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By Samy Magdy, Aamer Madhani, Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressMarch 28, 2026
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Iran’s Hormuz toll booth points toward an L-shaped price plateau, not the V-shaped recovery traders want
By Siddharth MisraMarch 28, 2026
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CommentaryWhat avalanche safety training can teach corporate boards about bad decisions
By Jane SadowskyMarch 28, 2026
AIElon Musk’s companies, once welcomed in Baltimore with open arms, are now getting stiff-armed—or sued
By Jessica MathewsMarch 28, 2026
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CommentaryYour employee benefits package is a hostage situation. Here’s the proof — and the fix
By Charles Edward GehrkeMarch 28, 2026
Big TechElon Musk’s name alone is turning Nashville residents against his tunnel project, survey shows
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 28, 2026
Future of WorkThe rise of ‘social offloading’—when AI replaces your boss’s empathy
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 28, 2026
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CommentaryData centers aren’t breaking the grid. A broken grid is
By Brian BarlowMarch 28, 2026
SuccessAs Gen Z regret ‘worthless’ degrees, this CEO sent her kid to college in London—and she’s saving over $50K-a-year. ‘It’s half the price’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 28, 2026
Wael Sawan, chief executive officer of Shell Plc, at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. The event convenes more than 11,000 participants from over 2,350 companies across 90 countries for dialogue on the agenda ahead as the world enters a new era of energy transition. Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images
EnergyAn uneasy mix of celebration and anxiety dominates the ‘Davos of energy’ as the month-long Iran war further disrupts the global economy
By Jordan BlumMarch 28, 2026
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A chart depicting the stock market performances of Biden and Trump in their first 100 days.
EconomyStock market retreat in Trump’s first 100 days is among worst starts for a president in almost a century
By Ben Weiss and Irina IvanovaApril 29, 2025
Jim Farley, Ford Chief Executive Officer, mingles with Ford employees and guests before the global reveal of the new Ford F-150 pickup truck at the Detroit Auto Show.
PoliticsTrump team signals rollback on some tariffs to reduce pain for suffering auto industry
By Christiaan HetznerApril 29, 2025
FinanceFears of the U.S. dollar’s decline are overblown, say experts
By Jeff John RobertsApril 29, 2025
A man goes grocery shipping in the frozen foods aisle.
RetailA quarter of U.S. consumers are now financing groceries with buy-now, pay-later as economic pressures mount, survey says
By Sasha RogelbergApril 28, 2025
Jamie Miller speaking onstage
NewslettersHybrid COO roles might soon be the new CEO prerequisite
By Ruth Umoh and Lily Mae LazarusApril 28, 2025
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EconomyPresident Trump is about to complete his first 100 days—here’s what he’s done
By The Associated PressApril 28, 2025
Michael Montgomery poses at his home in Huntington Woods, Mich., Friday, April 18, 2025.
Economy‘I’m not looking’ — Americans close to retirement are afraid to check their account balances
By Matt Sedensky and The Associated PressApril 27, 2025
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S.
FinanceTreasury market’s ‘new world order’ brings fear of the long bond
By Michael Mackenzie and BloombergApril 27, 2025
A sign says economic uncertainty ahead on a cloudy dark sky
FinanceCEOs are in distress and consumers fear job losses amid ‘stagflation shock,’ economist warns
By Amanda GerutApril 27, 2025
.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a meeting with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in the Oval Office at the White House on April 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
PoliticsTrump’s polls decline near 100-day mark, raising tax-plan stakes
By Mario Parker and BloombergApril 27, 2025
West Virginia Coal Festival teen beauty pageant winner Ava Johnson, 16, collects small pieces of coal left behind at the former Kay Moor coal town and camp in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve near Fayetteville, W.Va., Thursday, April 17, 2025
PoliticsTeen pageant winner supports Trump’s coal push— ‘It’s not just coal, it’s our way of life’
By Leah Willingham, John Raby and The Associated PressApril 27, 2025
Chinese e-commerce apps on a smartphone - Temu, Shein, and AliExpress
RetailShein hikes US prices as much as 377% ahead of tariff increases
By BloombergApril 27, 2025
Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson speaks during the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.
FinanceEx-FTC commissioner accuses former chair Lina Khan of ‘procedural shenanigans’ that iced M&A activity
By Amanda GerutApril 27, 2025
The dollar peeks out from behind other currencies
EconomyThe U.S. Dollar slide is evocative of the Nixon era
By Vince Golle, Molly Smith and BloombergApril 26, 2025
Bill Ackman stands at a podium
EconomyBill Ackman says ‘time is the friend of the U.S. and the enemy of China’ in trade war
By Alastair Marsh and BloombergApril 26, 2025
FinanceMarkets notch small gains as tech stocks rise and Trump delivers mixed signals on tariffs
By Ben WeissApril 25, 2025
Photo of Jerome Powell
EconomyFed’s Powell walks tightrope of being late but not ‘Mr. Too Late’
By Craig Torres and BloombergApril 25, 2025
HealthPharma giant Merck expects Trump’s tariffs to cost the company $200 million
By Maia Anderson and Healthcare BrewApril 25, 2025
A dock worker stands on top of several large tubes.
EconomyTrump’s trade war has already sparked a massive cancellation of shipments from China to the U.S. 
By Sasha RogelbergApril 25, 2025
Costco customers looking at personal health items in Niantic, Conn.
RetailAmericans are ‘doom-spending’ as a result of Trump’s trade policy, new report reveals
By Stuart DyosApril 25, 2025
Lorenzo Simonelli speaks while seated during a panel at the CERAWeek conference in Houston.
FeaturesHow Trump’s promise of ‘Drill, baby, drill’ faded to ‘Delay, baby, delay’ for oil companies
By Jordan BlumApril 25, 2025
FinanceHuge decline at L.A. port is a hit to truckers—and a stark warning of coming tariff damage
By Jeff John RobertsApril 25, 2025
FinanceStocks surge for 3rd straight day on hopes of tariff progress
By Irina IvanovaApril 24, 2025
A Southwest Airlines jet in the air
EconomySouthwest CEO says the U.S. airline industry is already in a recession
By Mary Schlangenstein and BloombergApril 24, 2025
EconomyHalf of Americans are very worried the U.S. is headed toward a recession—and point the finger to Trump’s tariffs
By Josh Boak, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux and The Associated PressApril 24, 2025
A man with a brown paper bag walks out of a Chipotle store.
RetailChipotle CEO warns ‘the consumer is sitting on the sideline,’ leading to the chain’s first same-store sales decline since 2020
By Sasha RogelbergApril 24, 2025
EconomyScott Bessent says the World Bank and IMF need a total overhaul: ‘Mission creep has knocked these institutions off course’
By Alena BotrosApril 23, 2025
EconomyUPS founder’s nonprofit is ramping up donations to $130 million to fill a ‘void’ left by Trump’s policy changes
By Thalia Beaty and The Associated PressApril 23, 2025
Two Halliburton employees, clad in red coveralls, work at a pressure pumping, or fracking, operation in the Permian Basin.
FeaturesHalliburton CEO sees ‘more risk’ to company’s outlook than 3 months ago
By Jordan BlumApril 22, 2025
A phone using Google Maps searches for "Gulf of Mexico," but the map returns "Gulf of America"
FeaturesAs Big Oil producers start exploring again, the Gulf of Mexico is making a comeback with new projects from Chevron, Shell, and BP
By Jordan BlumApril 22, 2025
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