy get turned upside-down. It’s happening again
By Maria FlynnApril 15, 2026
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CommentaryA retired general’s warning: America can’t fight the AI arms race on tech it doesn’t control
By Robert F. DeesApril 15, 2026
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CommentaryAzzi Fudd: how I learned to use NIL for transformation, not just transactions
By Azzi FuddApril 15, 2026
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CommentaryRetirees are facing a $345,000 bill they never saw coming — and most aren’t prepared
By Andrew CrowellApril 14, 2026
AI agents are acting like employees, but company structures still treat them like software
CommentaryAI agents are acting like employees, but company structures still treat them like software
By Dan MountstephenApril 13, 2026
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CommentaryThe futility of Trump’s grandiose personal branding of public assets, from ballrooms and bills to ships and planes
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianApril 13, 2026
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CommentaryI grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. Here’s what I had to unlearn to build a $1 billion business
By Samuel MuellerApril 12, 2026
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CommentaryAmerica is not ready for its own longevity crisis — and 2026 is the wake-up call
By Aimee DeCamillo and Diane TyApril 12, 2026
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CommentaryThe middle manager cuts saving you millions today will cost you everything in 2028
By Kristien TurnerApril 12, 2026
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CommentaryIngersoll Rand CEO: here’s how employee ownership helped drive more than 8x enterprise value growth
By Vicente ReynalApril 11, 2026
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CommentaryDanantara CIO: Indonesia can anchor the AI and energy economy—if governance keeps pace
By Pandu SjahrirApril 11, 2026
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CommentaryOpenAI’s TBPN deal shows how talent, media, and influence are collapsing into one
By Jonathan HuntApril 11, 2026
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CommentaryThe digital sovereignty dilemma is a false choice — here’s how enterprises can have both
By Ana Paula AssisApril 9, 2026
housing
CommentaryThe housing market has been frozen for 3 years. Here’s why this spring could finally change that
By Jessica LautzApril 8, 2026
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CommentaryTE Connectivity CEO: the real promise of AI is long-term transformation, not short-term efficiency gains
By Terrence CurtinApril 7, 2026
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CommentaryI just became CEO of one of education’s Big 3. Here’s why AI will never replace a great teacher
By Philip MoyerApril 7, 2026
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CommentaryPearson CEO: the AI job apocalypse is a Silicon Valley story. The data tells a different one
By Omar AbboshApril 6, 2026
no kings
CommentaryAmerica’s CEOs have become reluctant guardians of democracy
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen HenriquesApril 6, 2026
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