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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

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office after signing an Executive Order April 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Politics Trump extends Iran ceasefire after insisting he wouldn’t hours earlier, citing a ‘seriously fractured’ Iran

By Eva RoytburgApril 21, 2026

Photo of a BYD Sealion 5 DM-i plug-in hybrid

Energy How the Iran energy crisis is supercharging Southeast Asia’s EV transition

By Angelica AngApril 21, 2026

Chip Roy introduces the Mamdani Act to punish immigrants for ideology—including socialism and Marxism

Politics Chip Roy introduces the Mamdani Act to punish immigrants for ideology—including socialism and Marxism

By Catherina GioinoApril 21, 2026

$Two Halliburton employees, clad in red coveralls, work at a pressure pumping, or fracking, operation in the Permian Basin.$

Energy Halliburton 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

Law Florida 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.

AI Are 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

Crypto Investors are valuing Polymarket $7 billion less than archrival Kalshi—and crypto could be one reason why

By Jack KubinecApril 21, 2026

AI Meta will start tracking employees’ screens and keystrokes to train AI tools

By Eva RoytburgApril 21, 2026

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Commentary Iran’s Hormuz toll booth points toward an L-shaped price plateau, not the V-shaped recovery traders want

By Siddharth MisraMarch 28, 2026

Commentary From pilot mania to portfolio discipline: how the best companies are escaping AI purgatory
By Keith Ferrazzi, Wendy Smith and Dan RobertsMarch 19, 2026

barlow

Commentary Data centers aren’t breaking the grid. A broken grid is

By Brian BarlowMarch 28, 2026

mallun

AI Your enterprise customers don’t know how to buy AI — and it’s killing deals

By Mallun YenMarch 27, 2026

krueger

Commentary Rogue AI is already here

By David KruegerMarch 27, 2026

kennnedy

Commentary America is handing its mRNA lead to China—and RFK Jr. is to blame

By Jeff CollerMarch 26, 2026

jerry

Commentary The college degree isn’t dead. But the wrong kind could cost you $2 million

By Jerry BalentineMarch 26, 2026

Commentary My daughters are entering the workforce in the AI era. Hard work isn’t enough anymore
By Dennis KozakMarch 19, 2026

trump

Commentary We’re no longer in a bull or bear market. We’re in a Trump market — and here’s how to navigate it

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 26, 2026

Rishi Sunak is giving advice to CEOs on AI. Here are his golden rules

Europe Rishi Sunak is giving advice to CEOs on AI. Here are his golden rules

By Kamal AhmedMarch 25, 2026

retirement

Commentary Our retirement system gets a C-plus; policymakers have an opportunity to make it A grade

By Chris MahoneyMarch 25, 2026

david-f

Commentary Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies

By David FrykmanMarch 25, 2026

fauci

Commentary How COVID turned America against science — and what it will take to win it back

By David Blumenthal and James A. MoroneMarch 24, 2026

Commentary I run the world’s largest employee mental health company. Leaders are treating AI adoption as a tech problem. It’s not
By Paul PoseyMarch 18, 2026

alex

Commentary AI’s disruption is a choice, not a forecast

By Alex StephanyMarch 24, 2026

trump

Commentary The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it

By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerMarch 23, 2026

kuo

Commentary Alibaba.com President: The one-person unicorn is coming. AI is making it possible

By Kuo ZhangMarch 23, 2026

gen z

Commentary Gen Z is using ChatGPT to practice salary negotiations and tough conversations before they happen

By Phillip MillerMarch 22, 2026

world

Commentary Our economy has been living in an Adam Smith world since 1776. Something different is coming

By Ravi ChaudhryMarch 22, 2026

david

Commentary The one skill that separates people who get smarter with AI from everyone else

By David Rock and Chris WellerMarch 21, 2026

war

Commentary Companies are now on the front lines of war. They need to act like it

By Jeremy BashMarch 21, 2026

powell

Commentary The Strait of Hormuz is the fourth large supply shock this decade. Welcome to the new era of global disorder

By Jon HilsenrathMarch 21, 2026

gen z

Commentary The entry-level job market is the worst it’s been in 37 years. Stop blaming Gen Z

By Janelle Jones and Nia LawMarch 21, 2026

trump

Commentary The U.S. just hit $39 trillion in debt. Here’s the constitutional fix that Congress won’t touch

By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerMarch 20, 2026

london

Commentary The 19th century banking problem that AI hasn’t solved yet

By Silvio Savarese and Sabastian NilesMarch 20, 2026

spreng

Commentary Unicorns are flush with cash and stuck. A new kind of startup crisis is taking hold in 2026

By David SprengMarch 20, 2026

placek

Commentary Intel and Toyota made perfectly logical decisions. That’s exactly how they killed their best brands

By David PlacekMarch 20, 2026

Commentary Why my $150 million startup thinks it can solve the $406 billion loneliness problem

By Fabio BinMarch 20, 2026

scaramucci

Commentary Anthony Scaramucci: America’s billionaires and presidents have forgotten the lesson that destroyed Rome

By Anthony ScaramucciMarch 19, 2026

china

Commentary China doesn’t need a trade deal to win. Here’s what CEOs are missing

By Ram CharanMarch 19, 2026

mulvaney

Commentary Mick Mulvaney: Stop calling it a ‘prediction market.’ It’s sports betting

By Mick MulvaneyMarch 19, 2026

rabii

Commentary AI’s memory chip shortage is quietly taxing the entire economy

By Sha RabiiMarch 19, 2026

bakker

Commentary The $3.4 billion lesson Big Pharma needs to learn: its shelved drugs could save millions of patients

By Annette Bakker and Andrew W. LoMarch 19, 2026

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