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War Could Push Up More Than Just Gas Prices Prices for food, consumer products, airline tickets, and just about everything else could get more expensive in the coming months if the Iran war drags on. The spike in gas prices since the war began is likely to stoke inflation because fuel costs factor into most things people buy.

‘Tool Sprawl’ Is Holding Your Business Back. Here’s What It’s Costing You — and How to Fix It. Stop buying tools. Start building systems.

Watch out, prediction markets. The 'super apps' are coming. At a gambling industry conference, many people buzzed about the rise of Kalshi and Polymarket. Others said "super apps" that combine different ways to save, spend, and gamble could overtake them. DraftKings is merging its betting and prediction apps; Robinhood is offering more financial products.

What the Markets Are Telling Us About the War in the Gulf Preparing for what comes next involves more than just investors’ interpretation of how Iranian drones or White House rhetoric will feed through into oil prices.

The VIX Isn't What It Used to Be. How to Get an Investing Edge Now. When bad things happen to stocks, good things can happen for options investors. It has even inspired an options market ditty: When the VIX is high, it's time to buy; when it's low, it's time to go. But is that still a reliable indicator?

Vinod Khosla says he thinks today's 5-year-olds probably won't need a job OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts 80% of jobs will be done by AI by the early 2030s. The AI investor joins a list of high-earning executives who have warned about the future of jobs. He frames the battle between the US and China for AI dominance as a "techno-economic war."

Vail Cuts Ski Pass Price for Gen Z Skiers The ski resort company said the move aims to make the sport more accessible.

Here’s what Canadians can expect in this year's Paralympics Learn more about the athletes, the key sports and how to watch the events in Milan Cortina.

The Block layoffs are just the beginning The author talked to one of the laid-off Block employees. He gave her a sobering warning.

You Don’t Need Awards to Raise Venture Capital — You Just Need These 2 Things Industry recognitions may open doors, but investment follows alignment and measurable impact.

Bachelor’s Degrees With the Best and Worst Return on Investment College graduates with a theology and religion major generally have the lowest return on their investment when comparing their student debt versus their wages after 10 years.