The job interview used to be a rite of passage into adulthood. For some Gen Z job seekers, it’s becoming a family affair. New research from the career platform Zety shows that 1 in 5 Gen Z candidates have brought…
Oro Labs, a Silicon Valley startup that uses artificial intelligence to automate companies’ procurement processes, has raised $100 million in new venture capital funding. The fundraise, which is the company’s Series C round, is being led by Goldman Sachs Growth…
On Feb. 11, the Congressional Budget Office released its closely watched, 10-year projections for the U.S. budget, this addition covering fiscal years 2026 to 2035. As expected, the numbers were extremely dire, positing deficits and debt that by the decade’s…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke yesterday to a group of business leaders gathered in Washington at the Yale CEO Caucus. While discussions during the gathering were off the record, Herzog made his virtual remarks on the record. His main message…
Closed schools. Work-from-home demands. Price caps. Asia’s governments are scrambling to manage a fuel shortage caused by high oil prices and a closed Strait of Hormuz. Asia is particularly dependent on oil exports from the Middle East; Japan and South…
The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Since the beginning of the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, oil tanker traffic through the world’s most critical oil shipping choke point has collapsed, dropping by…
“American energy dominance is back under President Trump” reads a White House statement on the administration’s latest effort to assert energy superiority, in a time when energy costs are soaring and oil stock is dropping. And now, Trump may very…
During the week and a half since the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, Bitcoin is doing better than gold and stocks. Since the start of the war, the original cryptocurrency is up about 7%, and on Wednesday was trading at around…
Iran has threatened to destroy any ships, including oil tankers, that pass through the strait from the oil depots of the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and the rest of the world. Companies that insure ships against the risks…
Elon Musk has weighed in on reports Amazon is addressing recent outages, including one related to AI-assisted coding. The e-commerce giant held a mandatory meeting on Tuesday for a “deep dive” into multiple outages, including some as a result of…