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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
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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
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By Sydney LakeMarch 25, 2026
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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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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
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InvestingS&P 500 will return just 3% a year for the next decade, top strategist warns
By Shawn TullyMarch 17, 2026
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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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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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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PoliticsTrump Administration races to rebuild tariff revenue after Supreme Court setback
By The Associated Press and Christopher RugaberMarch 16, 2026
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LawA raw deal: 3,800 Colorado meatpackers stage first beef plant strike in 40 years at one of the largest meatpacking plants in U.S.
By The Associated PressMarch 16, 2026
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CommentaryThe ‘average rent’ mirage: why we need better numbers to understand urban economics
By Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh and Wayne YuMarch 16, 2026
C-SuiteNordstrom’s ‘glow-up’: How going private is helping the retailer thrive as Saks Global languishes
By Phil WahbaMarch 16, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC
EconomyThis week is Jerome Powell’s penultimate meeting as chairman of the Fed—don’t expect him to drop Wall Street many hints
By Eleanor PringleMarch 16, 2026
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EnergyWith Iran still in control of Hormuz, Trump threatens NATO and oil hits $106
By Jim EdwardsMarch 16, 2026
EconomyAsia scrambles to respond to Trump’s sweeping Section 301 trade probes, which could pave the way for new tariffs
By Angelica AngMarch 16, 2026
EnergyDespite Greenland crisis, Trump suggests NATO owes him help on Iran war after U.S. support for Ukraine. ‘We’ve been very sweet’
By Jason MaMarch 15, 2026
EnergyChina’s power ‘supergrid’ gives Xi buffer against energy shocks
By BloombergMarch 15, 2026
AIAn OpenAI cofounder ‘vibe coded’ an analysis of the U.S. labor market’s exposure to AI, and the highest-paying jobs have the worst scores
By Jason MaMarch 15, 2026
EnergyIran supertanker pushes through strait for China
By Prejula Prem and BloombergMarch 15, 2026
EnergyU.S. energy chief signals Iran war may last several more weeks
By Jen Judson and BloombergMarch 15, 2026
EconomyBessent leads U.S. talks with China ahead of Trump-Xi summit as Iran and trade war loom over ‘big year’ for bilateral ties
By The Associated PressMarch 15, 2026
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Commentary75% of resumes never reach a human: the new rules of job searching in the AI era
By Alex ChepovoiMarch 15, 2026
PoliticsAfter 93 years and a 25-hour filibuster, Washington finally has an income tax, and billionaires are already packing their bags
By Catherina GioinoMarch 15, 2026
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EconomyGetting Americans outside added 5 million jobs and $1.3 trillion to the economy in 2024, before staffing and budget cuts came for national parks
By Tristan BoveMarch 15, 2026
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