A key question hangs over the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting that ends Wednesday: Will central bank policymakers still reduce short-term interest rates this year, now that the Iran war has sent oil prices higher and gas prices spiking?
As the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains worldwide, the Trump administration says it will temporarily waive maritime shipping requirements under a more than century-old law known as the Jones Act.
Once upon a time, there were two guarantees when getting a new job: a 401(k) and a work wife/hubby or bestie.
Spring is a glorious, warm season after the harsh cold of winter—filled with light and more sun-induced vitamin D. Friday, March 20, 2026 (at exactly 10:46 a.m. ET), marks both its triumphant return in the Northern Hemisphere and the spring equinox. So, get ready for longer days, warmer weather, and flower blooms that may cause sneezing. Let’s take a deeper look at the science behind seasons and what exactly an equinox is.
Your first 90 days on a job are often the most important. That’s where you lay the foundation for the years to come and learn more about how your skills best fit into the organization. That’s just as true when you’re launching a startup.
The nation’s capital is getting a new Situation Room this weekend. But rather than generals and high-ranking officials, this D.C.
President Donald Trump first ran on a campaign to “make America great again.” Whether he’s been successful in doing so (or if America was ever great to begin with) is hotly contested—but even as the work continues on our home planet, one NASA leader is encouraging Trump to set his sights even further.
The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz once again into the crosshairs of a geopolitical conflict.Iran has ground to a halt nearly all traffic in the waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the globe’s oceans, shutting down a critical path for the world’s flow of oil. Attacks on commercial ships and threats of further strikes have stopped nearly all tankers from carrying oil, gas and other goods through the passage.
For the past two years, the dominant corporate conversation around artificial intelligence has been painfully predictable. Executives talk about productivity, copilots, efficiency gains, and cost savings. Boards demand AI road maps. Consultants package urgency into slides.
The partial U.S. government shutdown has made air travel incredibly difficult over the past few weeks as many airports are facing major staffing shortages. The timing centers around spring break, when many go on trips—and also when the NCAA basketball championship tournaments take place.
Happiness may be hard to quantify, but for the data-obsessed, the World Happiness Report is as close as you can get.
Trailers of two of Hollywood’s most anticipated upcoming movies came out this week. Warner Bros. Discovery’s Dune: Part Three and Marvel Studios’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day premiered a day apart.
The used-car e-commerce platform Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA) is planning to do something it has never done before: split its stock.
Unlike on the popular TV series Severance, most people don’t get to disconnect from what’s happening in the rest of their lives when they arrive at work each day.
I’m obsessive about my to-do lists. Everything I need to get done goes on my list so that I don’t lose sight of it.
The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, may be visible in nearly 19 U.S. states tonight, Wednesday, March 18, into Thursday, March 19, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center.