It’s not just the Murdochs or the Arnaults. As family-owned companies change hands, new data shows more American businesses are now being inherited than purchased—part of the broader Great Wealth Transfer marking a shift in how the next generation could…
As competition for global investment heats up across the Gulf, it’s easy to assume bigger is always better. But for Bahrain, the smallest of the GCC states, its strengths come not from its size but from its strategic positioning, according to the head…
The world’s eyes this month are glued on soccer pitches across the 16 host cities of the World Cup. Stories of a former electrician-turned-breakout goalkeeper; of a factory worker now star German forward; or even arguably two of the sport’s…
Buying a phone without giving up your identity may soon not be possible in the U.S.—and privacy advocates argue the risk extends well past anyone who’s ever bought a prepaid phone at a gas station. The Federal Communications Commission is…
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition: How Fortune 500 logistics firm C.H. Robinson became an AI success story Apple sues OpenAI for theft of trade secrets Economists urge policymakers to take the threat of AI seriously…
A U.S.-Russian space crew arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station after launching from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Russian crewmates Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off as scheduled at 7:47 p.m. (10:47 a.m. EDT,…
Mitsubishi officially became one of the largest natural gas producers in the U.S. on Wednesday, following a $7.5 billion deal that positions the Japanese giant to benefit from the surge in gas exports—especially to Japan—as well as from the AI…
The lost art of proofreading could see a missing “s” disrupt the federal government’s controversial effort to reduce reporting requirements for public companies. In May, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule that would let publicly listed companies…
An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer’s disease in a markedly different way than today’s treatments — by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reported Tuesday. Tau is one part of a toxic duo fueling Alzheimer’s but prior attempts to develop drugs…
President Donald Trump on Monday sharply reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah, undoing protections established by his Democratic predecessors on public lands that are sacred among many Native Americans. Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah have…