20 states and DC sue as Trump moves to share low-income families’ data with immigration authorities
More than 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday to block it from getting...
Trump claims he’s talking with Iran as they hold talks with other nations
After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the two sides...
SpaceX revenue surges 92% to $7.8 billion, blowing past Wall Street expectations by nearly $1 billion
SpaceX grew revenue 92% to $7.8 billion in the second quarter, powering past Wall Street’s consensus estimate of approximately $6.9...
Scott Bessent is using moves from his hedge fund days to prop up Japan’s yen—and America’s $40 trillion national debt
Scott Bessent was in his early 30s, working at Soros Fund Management, when the Asian financial crisis tore through currency...
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu once thought his $87 billion company would only make $100 million. He tells founders to be ‘greedy’ and dream bigger
In the earliest stages of building a business, founders may shy away from dreaming big, and make conservative estimates of...
Why a measly 100,000 job openings is normal for the Trump economy
U.S. job openings fell slightly in June, but the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of an...
Exclusive: Dinari, founded by Stripe and Apple alums, partners with Circle to offer tokenized stocks to U.S. investors
For decades, buying stocks has meant going through brokers, waiting for trades to settle, and limited trading when stock markets...
Your AI agent can be a teammate. But it still needs a boss
Companies have spent the past two years teaching employees how to use AI. Most of that training has focused on...
An 130-year-old theory from an obscure Swedish economist explains why investors will keep funding America’s near-$40 trillion pile of debt
In the pantheon of famous economists, Knut Wicksell is hardly a household name. Unlike Adam Smith, the Swedish interest-rate expert...
Yen rises amid speculation of more intervention after U.S. support
The yen rallied sharply on Monday amid speculation that authorities may have intervened to prop up the currency again after...
As confusion reigns over Hormuz talks, Fortune gets exclusive access to a UN-backed plan to reopen the strait
As efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz drag on, pressure is mounting for a solution to be found. John...
The radical idea behind Barnes & Noble’s surprising comeback
In today’s CEO Daily: How CEO James Daunt set the bookstore chain on a new trajectory The big leadership story:...
Could a UN-backed plan to reopen Hormuz break the deadlock?
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Current price of oil as of August 4, 2026
As of 5:20 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil is trading at $89.81 per barrel, based on the Brent benchmark we’ll...
Sir Martin Sorrell has identified the key AI skill for the future: ‘People who share will be the new kings and queens’
“Power comes not from knowledge kept but from knowledge shared,” Bill Gates said in 1999, the year OpenAI CEO Sam...
