2026-04-16 05:43:41
A company that makes sneakers out of tree fiber and sugar cane is suddenly in the AI infrastructure business.
2026-04-16 04:00:08
If you thought the closure of the Strait of Hormuz was damaging to the global economy, imagine a similar crisis in the Taiwan Strait. Governments and business should prepare for a scenario that could strangle the flow of around 90% of the world’s advanced semiconductors, essential to everything from artificial intelligence and smartphones to cars and military systems.
2026-04-16 03:00:08
As the Iran war prompts some countries to call for restrictions that hark back to the oil-shock era — Australia is urging people to take public transport, South Korea is calling for shorter showers — in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is doing a 70s throwback of a different kind: Hanging out with heavy rockers Deep Purple.
2026-04-16 02:00:08
The Iran war has created a reshuffle in investing. High-flying tech companies are out while unloved old economy names are getting a second look.
2026-04-16 01:41:32
NewBird AI, an Avis Budget squeeze, sports factor models and recursive online courses.
2026-04-15 20:00:12
Every once in a while, an advance in treating cancer is so stunning that doctors get chills. Such is the case for Revolution Medicines’ pancreatic cancer therapy daraxonrasib, which in a late-stage study allowed patients with advanced disease to live twice as long as those who only received chemotherapy.
