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As the Iran war keeps diesel prices above $6 per gallon, analysts say the only way to lower costs is to ease geopolitical tensions.
The Trump administration has called the trade deficit a “national emergency,” but economists say it’s actually a sign of a resilient American economy.
“The reality that private equity is interviewing so early in a banker’s career is very unfortunate, and to some extent, disappointing,” one Citi...
Rural Pennsylvanians are protesting a proposed 1,300-acre data center called Project Hazelnut — not Amazon, as documents suggest.
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
While the thieves left the sand-filled trailer unscathed, other freighters have faced real threats from organized criminals in search of high-value...
The White House has given the Office of Personnel Management more power to hire and fire federal workers on the basis of fitness.
“This is not just a trivial misunderstanding. It’s misinformation to the point of significant harm.”
Cladonia Skog AB, a newly registered company owned by Karp, said it would use the land for “forestry and other related activities.”
While the White House denied there are plans for one, an arms sale would completely undermine U.S. efforts to keep China from becoming a superpower,...
“Japan’s debt dynamics are fundamentally different from those of the United States … Japan is the world’s largest creditor nation. The U.S. is...
“If we were to quantify all these concessions…we would see that home prices are down, and people are getting better deals,” Redfin Chief...
In one year, the U.S. share of new vehicles in Canada shrunk from 35.4% to 28.4%, new data shows.
Dozens of online posts claim a firmware malfunction resulted in a malfunction of the appliances, risking spoiling food.
“The tariff policies of the last two years have been an unmitigated disaster. They have made exactly what we're talking about worse for the United...
Elon Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ initiative was responsible for most of a 435% increase in administrative leave between 2023 and 2035, a...
After the Trump administration gutted USAID, Nepal’s private sector has stepped up to energize its young workforce and strengthen its financial...
Being a driver has carried Risher through his entire career: His first job was delivering the Washington Post. He worked under Jeff Bezos at Amazon...
For the first time, hiring an oil tanker costs more than $1 million per day as rocketing insurance premiums and a consolidating market drive up...
The oil and gas sector isn't the (only) face of oil spills anymore.
A proposed ordinance would require human “safety monitors” to be paid at least a minimum wage to sit in these self-driving cars.
Williams Sonoma and TJX plan to give millions of dollars in tariff refunds back to employees through 401(k) payments and bonuses.
Elon Musk’s cost-saving agency uploaded more than 1,000 grant proposals into the chatbot, which determined whether or not they pertained to DEI,...
A Washington University study found that as more consumers finance their purchases, the cost of goods goes up for all.
A recent study found thousands of self-published books on Amazon that were at least 50% generated by AI.
“These are families that are really barely able to make ends meet,” one policy expert said. “And yet they are working, and they are working a lot.”
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath warns the U.S.’s $30 billion bet on laptops in schools has made Gen Zers less cognitively capable than their...
The Consultative Shipping Group said the emergence of shadow fleets have created a split in maritime systems: “one governed by rules, the other by...
Oxford economists predict Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s retaliatory tariffs will slow economic growth and raise consumer prices.
Last time the net interest payments were this high was 35 years ago. Analysts warn the U.S. is worse off now than it was then.
“We know that things are going to take time. But we also knew that we were going to surprise some people, and I think we've done that,” Alex...
“None of this is efficiency,” one food safety expert said of DOGE’s government personnel and research cuts. "This is all whatever the opposite...
Kroenke’s purchase of nearly 1 million acres of ranchland marks a growing trend of the ultrawealthy snapping up farmland as an alternative asset.
A class action lawsuit filed in June alleges the PlayStation maker did not properly disclose that paying for a downloadable game is different than...
The coffee chain said it will no longer use the product as it transitions from its summer to fall menu.
“That schedule was intentionally designed to position the NWSL at the center of one of the biggest years in the history of women's soccer,”...
“The technology that was supposed to shrink the industry is fueling its expansion,” said Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok.
The Justice Department is reviving prize law, a centuries-old set of rules that could streamline the process of seizing enemy vessels.
Dr. Herbert A. Wertheim, an optometrist and philanthropist with a $4.8 billion net worth, bought the EV earlier this month. It had a presale estimated...
“You have to question whether the resources are being allocated in a way that provides maximum benefits,” Harvard’s Linda Bilmes told Fortune.
One analysis found LinkedIn was “the most AI-saturated platform,” with more than 40% of its long-form posts being flagged as completely AI-generated.
Beginning in February 2025, DOGE slashed more than a quarter of the IRS’s 100,000-person workforce.
Mark Zuckerberg and Alexis Ohanian have become amateur yeoman, but other one-percenters may be putting actual farmers at a disadvantage.
Amid the growing lure of sports betting, Gen Z men in particular face a growing risk of financial disaster, experts say.
In June, the Trump administration saw a more than $25 billion loss in net customs revenue as a result of tariff refunds outpacing revenue.
“I was in my bedroom,” OPM director Scott Kupor said in an all-hands meeting this week. “I was trying to find something that was not...
In 3D model marketplace CGTrader, AI-generated assets made up one-sixth of newly uploaded models, but just 2.6% of sales.
The anniversary of Google's IPO is on Wednesday, and Fortune looked back at the philosophy behind the founders' brainchild.
Chinese shipping company Sea Legend Line just announced a shipping route through the Arctic, which takes half the time as established shipping routes.
“We should be highly concerned about the integrity of the caverns anytime crude inventories drop below 300 million barrels,” one petroleum...