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Despite mounting skepticism about the value of a college degree—and controversy on campus—Harvard is Gen Z’s No. 1 dream school.

By Preston ForeMarch 25, 2026
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Surgeons, airline pilots, and software developers are becoming the hottest roles for female representation—and most jobs pay over $100,000
By Emma BurleighMarch 25, 2026
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Workers around the world are scared. A massive new survey shows just how much
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 25, 2026
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., during BlackRock's 2026 Infrastructure Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
Larry Fink says the Iran war ends in one of two extremes: Abundance, growth, and oil at $40 a barrel—or global recession and years of oil at $150
By Eleanor PringleMarch 25, 2026
On Iran, Trump is open to a deal but he also has ‘a fist, waiting to punch you in the [expletive] face,’ White House insider says
By Jim EdwardsMarch 25, 2026
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Future of WorkJPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon says remote work breeds ‘rope-a-dope politics’ and stunts young workers’ growth
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 25, 2026
Success‘Wealth doesn’t erase your problems—it magnifies them’: One serial entrepreneur’s brutally honest take on making it
By Sydney LakeMarch 25, 2026
Personal FinanceCurrent price of gold as of March 25, 2026
By Danny BakstMarch 25, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerMarch 25, 2026
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By Joseph HostetlerMarch 25, 2026
SuccessResearch shows workers are using AI to get away from their computers—sneaking gym classes, skipping meetings, and clawing back 30 minutes a day
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 25, 2026
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AIOpenAI Foundation pledges $1 billion to mitigate some of the jobs that it thinks AI will destroy
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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AI‘You won’t be able to AI your way through an oral exam’: Colleges have an Ancient Greek-style solution to the Gen Z stare
By Jocelyn Gecker and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
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EconomyGoldman raises recession odds to 30% on higher inflation, lower GDP outlook as oil prices surge
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 25, 2026
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Future of WorkThe job market is so bad that ‘reverse recruiters’ are charging $1,500 a month just to help people look for jobs
By Jake AngeloMarch 25, 2026
EconomyWhy QVC is making such a big bet on TikTok
By Phil WahbaMarch 25, 2026
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EnergyIran, the $39 trillion national debt and dedollarization: How Trump exposed America’s Achilles Heel in Hormuz
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 24, 2026
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PoliticsICE agents can make twice the salary of TSA employees—and economists warn their pay is more ‘shutdown proof’ than other government jobs
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 24, 2026
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EconomySoaring fertilizer prices could pressure a U.S. agricultural industry that supports 50 million jobs and over $10 trillion in output
By Tristan BoveMarch 24, 2026
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Real EstateGen Z finally had room to breathe. Now Trump’s 26% gas price hike has them suffocating
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 24, 2026
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EnergyNobel laureate Paul Krugman calls it ‘treason’: $580 million in suspicious oil futures traded minutes before Trump’s Iran reversal
By Eva RoytburgMarch 24, 2026
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EconomyBillionaire Larry Fink says you’re wrong to think that AI stealing your job is the big problem—it’s really about what it’s doing for his class
By Tristan BoveMarch 24, 2026
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AICFOs admit privately that AI layoffs will be 9x higher this year—and still a fraction of ‘doomsday’ predictions
By Jake AngeloMarch 24, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on March 23, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
EnergyTrump’s trillion-dollar TACO that wasn’t: Iran confronts the master of the deal with a partner he can’t bully
By Eva RoytburgMarch 24, 2026
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EnergyPhilippine president declares state of emergency due to “imminent danger of a critically low energy supply”
By The Associated PressMarch 24, 2026
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Law‘I messed up’: overworked air traffic controller’s admission about deadly La Guardia crash
By Nick Lichtenberg, Jake Offenhartz, Jennifer Peltz, Rob Gillies and The Associated PressMarch 24, 2026
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Economy4 years after the ‘Great Resignation,’ workers do a 180 on whether it’s a ‘good time’ to find a job
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMarch 24, 2026
United States President Donald Trump walks toward the White House upon his arrival in Washington, DC, from Memphis, Tennessee, United States, on March 23, 2026.
EconomyWall Street is ‘bewitched’ by positive news on Iran, says UBS, and investors want to believe the war is over without verifiable information
By Eleanor PringleMarch 24, 2026
EconomyTrump searches for an exit strategy in Iran as $100 oil looms over the midterms
By Jim EdwardsMarch 24, 2026
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Real EstateNearly three in five Americans think AI will push homeownership even further out of reach
By Jake AngeloMarch 24, 2026
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CommentaryAI’s disruption is a choice, not a forecast
By Alex StephanyMarch 24, 2026
BankingIran issues its largest-ever currency denomination as accelerating inflation ravages a financial sector deemed a ‘Ponzi scheme’ even before the war
By Jason MaMarch 23, 2026
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EconomyThe great toilet paper panic is back as Japan starts stockpiling
By Eva RoytburgMarch 23, 2026
CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink speaks during a panel at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.
EconomyLarry Fink says today’s economic anxiety stems from people increasingly feeling like capitalism isn’t working for them
By Eleanor PringleMarch 23, 2026
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CommentaryThe Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it
By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerMarch 23, 2026
Economy‘Capital is a coward’: A whole new world of elevated risk will stay embedded in global markets, keeping prices higher everywhere 
By Jason MaMarch 23, 2026
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EconomyAfter 25 years of negotiations, the EU finally signs the EU-Mercosur deal, the biggest trade deal in history linking 700 million people
By The Associated Press and Sam McNeilMarch 23, 2026
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EconomyTrump’s ‘largest tax refund season of all time’ is getting totally swallowed up by higher gas prices
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMarch 23, 2026
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EnergyIran War poses ‘major, major threat’ to global economy, energy chief says
By Charlotte Graham-McLay and The Associated PressMarch 23, 2026
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LawNewark airport shuts down after a burning smell forces an air traffic control tower evacuation
By The Associated PressMarch 23, 2026
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LawTwo people dead after an Air Canada jet struck a firetruck on the LaGuardia Airport runway
By The Associated Press, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer PeltzMarch 23, 2026
EconomyIt took 200 years for national debt to hit $1 trillion. Annual interest alone now exceeds that—a ‘crushing legacy we must reverse,’ says budget chair
By Eleanor PringleMarch 23, 2026
EnergyMarkets in meltdown after Trump threatens major escalation in the war against Iran
By Jim EdwardsMarch 23, 2026
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