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AI may be helping more people start their own businesses, but without many employees
The startup era is back, but this time founders are using AI to avoid one of their biggest early costs—hiring employees. A report this week by the Bank of America…
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The K-shaped economy has left many six-figure earners ‘on thin ice’ as housing costs, lifestyle creep, and the job market put them at risk
In a K-shaped economy defined by a stark divide in household income and spending, there are sure to be winners and losers—but even those considered “rich” are feeling the clinch.…
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‘Almost exactly offsetting the boost’: Higher gasoline prices this year could wipe out tax refunds from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act
In January, the White House celebrated what they claimed to be the “largest tax refund season in U.S. history,” promising hundreds of dollars more in refunds this tax year as…
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Meet the CFO who turned Adobe’s finance department into an AI lab
Finance chief Dan Durn is turning Adobe’s finance organization into an early proving ground for agentic AI—using autonomous software agents to forecast results, scan contracts, and even answer hundreds of…
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Israel says ‘war is not close to ending’ as its nuclear research center is targeted for first time, hours after Iranian enrichment site was hit
Iran struck two communities near Israel’s main nuclear research center late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and at least seven people seriously injured, hours after Tehran’s main nuclear enrichment site was…
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OpenAI plans to almost double its headcount this year, FT says
OpenAI plans to almost double its headcount by the end of 2026 as it seeks to fend off competition from companies such as Anthropic PBC and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, according…
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BTS begins comeback tour to reclaim status as one of the world’s biggest pop acts after completing Korea’s mandatory military service
After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returned Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police locked down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle that drew tens of…
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U.S. allows sale of stranded Iran oil to cap fuel-price rises
The US has allowed the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemical products that have been loaded onto tankers, its latest effort to counter rising oil prices due to the Middle…
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The U.S. has the world’s most advanced military, but the unforgiving economics of wars in Iran and Ukraine show quantity has a quality all its own
The U.S. war on Iran has laid bare a dichotomy in the world’s most advanced military: high-tech weapons and AI have delivered stunning blows at unprecedented speed, while defending against…
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Trump says he will order ICE to airports for security amid government shutdown and vows to arrest ‘all illegal immigrants’
President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.…
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It’s not just vaccines. Parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns—even protection from severe bleeding and blindness
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another…
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led agency after 9/11 and investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81
Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special…
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OpenAI cofounder says he hasn’t written a line of code in months and is in a ‘state of psychosis’ trying to figure out what’s possible
Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI cofounder and former director of AI at Tesla, admitted that he’s not on the forefront of the field and feels nervous about it, despite all his accomplishments in…
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United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year as industry faces worst shock since COVID
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has delivered the biggest disruption to the airline industry since the COVID-19 pandemic, and United is bracing for a future where oil prices remain high…
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United Airlines slashes flights as Iran war sends fuel prices soaring
United Airlines is slashing flights as soaring fuel prices tied to the Iran war hit U.S. carriers, becoming the first major U.S. airline to announce a cut to capacity after…
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Iran launches missiles at U.K.-U.S. base 2,500 miles away in the Indian Ocean, indicating Tehran has weapons with much longer range than once thought
Israel’s defense minister threatened a surge in attacks against Iran on Saturday and Britain condemned Iran for targeting a joint U.K.-U.S. base in the Indian Ocean as the war in the…
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A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran as regime continues with executions and crackdown on dissent during war
A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran this week, raising alarm among rights groups that a wave of executions may be underway as authorities…
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Iran war cut off helium from Qatar, and shortages will start to bite in a few weeks, threatening chip supply chains that fuel the AI boom
Iran’s attack this week on Qatar’s natural gas export facility threatens to disrupt not just world energy markets but also global technology supply chains because the helium it produces is crucial for a range…
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DEA names Colombian president ‘priority target’ as U.S. prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been designated a “priority target” by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as federal prosecutors in New York probe his alleged ties to drug traffickers, according to people familiar with…
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The U.S. is deploying 3 more amphibious assault ships and 2,500 additional Marines to the Mideast, joining more than 50,000 troops already there
Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, Iran threatened to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide, as the U.S. announced it was…
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TSA officers are quitting rather than working without pay during another shutdown as eviction notices, car repos, and empty fridges weigh
Eviction notices. Vehicle repossessions. Empty refrigerators and overdrawn bank accounts. Union leaders and federal officials say these are just some of the financial pressures Transportation Security Administration agents are facing during an…
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The one skill that separates people who get smarter with AI from everyone else
After three years of widespread generative AI adoption, our data reveals only a small percentage of U.S. employees use AI in such a way that it enhances their thinking. Most…
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Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success
Many businesses are birthed from a bright idea—but that isn’t enough to take a company big-time. Dairy Queen CEO Troy Bader said Warren Buffett taught him that zeal for the…
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Scale AI Launches ‘Voice Showdown’ To Rival OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic In Voice AI Models
Scale AI has released Voice Showdown, a platform for evaluating voice AI models, as it seeks to compete with rivals such as OpenAI, xAI, and Anthropic. Voice Showdown is the…
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‘Godfather of AI’ says tech companies aren’t concerned with the AI endgame. They’re focused on short-term profits instead
Elon Musk has a moonshot vision of life with AI: The technology will take all our jobs, while a “universal high income” will mean anyone can access a theoretical abundance…
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Super Micro Computer, Micron Technology And More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn’t Stop Buzzing About This Week
Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (March 9 to March 13) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI buzz, and corporate news flow.…
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Companies are now on the front lines of war. They need to act like it
On March 1, Iranian drones struck three data centers operated by a major U.S. hyperscaler in the Gulf—two in the UAE, one in Bahrain. Banking apps went dark. Payment platforms…
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The Strait of Hormuz is the fourth large supply shock this decade. Welcome to the new era of global disorder
In 2020, Covid shut down global supply chains and sent inflation surging. In 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a global energy and food price shock. U.S. tariff policies in…
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Costco CEO promises the $1.50 hot dog isn’t going away: ‘The price will not change as long as I’m around’
There’s no better way to fuel up for traipsing the Costco aisles for hours than a $1.50 hot dog and a soda. It’s been a staple of the bargain shopping…
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Covid gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a four-day week—and this time, experts say it could stick
COVID-19 gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a three-day weekend. That’s because, as Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Pakistan move to a 4-day work week because…
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The entry-level job market is the worst it’s been in 37 years. Stop blaming Gen Z
Months of hot takes have blamed Gen Z for bad attitudes, no work ethic, and too many demands. But labor market data tells a far less convenient story. The entry-level…
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Women are avoiding the very technology that threatens them most, as expert warns of a ‘two-tiered AI economy’ approaching
Artificial intelligence is moving even faster than many thought. In the span of three years, the world went from wearily experimenting with OpenAI’s ChatGPT to entire companies integrating Anthropic’s Claude…
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Why Block’s COO is tracking ‘gross profit per employee’—and how AI is on track to double it to $2 million
When the fintech Block recently announced it was cutting nearly half its workforce, many questioned whether it was another tech company cleaning up a pandemic-era hiring binge. But CFO and…
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Iran war is making the world a little less sweet as oil soars at the worst possible time for sugar
Sugar and gasoline don’t have a lot in common, unless you’re in a sugarcane mill in Brazil, in which case they’re literally the same plant. Usually that’s a fun fact,…
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A man let ChatGPT sell his home. It beat every agent’s estimate by $100K—and closed in 5 days
It all started on a long drive from south Florida to North Carolina last holiday season. As Robert Levine drove, he asked his wife in the passenger seat to prompt…
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Three weeks into the Iran war that’s requested $200 billion, here’s what success for Trump might look like
The U.S. and Israel are locked into a longer-than-expected war that may extend through April before Iran’s military is sufficiently neutered to begin shifting toward a “defensive” posture and reopening…
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How the Strait of Hormuz poses an existential threat to Asia’s economies
As the Iran war enters its fourth week, much of its cost is being borne by countries that had nothing to do with starting it. Iran closed the Strait of…
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Musk misled Twitter investors before 2022 buyout, jury says
Elon Musk defrauded Twitter Inc. investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44…
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Tariffs were already squeezing small businesses. Now the Iran conflict is pushing them to the brink as rising oil prices boost shipping costs
Three weeks into the Iran war, small businesses are starting to feel the pressure of the conflict, and experts say the worst may still be yet to come. Following the…
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Trump says U.S. considers ‘winding down’ Iran military effort
President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” US military efforts against Iran, saying that the US was close to achieving its objectives as the conflict, which has roiled…
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Ray Dalio Says ‘The Winners of Wars Lose’ Too — The Ones Who Do Best Stay Neutral, That’s Why ‘Geographic Diversification’ Matters
Bridgewater Associates billionaire founder Ray Dalio warned that global monetary and geopolitical systems are breaking down. Speaking at the 2026 World Government Summit in Dubai last month, Dalio outlined a…
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Kalshi locks in $22 billion valuation, gaining slight edge over its rival Polymarket
Kalshi, the largest prediction market in the U.S., now boasts a $22 billion valuation, as it jumps ahead of its main competitor Polymarket. The investment firm Coatue Management is leading…
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It’s looking like Trump’s war created a private oil lane for China and other countries willing to play ball with Iran
Iran is asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz even as the U.S. and Israel continue to bombard the country, first by bringing traffic to a near standstill with attacks…
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Three Asias, three different playbooks: How PepsiCo’s Anne Tse views the world’s fastest-growing snack market
When parts of China entered rolling lockdowns during the country’s zero‑COVID campaign, PepsiCo factory workers in some “bubbles” stayed on site for up to 30 days at a time to…
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Anchorage Digital Looks To Transform Crypto Credit Markets With New Collateral Management Service
Anchorage Digital has expanded its Atlas network to include an institutional-grade collateral management service, designed to offer secure, 24/7 infrastructure for managing digital asset collateral in response to the growing…
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