Teenagers are more inclined than their elders to get news from nontraditional sources such as social media and influencers, heralding a generational shift in how people seek out information. A national study by the Media Insight Project finds 36% of U.S. adults…
The countdown is on: The global economy has four weeks, eight at most, if it is to avoid plunging into a recession. That’s the warning from Mohamed El-Erian, the former CEO of PIMCO, who served as chair of President Obama’s…
Asia’s stock markets have rebounded since the outbreak of the Iran war over two months ago, as the AI boom lifts the fortunes of manufacturing economies like China, South Korea, and Japan. “Asia was outperforming global markets before the Iran…
In times of uncertainty, the pressure to “do something” is real. But too often, that instinct leads policymakers to turn to government intervention that risks undermining the very system that has driven American prosperity. From housing to health care, policymakers…
Since the first tanker pushed through it, the Strait of Hormuz has been treated as a static math problem. You tallied the hulls, weighed the warheads and assumed you knew the score. If you could map the Fifth Fleet’s tonnage…
Meta has reentered the stablecoin market. Four years after pulling the plug on an earlier attempt, the tech giant has quietly rolled out digital currency payouts for select creators in Colombia and the Philippines, according to an update to the…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is fed up with managers who enable bureaucracy, which he considers a silent killer for organizations that brings with it a host of other problems. “Bureaucracy, complacency, and arrogance will take down a company,” he said…
Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft just broke the news to investors that they’ll be spending billions more on the AI race. But only some investors saw red in response. Meta’s stock dropped more than 6% after hours, while Microsoft was…
Ever since Google was founded in 1998, search has been the core of the company’s identity. For much of that time, search has also been the engine (no pun intended) driving Google’s business. On Wednesday, that began to change. The…
Meta Platforms is splashing some serious cash on AI infrastructure, and investors have flinched. The company reported first quarter 2026 earnings results on Wednesday and raised its full-year 2026 capital expenditure guidance to $125 billion to $145 billion, up from…