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What to Know About the Powerful New Cholesterol Pill

What to Know About the Powerful New Cholesterol Pill How does it compare to statins? Should you take it? And how much does it cost? By Nina Agrawal and Gina Kolata, NY Times Patients who need to lower their cholesterol will soon have a powerful new option. On Thursday, the...
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The Worst Part of the Cyclosporiasis Response

As the government began to figure out why people were getting sick, the messaging got only worse. If you’re confused about whether you can eat the shredded lettuce on your Doritos Locos tacos again, you’re not alone. I cover food safety for a living—and I love Taco Bell—and I’m not sure when I’ll be …

The Art of the Giveaway (shared)

The Trump administration is giving Saudi Arabia exactly what it wants. For what? What kind of negotiator gives the other side everything that it wants with the hope of eventually getting something in return? It’s a question that even some of President Trump’s own allies are asking after his …

Quagmire of the Vanities

Why the world economy is still at risk from the Iran debacle Yesterday Donald Trump declared that the Iran war is going “better than anybody expected …

The Social Security Reckoning Is Finally Coming

Senators elected this November will be in office when America’s most popular federal program is on track to run out of money. Americans have been hearing about the looming demise of Social Security for decades. The number of old people receiving benefits has been increasing much more quickly than …

Iran War Expert: A Mass Casualty Attack Is Coming! ~ Robert Pape

Iran War Expert: A Mass Casualty Attack Is Coming! ~ Robert Pape Steven Bartlett, The Diary Of A CEO The War everyone assumed was over may...

The great rate reset

The relentless run-up in Treasury yields reflects the globe's new economic reality: It takes a much richer reward to persuade investors to lend their …

What is open-source AI? A software engineering researcher explains

You’ve probably heard artificial intelligence models described as “open” or “closed.” These are not descriptions of the model’s personality. Large …

Economists predict minor disruption from Trump’s new tariffs

Economists predicted that the US’ sweeping new tariffs, which take effect Friday, will not seriously disrupt the global economy. Tariffs’ inflationary …

Google’s slump in AI race driven in part by low morale

Poor morale among employees is contributing to delayed model releases from Google's DeepMind AI lab, according to conversations with half a dozen …

Oracle signs 10-year software contract with Pentagon worth up to $7 billion

The Pentagon on Thursday announced a contract with Oracle worth almost $7 billion over a decade, a big win for the software maker, which has been …

SpaceX Just Erased $1 Trillion in Value. Here’s Why the Worst Could be Yet to Come.

In markets, the bigger they arrive, the harder they fall. SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX | SPCX Price Prediction) has already shed a staggering amount of paper …

Alberta’s proposed West Coast pipeline faces a high-stakes economic test

Alberta submitted a proposed southern route for a new West Coast oil pipeline to the federal Major Projects Office on July 2, and Canada has begun …

Three World Leaders. Three Incredibly Bad Decisions.

Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin are drastically different men, but they do have one important thing in common: Each thinks he is the smartest person in any room he enters. Alas, though, because they have all done the dumbest thing you can do as a leader — surround yourself with …

What Did Trump Do With the Billions He Collected From Venezuelan Oil?

Billions in revenue from Venezuelan oil has gone missing—and the Trump administration keeps changing its story. The Trump administration has raked in …

Coveted U.S. Nuclear Deal Is a Coup for Saudi Crown Prince (shared)

Saudi Arabia had for years sought the controversial deal to transfer American nuclear technology to the kingdom. It is expected to be sealed on Wednesday. A deal to provide American nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, expected to be announced on Wednesday, would represent a major triumph for the …

Peter Zeihan: The Biggest Global Risks Facing Investors Now 

Peter Zeihan: The Biggest Global Risks Facing Investors Now  Stansberry Investor Hour Host Dan Ferris and geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan discuss the Iran conflict, global oil...

Trump’s new tariffs give Ontario and Québec the perfect excuse to sell their unsold American booze

U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with Canada, announcing 50 per cent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, from wine and …

The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble

The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble. By Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic...

Five tech giants are hiding $1.65tn in AI debt, using the trick that toppled Enron

Five of the biggest US tech giants are carrying $1.65 trillion in debt that does not show up on their balance sheets, more than the debt that does. It is bankrolling the AI data-centre boom, it is perfectly legal, and it uses the same accounting trick that brought down Enron. Look at what Alphabet, …

This Is Why Our Fresh Produce Keeps Making Us Sick

This article has been updated to reflect news developments. There’s a gruesome food-borne illness going around this summer that can last for weeks and cause severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea. Public health officials have reported more than 8,000 cases of the parasitic infection known as …

Trump slaps additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods

The tariffs will take effect 30 days from now. The Trump administration announced Monday it will hit Canada with a 50% tariff on many goods imported …

Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Trump Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

A cautionary tale. In a stunning reversal on Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration said that lettuce samples from Taylor Farms did not, after all, …

Colorado was the first state to cap a drug’s price – then a federal court stepped in

Colorado is one of a handful of states with a review board for drug prices and one of only four with a board empowered to set upper limits on what …

Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models?

Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models? By Ben Thompson, at Stratechery   There’s a story I tell about my first day in STRT-431 at Kellogg School of Management,...

The Worst Part of the Cyclosporiasis Response

As the government began to figure out why people were getting sick, the messaging got only worse. If you’re confused about whether you can eat the shredded lettuce on your Doritos Locos tacos again, you’re not alone. I cover food safety for a living—and I love Taco Bell—and I’m not sure when I’ll be …

U.S. health officials investigate new outbreak of parasite cyclospora

Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. The outbreak included 72 people as of …

New Trump administration rules on federal science funding could make American research slower, costlier and harder to share

Most Americans don’t read the rules that govern the federal grants funding science. Those rules, called the Uniform Guidance, shape how cancer …

Trump cuts to advisory groups leaves hospitals without key expertise on disease

Under the Trump administration, dozens of advisory committees have been ended or frozen, including one on controlling infection in healthcare settings.

This Is Why Our Fresh Produce Keeps Making Us Sick

This article has been updated to reflect news developments. There’s a gruesome food-borne illness going around this summer that can last for weeks and cause severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea. Public health officials have reported more than 8,000 cases of the parasitic infection known as …

Taylor Farms Made Huge Donation to Trump Group After Loosening of Rules That Could Have Prevented Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

A cautionary tale. In a stunning reversal on Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration said that lettuce samples from Taylor Farms did not, after all, …

Colorado was the first state to cap a drug’s price – then a federal court stepped in

Colorado is one of a handful of states with a review board for drug prices and one of only four with a board empowered to set upper limits on what …

How AI is supercharging drug development

Artificial intelligence is dramatically speeding up drug development — and a proprietary survey shows how it's priming a bigger automation push …