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gas
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
trump
What happens if nothing is done to fix Social Security by 2032?
By Martha SheddenApril 21, 2026
ternus
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
trump
Trump has already endorsed the Monroe Doctrine. Now he needs to endorse the Truman Doctrine
By Robert HormatsApril 18, 2026
trump
The U.S. has a $282 billion trade surplus you’ve never heard of — and it’s at risk
By Josh KallmerApril 19, 2026
benioff
AI’s next act: how Salesforce is turning efficiency gains into revenue
By Keith Ferrazzi and Wendy SmithApril 18, 2026
Latest Stories
Chip Roy introduces the MAMDANI Act to punish immigrants for ideology—including socialism and Marxism
PoliticsChip Roy introduces the MAMDANI Act to punish immigrants for ideology—including socialism and Marxism
By Catherina GioinoApril 21, 2026
Two Halliburton employees, clad in red coveralls, work at a pressure pumping, or fracking, operation in the Permian Basin.
EnergyHalliburton CEO: U.S. oil is in the ‘early innings’ of a rebound—and a drilling ramp-up is coming
By Jordan BlumApril 21, 2026
James Uthmeier
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 $7 billion less than archrival Kalshi—and crypto 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
Photo of Jeff Bezos (left) and Pete Hegseth before a sign that reads Freedom
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
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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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    CommentaryIran’s Hormuz toll booth points toward an L-shaped price plateau, not the V-shaped recovery traders want
    By Siddharth MisraMarch 28, 2026
marketing
CommentaryThe corporate ‘storyteller’ is marketing’s newest messiah—and just as hollow as every buzzword before it
By Bruce StocklerApril 5, 2026
gecko
CommentaryThe billion-dollar bet that turned insurance into entertainment
By Stuart N. BrotmanApril 5, 2026
lexi
CommentaryI’m a VC who bets on AI. What keeps me up at night isn’t the idea of these companies failing—quite the opposite
By Lexi NovitskeApril 5, 2026
matt
CommentaryThe AI gold rush is real — but great companies don’t need to mine it
By Matt WitheilerApril 4, 2026
I helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself
CommentaryI helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself
By Sumeet VaidyaApril 3, 2026
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    CommentaryData centers aren’t breaking the grid. A broken grid is
    By Brian BarlowMarch 28, 2026
LI
CommentaryAI adoption isn’t the hard part, it’s building employee agency
By Teuila Hanson and Mohak ShroffApril 3, 2026
messi
CommentaryApollo and FC Barcelona just proved legacy markets are losing their grip on business
By Mike SimasApril 2, 2026
kroenke
CommentaryWhy American billionaires are abandoning Wall Street for English soccer clubs
By Andrés MartinezApril 2, 2026
wyle
CommentaryWhat HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ gets right—and wrong—about treating alcohol use disorder
By Jonathan Hunt-GlassmanApril 2, 2026
nic
CommentaryPrediction markets caught insider traders in real time. Congress wants to shut them down anyway
By Nic PuckrinApril 2, 2026
  • mallun
    AIYour enterprise customers don’t know how to buy AI — and it’s killing deals
    By Mallun YenMarch 27, 2026
elon
CommentaryThe SpaceX IPO is great — but it won’t deliver 100x returns 
By Jeffrey StewartApril 1, 2026
gary
CommentaryThe biggest mistake CEOs make with AI has nothing to do with the technology
By Gary ShapiroApril 1, 2026
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CommentaryThe EPA just valued a human life at $0. That’s not just a moral crisis — it’s a market crisis
By Andrew BeharApril 1, 2026
dressel
CommentaryAI can’t remember what your company learned the hard way 
By Jason DresselApril 1, 2026
pelosi
CommentaryCongress has a lower approval rating than Hitler in some polls. And we just keep voting for the same 2 parties
By Stu StrumwasserApril 1, 2026
gen z
CommentaryGen Z is engineering an analog future — and it’s at least a $5 billion opportunity
By Luba KassovaApril 1, 2026
brian
CommentaryThe real engine of innovation is trust
By Brian DoublesMarch 31, 2026
The rise of the supervisor class is just beginning.
CommentaryThe supervisor class: how AI agents are remaking the developer’s career
By Mohith ShrivastavaMarch 31, 2026
thompson
CommentaryI was rejected 33 times and built a $390 million company — at 48 years old. Age bias in tech is costing us all
By Peter ThompsonMarch 31, 2026
congress
CommentaryCongress is violating the Constitution—and a $39 trillion debt is the proof
By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerMarch 31, 2026
Dollar doomsayers can relax: Iran’s ‘petroyuan’ gambit won’t topple the greenback
CommentaryDollar doomsayers can relax: Iran’s ‘petroyuan’ gambit won’t topple the greenback
By Paul BlusteinMarch 30, 2026
leagh
CommentaryI’m a CEO who oversees $9.5 trillion in spend data. AI’s winners are already decided
By Leagh TurnerMarch 30, 2026
shamny
CommentaryAI agents are already driving 10% of revenue for some brands. Is yours invisible to them?
By Aviv ShamnyMarch 29, 2026
I helped build Facebook and saw it go wrong. AI is headed the same way
CommentaryI helped build Facebook and saw it go wrong. AI is headed the same way
By Justin RosensteinMarch 29, 2026
haile
CommentaryAmerica has a workforce crisis. The solution is already here — and it’s being wasted
By Gregory HaileMarch 29, 2026
peter
CommentaryFormer Trump official: the U.S. can win the AI race—if it gets patent policy right
By Laura PeterMarch 29, 2026
dog
CommentaryWhat avalanche safety training can teach corporate boards about bad decisions
By Jane SadowskyMarch 28, 2026
tomas
CommentaryFormer Trump advisor: ‘Conservatives’ risk killing America’s golden goose by taxing university research
By Tomas J. PhilipsonMarch 28, 2026
charles
CommentaryYour employee benefits package is a hostage situation. Here’s the proof — and the fix
By Charles Edward GehrkeMarch 28, 2026
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