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The shadow fleet and illegal oil are still moving through the Strait of Hormuz

This morning, three vessels were struck attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait is effectively closed. Since the beginning of the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, oil tanker traffic through the world’s most critical oil shipping choke point has collapsed, dropping by more than 90%. Iran […]

By Charles Edward GehrkeMarch 11, 2026

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There’s one particular way the Iran War is different from all the others in American history

By Charles Walldorf and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026

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AI is the most important civil and human rights issue of our time — HBCUs need to be in the driver’s seat

By Chris Hyams and Meme StylesMarch 11, 2026

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How the ultrawealthy use smartphone apps to avoid millions in taxes

By Jose AtilesMarch 11, 2026

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AI can double output. Human biology can’t

By Scott HutchesonMarch 10, 2026

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Asia Asia rolls out four-day weeks and work-from-home as emergency measures to solve a fuel crisis caused by Iran war

By Angelica AngMarch 11, 2026

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By The Associated Press and Seth BorensteinMarch 11, 2026

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AI ‘Proceed with caution’: Elon Musk offers warning after Amazon reportedly held mandatory meeting to address ‘high blast radius’ AI-related incident

By Sasha RogelbergMarch 11, 2026

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Crypto Bitcoin outperforms gold and stocks since beginning of Iran war

By Carlos GarciaMarch 11, 2026

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Energy Trump says the U.S. will open its first new oil refinery in nearly 50 years as the U.S. military avoids bombing Iran’s oil infrastructure

By Jacqueline MunisMarch 11, 2026

Health The Best Vitamins for Hair Growth of 2026: Tested and Approved by Experts

By Emily PharesMarch 11, 2026

Personal Finance Personal loan vs. personal line of credit: Which is best?

By Joseph HostetlerMarch 11, 2026

Personal Finance When is a personal loan a good idea?

By Joseph HostetlerMarch 11, 2026

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By Tomasz TunguzApril 29, 2025

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By Bipul SinhaApril 29, 2025

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By James MorrisApril 29, 2025

Commentary U.S. tariffs will hasten, not slow, China’s drive for tech self-sufficiency

By Grace ShaoApril 28, 2025

Commentary AI needs the equivalent of the ‘black box’ in aviation—and America should lead the way

By Dewey Murdick and Miriam VogelApril 28, 2025

Commentary The GOP’s proposed cuts to FEMA and Medicaid reveal the paradox of red state dependence

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen HenriquesApril 28, 2025

Commentary Ending the U.S. trade deficit with tariffs is impossible, and it risks eliminating two longstanding U.S. surpluses

By Steve H. Hanke and Caleb HofmannApril 28, 2025

Commentary Asian wealth can bridge the SDG financing gap—but philanthropy needs a strategy shift

By Tristan Ace and Komal SahuApril 27, 2025

Commentary What ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ proponents—who have Trump’s ear—get wrong about the U.S. dollar

By Steve H. Hanke and John A. TatomApril 25, 2025

Regulators The SEC needs to take a hands-off approach to peer-to-peer transactions

By TuongVy LeApril 25, 2025

Commentary Southeast Asia doesn’t need fossil fuels to power its data center boom. Renewable energy will get the job done—and more cheaply too

By Oliver TanApril 24, 2025

Commentary Europe must show it’s serious about Ukraine by tightening sanctions on Russia

By Matthew Boyse and James K. GlassmanApril 23, 2025

Commentary Taskrabbit CEO: I’m a better gig-economy leader because of the empathy I learned in early jobs

By Ania SmithApril 22, 2025

Commentary Ray Dalio fears ‘something worse than a recession.’ If anything his fears are understated

By Robert HormatsApril 21, 2025

Commentary CrowdHealth CEO: Health-care price transparency is worthless without incentives

By Andy SchoonoverApril 18, 2025

Commentary The U.S. trade deficit: It’s time to dump do-it-yourself economics and go back to basics

By Steve H. Hanke and Caleb HofmannApril 18, 2025

Commentary Genesys CEO: How empathetic AI can scale our humanity during economic uncertainty

By Tony BatesApril 18, 2025

Commentary Why federal funding for life sciences—now being slashed—is a strategic necessity for America

By Tiffany WilsonApril 17, 2025

Commentary Sainsbury’s reports healthy growth despite fears of a supermarket price war

By Andrew BusbyApril 17, 2025

Commentary Here’s the advice I’m giving wealthy clients through tariff fears and market uncertainty

By Katie NixonApril 16, 2025

Commentary Some manufacturing jobs will return to America only if AI-empowered robots do them—and that’s a good thing

By Tom BiegalaApril 16, 2025

Commentary How to restore confidence in the U.S. dollar—and why it’s faltering in the first place

By Steve H. Hanke and Matt SekerkeApril 16, 2025

Commentary Why an AI energy crisis may not unfold how you think: IBM sustainability chief

By Christina ShimApril 16, 2025

Commentary Harvard’s defiance of Trump’s ‘authoritarian incursion’ supported by over 80 past and present college and university presidents

By Former and current college and university presidentsApril 15, 2025

Commentary The real reasons the CEO-worker pay gap spiraled out of control in America—and what to do about it

By Claudio Fernández-Aráoz and Greg NagelApril 15, 2025

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Commentary OpenAI can’t afford to ignore Hollywood’s warning

By Matt SteinbergApril 15, 2025

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Commentary Capitolis CEO: We lose many great candidates because of our in-office policy—but we are still better for it

By Gil MandelzisApril 14, 2025

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