Lindsey Graham, the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners, rose to become a fixture on the global stage and one of the most prominent advocates of American military might in the U.S. Senate. A former military lawyer who…
The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. The latest exchange was sparked by an Iranian attack on a…
Shuman Ghosemajumder made his name at Google as the “click fraud czar,” building the systems that kept cybercriminals from draining the company’s advertising business. He went on to found Shape Security, a cybersecurity company whose software was designed to stop…
The conventional wisdom on office romances has long been straightforward: Just don’t. But just last week, a New York Times opinion piece, titled “Go On, Date Your Coworkers,” encouraged it, and begs the question: Is workplace dating no longer taboo? …
On the northwest coast of a mountainous Arctic island, facing the Norwegian Sea, lies arguably the world’s most dramatic launch site for rockets. The stream of political leaders visiting the Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway shows its vital importance: it…
As of 6 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil sold for $78.31 per barrel (using Brent as the benchmark, which we’ll get into momentarily). That’s $1.08 lower than yesterday morning and approximately a $7.24 rise over the past year. Oil price…
Good morning. If you thought geopolitical risk was fading from your strategic planning picture, think again. The U.S.–Iran war escalated over the weekend, and crude prices are already reacting. Here’s what leaders need to be watching. Energy prices are likely…
Parithad Petampai wasn’t sure he’d be ready to take over the CEO role at Muangthai Capital, Thailand’s largest microlender. Parithad’s parents—his father Chuchat Patcharachai and his mother Daonapa Petampai—had founded the company over three decades prior. Last August, Parithad was…
A charismatic founder with near-obsessive conviction, a business that bleeds money, and a stock price based on a wildly optimistic valuation. In 1997, Jeff Bezos took Amazon public at a price of $18 per share at a $438 million valuation.…
The world’s most-envied retirement plan has another high-profile booster: President Donald Trump. Riding high off public enthusiasm for the Trump Accounts for children, Trump last week renewed his focus on their parents and grandparents. And he said he’s looking to Australia’s private pensions,…