Sen. Elizabeth Warren has long been a vocal opponent of privatizing the tax filing system—i.e., how things are now. When ProPublica completed an investigation in 2019 showing major tax giants…
The $24 billion Dutch bank ABN Amro is cutting a fifth of its workforce over the next three years. So how is its CEO, Marguerite Bérard, rallying the troops? By…
As a child growing up in Iran, Mojgan Lefebvre dreamed of becoming a doctor. But turbulent times in the Middle East nation led her to immigrate to the United States,…
There are two distinct AI anxieties spreading through the American economy right now, and they don’t speak the same language. On one side: founders and investors grappling with the vertigo…
In 2020, Jeff Bezos made what remains the largest individual philanthropic commitment to climate and nature ever: $10 billion, to be fully disbursed by 2030 through the Bezos Earth Fund.…
Markets are trading strongly this week on hopes that the Iran war might soon be coming to an end. A fragile ceasefire has held despite peace talks collapsing, but President…
There’s a wild paradox in the middle of the biggest story in tech right now. The GPUs and other essential hardware that the hyperscalers are spending so lavishly to pack…
Home prices just did it again. For the 33rd consecutive month, the median price of an existing home climbed—this time to $408,800 in March, a record high for the month,…
The picture of an American springtime usually looks something like this: sunny days, chittering birds, and, on many suburban streets, a congested driveway full of eager prospective homebuyers gathering for…
American consumers are more pessimistic about the economy than at any time in recorded history. The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index fell to 47.6 in preliminary April 2026 readings…