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Only one U.S. university ranks in the world’s top 10 in STEM. Pfizer’s CEO is calling for change

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla warns U.S. and European universities are falling behind as Chinese institutions surge ahead in research output: “We need to become better.”

By Preston ForeApril 3, 2026
How AI and ‘experience creep’ are making it harder for new graduates to find jobs
How AI and ‘experience creep’ are making it harder for new graduates to find jobs
By Claire ZillmanApril 3, 2026
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Current price of oil as of April 3, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerApril 3, 2026
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Trump wants to add nearly $7 trillion to the $39 trillion national debt with his new military budget, watchdog warns
By Nick LichtenbergApril 2, 2026
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Trump insists $1.5 trillion military budget for a war Congress didn’t approve ranks above day care, Medicare, Medicaid
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and The Associated PressApril 3, 2026
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U.S. jobs report bounces back from dismal February with surprisingly strong 178,000 payrolls
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressApril 3, 2026
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Starbucks baristas working in store
SuccessStarbucks is offering $1,200 bonuses, expanded tipping, and weekly payouts to boost the pay of its U.S. baristas
By Emma BurleighApril 3, 2026
Red Lobster is reportedly bringing back Endless Shrimp 2 years after the CEO vowed it would never return
RetailRed Lobster is reportedly bringing back Endless Shrimp 2 years after the CEO vowed it would never return
By Sydney LakeApril 3, 2026
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PoliticsA $10 billion ‘slush fund’ to pay TSA agents: Trump’s latest unilateral loophole, explained
By Jake AngeloApril 3, 2026
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EnvironmentNewt Gingrich wants to drop a nuke on the Strait of Hormuz. America actually looked at the same thing in 1977 in Latin America
By The Conversation and Christine KeinerApril 3, 2026
The short, uneasy tenure of Pam Bondi
NewslettersThe short, uneasy tenure of Pam Bondi
By Emma HinchliffeApril 3, 2026
The Wells Fargo logo on a green layered background.
Personal FinanceWells Fargo CD rates 2026: How to qualify for the best returns
By Joseph HostetlerApril 3, 2026
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CommentaryAI adoption isn’t the hard part, it’s building employee agency
By Teuila Hanson and Mohak ShroffApril 3, 2026
I helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself
CommentaryI helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself
By Sumeet VaidyaApril 3, 2026
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Recession bites as German jobs market faces slowdown ahead of early general election
FinanceRecession bites as German jobs market faces slowdown ahead of early general election
By AFPJanuary 3, 2025
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts during a signing ceremony at the Supreme Council of Russia and Belarus, December 6, 2024, in Minsk, Belarus.
    FinanceRussia has disciplined 30,000 soldiers for corruption this year as bribery threatens to undermine Putin’s war economy
    By Ryan HoggDecember 10, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump
FinanceEconomists are already worried Trump’s ‘Maganomics’ will hurt growth in 2025
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 2, 2025
The Charging Bull sculpture in New York City
FinanceWall Street’s predictions for the market and economy in 2025
By Paolo ConfinoDecember 31, 2024
Americans are increasingly falling behind on their credit card bills, flashing a warning sign for the economy
FinanceAmericans are increasingly falling behind on their credit card bills, flashing a warning sign for the economy
By Jason MaDecember 30, 2024
Jimmy Carter also faced high inflation and energy prices — ‘We have more oil in our shale alone than several Saudi Arabias’
PoliticsJimmy Carter also faced high inflation and energy prices — ‘We have more oil in our shale alone than several Saudi Arabias’
By Jason MaDecember 29, 2024
Trump tariffs could leave the U.S. as the relative winner among global economies, Ivy League professor says
FinanceTrump tariffs could leave the U.S. as the relative winner among global economies, Ivy League professor says
By Jason MaDecember 29, 2024
  • Man carrying rolls of toilet paper
    RetailFear of Trump tariffs is causing Americans to stockpile toilet paper, medicine, and food before prices rise
    By Jason MaDecember 9, 2024
China’s Xi Jinping asked ‘What’s so bad about deflation?’ amid economic slowdown, report says
FinanceChina’s Xi Jinping asked ‘What’s so bad about deflation?’ amid economic slowdown, report says
By Jason MaDecember 29, 2024
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve
FinanceWelcome to ‘Trumponomics 2.0’: What Donald Trump’s 2025 return means for markets, from AI rally to tariff risks
By Eleanor PringleDecember 29, 2024
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.
EconomyTrump’s MAGA base is turning on Elon Musk after he said he wants to import more skilled workers
By Christiaan HetznerDecember 27, 2024
Gene and Sallie Carr
FinanceMeet the boomers who’d rather spend $100k to renovate their homes than risk the frozen housing market: ‘It would be too hard to purchase anything else’
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressDecember 25, 2024
Crowd of people on Grafton Street in Dublin
LifestyleExclusive: Ireland’s housing crisis is making a third of residents consider moving to a more affordable country
By Ryan HoggDecember 24, 2024
  • China signals bolder stimulus for next year as Trump returns
    FinanceChina signals bolder stimulus for next year as Trump returns
    By BloombergDecember 9, 2024
Trump wearing sunglasses with the word "tariffs" all around him
PoliticsEconomist predicts Trump’s tariffs won’t just be for leverage like his first presidency: ‘I don’t think many countries would be able to negotiate their way out of it’
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressDecember 23, 2024
Dollar bills with cracks in them
FinanceThis is America’s ‘fatal flaw’ as the U.S. bubble gets ready to pop, market expert warns
By Jason MaDecember 22, 2024
Russia’s war machine is running on fumes as industry warns of bankruptcies and the Kremlin gets old tanks from movie studio
FinanceRussia’s war machine is running on fumes as industry warns of bankruptcies and the Kremlin gets old tanks from movie studio
By Jason MaDecember 21, 2024
There’s now a 40% chance the Fed will pivot back to hiking rates again next year, top economist says
FinanceThere’s now a 40% chance the Fed will pivot back to hiking rates again next year, top economist says
By Jason MaDecember 21, 2024
President-Elect Donald Trump Watches Army-Navy Football Game
Politics‘I guess Elon Musk is making the decisions now’: Economic uncertainty after Trump and Musk blow up budget deal
By The Associated PressDecember 20, 2024
MacKenzie Scott
SuccessMacKenzie Scott’s mysterious donations totaled $2 billion this year—and many were a complete surprise
By Sydney LakeDecember 20, 2024
Trump stands in front of a podium inside Mar-a-Lago
FinanceThe latest U.S. GDP report card suggests Trump is about to inherit a healthy American economy before making sweeping changes to it
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressDecember 19, 2024
Businesswoman leading informal meeting in modern open plan office
SuccessU.K. millennials will probably never experience the same income boom as Gen X and baby boomers, major study shows
By Ryan HoggDecember 19, 2024
The branch of BNP Paribas group in Lyon, France.BNP Paribas is the second largest banking group in Europe, and ninth largest Banking group in the world.
FinanceMoody’s downgrades 7 French banks as the country’s debt and political chaos looks set to spill into 2025
By Ryan HoggDecember 19, 2024
Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of global fixed income at BlackRock Inc.,
FinanceFed’s higher inflation forecast and rate projections rattle the stock market
By Amanda GerutDecember 18, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the Federal Reserve's Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report at the U.S. Capitol on July 10, 2024 in Washington, DC.
FinanceStocks take a brutal slide after the Fed signals fewer rate cuts ahead
By Stan Choe, Zimo Zhong and The Associated PressDecember 18, 2024
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, in 2024.
FinanceFed set to deliver third-straight interest rate cut
By Jonnelle Marte and BloombergDecember 17, 2024
A former Fed president says she would not cut interest rates this week, but she expects the central bank will anyway
FinanceA former Fed president says she would not cut interest rates this week, but she expects the central bank will anyway
By Alena BotrosDecember 17, 2024
Skyscrapers stand in the center of London.
FinanceTop investor dubs U.K. a ‘banana economy’ with a ‘build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything’ mantra
By Ryan HoggDecember 17, 2024
Dollar’s Trump-fueled gains face a reality check late next year
FinanceDollar’s Trump-fueled gains face a reality check late next year
By Carter Johnson, George Lei, Anya Andrianova and BloombergDecember 15, 2024
Susan Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
FinanceInside the FOMC: Boston Fed President Susan Collins on changing her mind, teamwork, and the alchemy behind the base rate
By Eleanor PringleDecember 15, 2024
The French aren’t spending. Inflation is down, but people aren’t opening their wallets. Here’s why
FinanceThe French aren’t spending. Inflation is down, but people aren’t opening their wallets. Here’s why
By Alex LedsomDecember 13, 2024
An associate demonstrates maintenance work on a testing machine for chips with augmented reality glasses, a computer-based enhancement of reality perception, during a press tour for "Bosch Tech Day" at Bosch's semiconductor factory.
FinanceGerman giant Bosch’s workers left in ‘absolutely unbearable’ environment amid plans for up to 10,000 layoffs
By Ryan HoggDecember 12, 2024
Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC.
FinanceInflation gives Fed green light for December, yellow for 2025
By Jonnelle Marte and BloombergDecember 11, 2024
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