timef 03/06/2026

The Federal Reserve is still widely expected to hold interest rates steady when its officials next meet on March 17-18.

Stock movements this week has been choppy as investors weighed the inflationary impact of the war in the Middle East. The jobs report has complicated matters.

The threat of prolonged attacks on oil tankers and other vessels is giving Iran an advantage, analysts say.

The $766 million takeover is the latest twist for The Telegraph, an influential British newspaper whose ownership had been in limbo for years.

A new report looks at course “shutouts,” which can add to the time and cost of getting a degree.

The president campaigned on lowering prices for Americans. That pledge has come under fire this week as the Iran war pushes up the cost of gasoline.

Unemployment is higher among younger people than other groups, and some companies are cutting back on entry-level hiring. Tell us how you are navigating the start of your career.

“The Pentagon and OpenAI are saying to the public, You’re just going to have to trust us. And the public is saying, Well, we don’t.”

Employment data for February will be released by the Labor Department on Friday.

Economists say estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other agencies are reliable, but they worry the quality of data is eroding.

Sales and traffic at restaurant chains like Cava, Chipotle and Sweetgreen are falling, as customers grow tired of both salad bowls and their rising price tags.

An aging population is drawing workers to medical and social care, creating reliable jobs and revealing weakness for the rest of the economy.

One inmate paid lobbyists and lawyers with ties to the president’s team and walked free. Others are following his blueprint, but it is not always clear who can deliver.

How scientists, conservationists and the fragrance industry are working to revive extinct scents and perpetuate threatened ones.

The average price of a gallon of gasoline jumped again on Friday, to $3.32 per gallon, hitting its highest level in a year and a half.

India’s trade deal with President Trump was supposed to end its imports of oil from Russia. But the war in Iran has cut off alternative supplies from the Middle East.

ExThera attracted cancer patients to Antigua with the promise that its devices could cure them. Its former chief regulatory officer now faces up to three years in prison.

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

The decision to settle the court action is particularly striking because the defendant was accused of a serious violation of securities laws. He denied the charges.

A new analysis of prescription data found that emergency room orders for acetaminophen for pregnant women fell for weeks after the federal warning.

Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.

“No permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property,” the company said. The Trump administration frequently promotes policies with content from video games.

One year in, assessing budget cuts to federal climate and science jobs.

A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but features bright spots.

Oil futures are at their highest level since July 2024. The S&P 500 is now in negative territory for the year.

The lawsuit filed by two dozen states seeks to invalidate the president’s new, 10 percent global tax on imports.

Chris Kempczinski’s rather tentative chomp drew mirth online, even from some competitors.

Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers.

Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

Ms. Guthrie visited 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Thursday for the first time since her mother, Nancy, went missing in early February.

An unusual outbreak of wildfires in city parks gave scientists a chance to study these rare events. Now they’re coming to different conclusions.

Cars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry.