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Oil is back to early war days, S&P 500 jumps to all-time high

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged as many as 1,100 points before paring its gain to 868, or 1.8%. The Nasdaq composite climbed 1.5%.

By Stan Choe and The Associated PressApril 17, 2026
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Something is different about Trump’s $1 trillion war on Iran and its stress on the national debt, Harvard Kennedy scholar says
By Sasha RogelbergApril 17, 2026
Half of Iran’s workforce faces unemployment risk as the U.S.-Israel war’s ‘hidden target’ was the labor market, economist says
Half of Iran’s workforce faces unemployment risk as the U.S.-Israel war’s ‘hidden target’ was the labor market, economist says
By Jason MaApril 17, 2026
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OpenAI policy chief says AI companies ‘need to do a much better job’ talking about AI as industry leaders face personal attacks
By Jake AngeloApril 17, 2026
The $39 trillion national debt could break the all-important U.S. bond market, sparking a ‘vicious’ emergency, former Treasury secretary warns 
The $39 trillion national debt could break the all-important U.S. bond market, sparking a ‘vicious’ emergency, former Treasury secretary warns 
By Tristan BoveApril 17, 2026
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Iran and White House say the Strait of Hormuz is ‘completely open.’ But it definitely isn’t—at least for now
By Jordan BlumApril 17, 2026
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AIWhite House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO about dangerous new Mythos model, official says
By Josh Boak, Matt O'Brien and The Associated PressApril 17, 2026
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By Emily PharesApril 17, 2026
Exclusive: Adam Silver on winning the Edison Achievement Award: ‘Sports remind us that some of the most important forms of innovation are human’
Arts & EntertainmentExclusive: Adam Silver on winning the Edison Achievement Award: ‘Sports remind us that some of the most important forms of innovation are human’
By Catherina GioinoApril 17, 2026
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CryptoTether extends $127.5 million in funding to crypto platform Drift as critics blast rival Circle for failing to freeze hacked funds
By Jack KubinecApril 17, 2026
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C-SuiteFortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week
By Fortune EditorsApril 17, 2026
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EnergyTrump says Iran to suspend nuclear program, won’t get funds
By Kate Sullivan and BloombergApril 17, 2026
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Workplace CultureThe power has swung back to employers—and workers are paying for it in benefits, flexibility, and leverage
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezApril 17, 2026
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EconomyTourism had a record-breaking 2025 everywhere but the U.S., report finds, as international visitor numbers plummet by the millions
By Tristan BoveApril 17, 2026
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Commentary66% of CEOs are freezing hiring while betting billions on AI. It’s a costly miscalculation
By Katica RoyMarch 18, 2026
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    EconomyFrom rationed sugar to $1 trillion: How Poland became Europe’s economic miracle
    By The Associated Press and Claudia CiobanuMarch 16, 2026
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SuccessBlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns AI is creating a ‘crisis’ for Gen Z workers: the class of 2026 could face the highest unemployment in years—even without a recession
By Preston ForeMarch 18, 2026
A sign displays the price of diesel fuel, which is at $5.99 at a Maverick gas station
Energy‘I just want all of it to end’: U.S. gas prices reach highest level since 2023 with no end for the Iran War in sight
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressMarch 18, 2026
A technician in Germany works on a battery system for a Volkswagen electric vehicle.
EconomyThe world’s EVs were already replacing 70% of Iran’s oil exports. The war just made that matter
By Tristan BoveMarch 18, 2026
Sri Lanka has just launched a 4-day week because of the Iran war—now, the nation is giving workers Wednesdays off in a desperate bid to conserve fuel
SuccessSri Lanka has just launched a 4-day week because of the Iran war—now, the nation is giving workers Wednesdays off in a desperate bid to conserve fuel
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 18, 2026
Customer Jann Gregg of Schenectady pumps gas at the GasWay Xpress Mart at 1120 Erie Blvd. pump gas on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, in Schenectady, N.Y.
EconomyEconomists are ‘loath’ to call a recession, but the odds just hit 49% for the next 12 months according to Moody’s top economist
By Eleanor PringleMarch 18, 2026
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    Politics‘Air travel is the political football:’ Airline CEOs pen letter to Congress to fund aviation workers: ‘Air travel is the political football’
    By The Associated Press and Anne D'InnocenzioMarch 16, 2026
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Big TechAs Trump rages against his allies, Republicans are asking what the plan is to end the chaos in Iran
By Jim EdwardsMarch 18, 2026
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Personal Finance$39 trillion national debt is ‘an embarrassing milestone,’ think tank says. ‘Clearly headed in the wrong direction’
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 18, 2026
McDonald’s newest $3 value menu is sounding an alarm about America’s K-shaped economy
EconomyMcDonald’s newest $3 value menu is sounding an alarm about America’s K-shaped economy
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 17, 2026
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InvestingStocks haven’t hit bottom yet, says the analyst who called a ‘rolling recession’ when everyone else saw a boom
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 17, 2026
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EconomyScott Galloway wants the stock market to crash. Gen Z is already betting like it will
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 17, 2026
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    PoliticsTrump Administration races to rebuild tariff revenue after Supreme Court setback
    By The Associated Press and Christopher RugaberMarch 16, 2026
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Economy‘100% completely unsustainable as a society.’ Billionaire advisor calls out widening inequality that leaves America’s poorest 80% ‘falling behind’
By Tristan BoveMarch 17, 2026
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InvestingBenchmark’s Bill Gurley: the AI bubble is about to burst—and a reset is coming
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 17, 2026
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Economy‘This is the way’: Elon Musk endorses Warren Buffett’s famed 5-minute plan to fix the national debt
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 17, 2026
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SuccessServiceNow CEO says that new college graduate unemployment could reach 30% thanks to AI automation
By Emma BurleighMarch 17, 2026
Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, speaks during the Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, June 24, 2010.
EconomyA market correction of 10% could be on the cards as consumer psychology shifts due to gas prices, says top economist
By Eleanor PringleMarch 17, 2026
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EconomyBackchannel talks between U.S. and Iran offer Trump an off-ramp—if he wants it
By Jim EdwardsMarch 17, 2026
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CommentaryAmerica’s $38 trillion debt crisis is already here. The reckoning comes next
By David K. YoungMarch 17, 2026
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CommentaryYour electricity bill keeps rising. Here’s what’s actually causing it—and how to fix it
By Josh MaceyMarch 17, 2026
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EconomyIreland courts U.S. companies as taoiseach brings deals to Trump on St. Patrick’s Day
By Diane BradyMarch 17, 2026
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PoliticsOnly 6 billionaires left California over its proposed wealth tax—but they took $27 billion in potential revenue with them 
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 17, 2026
Smoke rises from the direction of an energy installation in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on March 14, 2026. Smoke could be seen rising from the direction of a major UAE energy installation on March 14, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf's petroleum facilities hours after the US struck Iran's Kharg Island.
EnergyVenezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves, but it can’t solve for the Strait of Hormuz ‘math problem’
By Jordan BlumMarch 17, 2026
Stock market numbers are displayed as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
InvestingS&P 500 will return just 3% a year for the next decade, top strategist warns
By Shawn TullyMarch 17, 2026
U.S. debt is competing with a record supply of corporate bonds, pushing up the cost of federal borrowing just as war spending piles up
EconomyU.S. debt is competing with a record supply of corporate bonds, pushing up the cost of federal borrowing just as war spending piles up
By Jason MaMarch 16, 2026
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Politics‘No, we didn’t’: DOGE staffer admits Elon Musk’s cost-cutting agency failed to reduce the federal deficit
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 16, 2026
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PoliticsTrump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ can’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz—and it’s threatening a recession
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
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InvestingPeter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon the Giving Pledge—and it may be working
By Jake AngeloMarch 16, 2026
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EconomyRay Dalio sees a pattern that shows China killing America’s economy. This 2,000-year chart explains why
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
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EconomyThe energy crisis isn’t recessionary yet, but there’s a scenario where oil prices could bring the US economy to a ‘standstill,’ Oxford Economics says
By Tristan BoveMarch 16, 2026
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EconomyA ‘debt spiral’ before a fiscal crisis: Interest on the national debt will be growing faster than GDP in just 5 years, think tank warns
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 16, 2026
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By Preston ForeApril 17, 2026
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A world going broke: IMF says America's $39 trillion national debt is actually a global problem—and AI may be the only rescueplaceholder alt text
By Nick LichtenbergApril 16, 2026
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