Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are the names most closely tied to Apple, one of the most valuable companies in history. But 50 years ago, when they were putting pen to paper and officially founding the company, there was a…
“Intel is where good reputations go to die,” the veteran Silicon Valley investor, Michael Marks, once said. Founded in the 1960s in Santa Clara, California, it was the classic tech manufacturing story of rags to riches and then drift—its technology…
As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil sold for $106.73 per barrel (using Brent as the benchmark, which we’ll get into momentarily). That’s 32 cents lower than yesterday and approximately a $40 rise over the past year. Oil price…
Good morning. For nearly two centuries, Procter & Gamble, home of Dawn dish soap, Tide detergent, Pampers diapers, and Gillette razors, has sold consumers the same basic promise: its products are worth a premium. The pitch has always been that…
The latest wave of new Fortune 500 CEOs points to a clear boardroom priority: executives who can execute immediately. Dow, Apple, Best Buy, and Lululemon all announced succession moves over the last few weeks, offering a compressed view of how…
This is a huge week for tech stocks. We’ll get Q1 earnings calls from Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, and Apple through Thursday. Chart via TradingEconomics.com. ONE BIG THING A manifesto, a train ride, and a security gap that allowed a…
Chinese public statements do not spell out military goals in the domain as bluntly as the US’s — Beijing’s 2022 white paper on its space programme emphasises the country’s peaceful approach. But the papers by PLA-affiliated scientists reveal a research and…
In a treehouse nestled in redwoods north of San Francisco, California Governor Gavin Newsom stood cold and hungry as Sergey Brin, the world’s fourth-richest man, and his wellness-influencer girlfriend told him they were leaving the state. It was late in…
An attempted attack at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner is spurring fresh questions about the security around President Donald Trump and other top officials. The armed assailant, who investigators believe was staying at the Washington Hilton where the dinner was…
The Iran conflict has confirmed a transformation in the economics of warfare toward cheap, mass-produced weapons, forcing a wholesale rethinking of military procurement, according to a recent report. While the U.S. and Israel have decimated Iran’s military, the Islamic republic…