Bitcoin’s Identity Crisis: Can It Truly Become a Digital Store of Value?
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
How Students Can Earn a Degree With Minimal or No Debt
As tuition continues climbing faster than inflation, many students are rethinking the traditional path to a four-year degree. Rising costs are forcing families to look for creative, strategic ways to limit borrowing — and fortunately, there are more options than ever...
What to Do With Your Retirement Plan After Losing a Job
Job loss brings uncertainty, but one financial decision often gets pushed aside: what to do with the retirement money left behind in your former employer’s plan. That account may be one of your largest assets, and handling it wisely can protect your long-term...
Why More Borrowers Could Soon See Smaller Student Loan Payments
With living costs rising faster than many households can adjust, policymakers are searching for ways to lighten financial strain — and student borrowers may soon see relief. A series of updates to repayment rules could broaden who qualifies for lower monthly payments,...
Understanding the Proposed Child Savings Incentive: What Parents Should Know
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
Why Americans Are Feeling the Pinch — And What You Can Do About It
2025 isn’t a return to “pre-pandemic normal.” Instead, we’re in a transition: a time where rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifting global conditions demand both vigilance and adaptability.
- Here’s how a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could work. ‘This is a big task, and it’s a big gamble’by Jason Ma on April 12, 2026 at 5:14 pm
"It puts economic pressure on Tehran without destroying the oil facilities, which you should want to preserve into the future."
- Intuit was an AI pioneer. Why its stock became a SaaSpocalypse casualtyby Geoff Colvin on April 12, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Intuit spent years weaving AI and human experts into its business, only to see investors dump the stock in an AI-driven investor panic.
- Artemis III will practice docking Orion with lunar landers in Earth orbit next year while Musk’s Starship and Bezos’ Blue Moon compete for Artemis IVby Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press on April 12, 2026 at 3:27 pm
Now that the first lunar travelers in more than a half-century are safely back in Houston with their families, NASA has Artemis III in its sights.
- Oil tankers U-turn in Hormuz as U.S.-Iran talks break downby Weilun Soon, Bloomberg on April 12, 2026 at 3:04 pm
Two empty crude tankers attempted to make their way through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Persian Gulf on Sunday, only to make last-minute U-turns.
- Saudi Arabia says East-West pipeline restored to full capacityby Clara Ferreira Marques, Bloomberg on April 12, 2026 at 2:57 pm
Output from Saudi Aramco’s offshore Manifa oil production facility was also restored, the energy ministry said Sunday, though work continues at the Khurais onshore complex.
- In 2011, Barack Obama said it was time to ‘pivot’ to Asia. But 15 years later, the U.S. is still at war in the Middle Eastby Didi Tang, The Associated Press on April 12, 2026 at 2:46 pm
“Rebalancing to Asia is highly relevant to America’s national interests, but it has been undercut by many bad decisions.”
- Trump says U.S. Navy to impose Hormuz blockade after Iran ceasefire talks end with no deal. ‘No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage’by Munir Ahmed, Josh Boak, Sam Metz, Samy Magdy, The Associated Press on April 12, 2026 at 2:37 pm
Trump stressed that Tehran’s nuclear ambitions were at the core of the failure to end the war, and the U.S. was ready to “finish up” Iran at the “appropriate moment."
- This TikTok sensation sold her startup for $2 billion. Now Pepsi is letting ‘Poppi be Poppi’by Eva Roytburg on April 12, 2026 at 2:17 pm
When Poppi started running TV spots, Ellsworth said the goal was to stand out as much as possible, doing the opposite of what's expected.
- ‘Almost unmanageable’: Raising a child in the U.S. now costs more than $300,000by Jacqueline Munis on April 12, 2026 at 1:31 pm
Costs are up 1.9% from a year ago, as rent prices have spiked across the country.
- America is not ready for its own longevity crisis — and 2026 is the wake-up callby Aimee DeCamillo, Diane Ty on April 12, 2026 at 10:30 am
As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, a broken patchwork of financial, health, and community systems leaves millions dangerously unprepared for longer life.