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Economists had been expecting gross domestic product to add 0.2%.

The bank says scaling laws are holding firm — and the compute buildout underway at AI labs is about to pay off in ways that will surprise even the Street.

European stocks traded lower Friday as the conflict in the Middle East weighs over markets.

Forty years after going public at $21 a share, Microsoft grew from a two-person software startup into a $3 trillion empire powering nearly every corner of the global economy.

Sun Microsystems cofounder Vinod Khosla says AI could upend career advice for Gen Alpha—shifting away from college and “safe” jobs.

Sales of Tesla's China-made electric vehicles rose in the first two months of 2026, from the year before, regaining lost ground to China's BYD.

"The sunny version of Detroit": Inside the slow-motion disintegration of America’s most famous industry cluster.

"It's not a Ponzi scheme," Penn Wharton's Kent Smetters explained to Fortune. "It's a shell game."

"Typically, headcount growth has been required for revenue growth but AI is changing that relationship," the bank noted drily.

“If you want to get promoted, you've got to do the things that we do in order to operate Accenture,” Julie Sweet said.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns that war spending could tip into a fiscal crisis — and it's calling for a pre-built escape plan.

The U.S. Central Command said that the loss was "not due to hostile or enemy fire."

The forced-labor probes follow Section 301 investigations launched on Wednesday, targeting excess industrial capacity across more than a dozen economies.

Dow Jones futures: Oil prices surged to their highest close since 2022, sending the stock market tumbling. Dell, Micron are worth watching.

General president Sean O’Brien and motion picture head Lindsay Dougherty say they will only back the $111 billion deal if worker protections are put in place.

A lawsuit alleging that David protein bars misrepresent their calorie and fat content is drawing comparisons to the movie “Mean Girls.”

The Trump administration is considering waivers of a 106-year-old maritime law as it battles rising gas prices as a side effect of the war in Iran.

Oh, you thought high oil prices would help the climate fight? Think again.

The U.S. has temporarily authorized the purchase of Russian oil stranded at sea to stabilize energy markets.

U.S. farmers are feeling the pain of the Iran conflict from thousands of miles away as diesel prices continue to rise amid Iran's threats to ships that cross the Strait of Hormuz.

These stocks have long histories of payouts and dividend raises.

Joby Aviation showcased its electric air taxi technology Thursday with a demo flight over San Francisco, offering a glimpse of the future.

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a late Thursday speech that the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil trade, should remain shut.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 700 points on Thursday, notching its lowest closing level in 2026.