Big Oil embraces global exploration again as Chevron returns to Libya
As the U.S. shale oil boom matures, Big Oil is doing something it hasnât done in years: increasing global exploration outside of the Americas. In the most notable recent move,…
Finance
Wall Streetâs top analyst sees something weird going on with gold and interest rates, and warns inflation risks are rewriting market logic
Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok has found a head-scratcher buried in the financial data: For years, the price of gold and real interest rates have been inversely correlated; as interest…
âNothing short of self-sabotageâ: Watchdog warns about national debt setting new record in just 4 years
The United States is on a collision course with its own history, and about to break fiscal records in the worst possible way. With current policies and spending, the countryâs…
At 22, Olympic skier Eileen Gu is worth over $20 million. Sheâs juggling brand deals and sports with school. And she urges Gen Z not to wait until theyâre âolderâ to start
At age 22, Eileen Gu is one of the best freestyle skiers in the worldâamassing four Olympic medals to her name. Sheâs also a student at Stanford University studying international…
Googleâs Nobel-winning AI leader sees a ârenaissanceâ aheadâafter a 10- or 15-year shakeout
Sir Demis Hassabis, the recently minted Nobel laureate and CEO of Google DeepMind, believes humanity is standing on the precipice of a ânew golden era of discovery.â But reaching this…
Exclusive: Marc Lore and Melissa Bridgefordâs Wizard emerges from stealth
Wizard, an AI-native shopping agent cofounded by Marc Lore and CEO Melissa Bridgeford, is coming out of a nearly 5-year private beta with an ambitious promise: to end the era…
Levl raises $7 million to provide stablecoin infrastructure for fintechs
Fintechs are increasingly adopting stablecoinsâa non-volatile type of cryptocurrency typically pegged to the US dollar. When it comes to payments and money transfers, stablecoins offer clear advantages but developing the…
Two neurosurgeons just raised $25 million betting brain cells can (someday) outcompute silicon
Alex Ksendzovsky and Jon Pomeraniec were in a Washington, D.C. Airbnb, but they werenât on vacation. They were feeding stock market data into a dish of living brain cells. It…
Whatâs driving record CFO turnover?
Good morning. Global CFO turnover is surging, and the CFO role is morphing into one of the most complex, highâstakes jobs in the Câsuite. The 2025 Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA)…
Robinhood launches test version of its own blockchain
Robinhood announced on Tuesday evening that a developersâ version of its custom built blockchain, known as Robinhood Chain, is now live. The move, announced at the Consensus event in Hong…