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Today’s Equal Pay Day. Women and men still disagree about who has more economic opportunities
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 26, 2026
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Trump’s war in Iran is costing the U.S. economy 10,000 jobs a month, Goldman Sachs says
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 26, 2026
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AIU.S. judge blocks Pentagon’s ‘Orwellian notion’ to label Anthropic a supply chain risk and ban Clause from the government
By The Associated PressMarch 26, 2026
CryptoBitcoin faces $14 billion options expiry while Middle East turmoil mounts
By Sidhartha Shukla and BloombergMarch 26, 2026
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By Carlos GarciaMarch 26, 2026
LawA toddler needed a life-saving flight, and the insurer said no. Then Mark Cuban called
By Catherina GioinoMarch 26, 2026
Middle EastTrump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to April 6
By The Associated Press, Jon Gambrell and David RisingMarch 26, 2026
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By Tristan BoveMarch 26, 2026
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By Carlos GarciaMarch 26, 2026
Water storage construction on the Meta data center site in Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, Louisiana.
AIInside Meta’s chaotic AI boomtown in rural Louisiana
By Sharon GoldmanMarch 26, 2026
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RetailTarget profits slide 19%, forecasts sales slumping through holiday shopping season
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressNovember 19, 2025
Photo: Representative Jake Ellzey, a Republican from Texas, James Danly, US deputy secretary of energy, Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., and Amanda Peterson Corio, global head of data center energy at Google, left to right, during a media event at the Google Midlothian Data Center in Midlothian, Texas, US, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to invest $40 billion in three new Texas data centers, ramping up its footprint as competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic PBC map out their own multibillion-dollar bets in the state. Photographer: Jonathan Johnson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
InvestingBig 5 AI ‘hyperscalers’ have quadrupled their use of debt to fund operations, Bank of America says
By Jim EdwardsNovember 19, 2025
A television station broadcasts Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025.
Economy‘A deadly confluence of wrong-way news’ is what’s causing the global market selloff, says top economist, and don’t expect it to get better anytime soon
By Eleanor PringleNovember 19, 2025
EconomyNavy Secretary warns workers can make more at Amazon instead of building America’s warships: ‘It’s hard to get that person to want to do that job’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezNovember 19, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyFed speeches reveal split that puts rate cut in jeopardy: persistent inflation vs ‘low-hire, low-fire’ labor market
By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressNovember 18, 2025
Jeffrey Gundlach
Economy‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach warns of the next financial crisis: ‘It has the same trappings as subprime mortgage repackaging in 2006’
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 18, 2025
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Economy‘The kids aren’t alright,’ warns top economist, as unemployed, pessimistic Gen Z living with parents blow a $12 billion hole in consumption
By Eleanor PringleNovember 18, 2025
Donald Trump, standing in front of a blue background with the McDonald's logo on it, puts his hands up and smiles.
EconomyTrump tells Americans the economy is better than ever at McDonald’s summit: ‘This is also the golden age’
By Sasha RogelbergNovember 18, 2025
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gesture as they meet delegations at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.
Middle EastTrump expected to treat Saudi crown prince as a full ally, with multibillion-dollar deals on F-35s and AI infrastructure
By Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressNovember 18, 2025
Joe DioGuardi
CommentaryThe $38 trillion national debt ‘milestone’ and the accounting mirage
By Joe DioGuardiNovember 18, 2025
Richard Edelman
CommentaryTrust is the missing ingredient in the AI boom
By Richard EdelmanNovember 18, 2025
Donald Trump
EconomyOdds of President Trump paying out $2,000 tariff rebate checks now sit at just 2%
By Eleanor PringleNovember 18, 2025
AsiaTrump ‘dominates the political scene’ like no other recent U.S. president, says famed diplomat Kishore Mahbubani
By Angelica AngNovember 18, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One on November 16, 2025 at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Personal FinanceTrump promises to send $2,000 tariff dividend checks ‘probably the middle of next year, a little bit later than that’
By Eva RoytburgNovember 17, 2025
Jerome Powell
EconomyTop analyst sees ‘genuine cracks for mid- to lower-end consumers’ as the K-shaped economy continues to bite
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 17, 2025
EconomyRural America’s farm economy is struggling with its own K shape, as government payouts rocket to crisis levels
By Jason MaNovember 17, 2025
AsiaHow Malaysia shrugged off Trump’s tariffs, according to its finance minister: ‘We didn’t panic’
By David AustinNovember 17, 2025
People hold up signs during the Harvard Students for Freedom rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 27, 2025.
North AmericaDespite everything Trump has done on immigration, U.S. colleges see just a 1% decrease in foreign students this fall
By Collin Binkley, Makiya Seminera and The Associated PressNovember 17, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach Fla., on his way back to the White House, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025.
PoliticsThe rural and urban halves of America don’t agree on much, with a big exception: ‘One thing that truly unites the country is economic angst’
By Thomas Beaumont, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux and The Associated PressNovember 17, 2025
AsiaCompanies and countries can stay nimble even as they navigate the ‘unexploded ordinance’ of U.S.-China competition, experts say
By David AustinNovember 17, 2025
Jerome Powell (R) speaks after being nominated for Chairman of the Federal Reserve by US President Donald Trump (L) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017.
EconomyAmerica’s path out of $38 trillion national debt crisis likely involves pushing up inflation and ‘eroding Fed independence,’ says JPMorgan Private Bank
By Eleanor PringleNovember 17, 2025
Trump
EconomyNearly 6 million households have utility debt ‘so severe’ they’ll soon be reported to collection agencies, analysis finds
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressNovember 17, 2025
EconomyBessent says Trump’s $2,000 checks would need congressional vote
By Catherine Lucey and BloombergNovember 16, 2025
EconomyMore groceries may benefit from tariff exemptions as the 2026 midterm elections get closer, analyst says
By Jason MaNovember 16, 2025
EconomyAs voters demand affordability, Stanford economist argues for ‘temporary, targeted price controls’ with supply-side reforms
By Jason MaNovember 16, 2025
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EconomyTrump says cost of living is too high when he says so but ‘affordability is a lie when used by the Dems’
By Steve Peoples and The Associated PressNovember 16, 2025
EconomyChina has only bought 332,000 tons of U.S. soybeans since Trump made a deal with Xi Jinping that promised 12 million by year’s end
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressNovember 16, 2025
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Economy‘If voters feel like things aren’t working, they fire their politicians’: K-shaped economy math shows why Trump’s base feels betrayed
By Sasha RogelbergNovember 16, 2025
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BankingThe yellow brick road from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is a gold allegory with a deeper message that’s been overlooked for years
By David McWilliamsNovember 16, 2025
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EconomyWhy ‘affordability’ is every politicians’ nightmare: The anger that gets you elected and refuses to go away
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 16, 2025
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