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Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Lucrative Trading
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-18 14:00
I've been covering Bill Gates's ties to Jeffrey Epstein for about 5 years now. So, with the release of more and more Epstein files, I really started digging into the connections between these two powerful men. And I found emails that show that Epstein frequently received information from a Gates adviser that helped Epstein make lucrative trades.Bill Gates had a longtime science adviser named Boris Nicolich. As a major investor, Bill Gates would receive what's known as information rights or confidential comp ...
This Tax Nerd Bet His Life Savings Against DOGE
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-17 22:00
This man bet his life savings in a prediction market wager against Doge. All $342,196. Allan Cole is a 37-year-old tax economist in Washington with a mortgage and a young child.He considered himself a plain vanilla investor until Elon Musk's Department of Government efficiency came roaring into Washington last year. Suddenly, there were people willing to bet that the world's richest man would transform and shrink the federal government. Cole took the opposite position.If federal spending in each quarter of ...
How Iran Is Holding the Strait of Hormuz Hostage
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-17 13:43
Iran has spent years developing weapons that could threaten the entire global economy. And now that the country is at war, it has started to use them. The conflict has all but frozen commercial shipping.And at the heart of the crisis is a narrow waterway that Iran is holding hostage. The straight of Hormuz is the choke point leading into and out of the Persian Gulf and it's bordered by Iran's coastline. And as the world is seeing, they are exercising sheer desperation in the straits of Harmuz.>> Even though ...
Trump Claims Former President Regretted Not Attacking Iran
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-17 06:11
Look, for 47 years, no president was willing to do what I'm doing. And they should have done it a long time ago. It would have been a lot easier.There's no president that wanted to do it. And yet, every president knew. I've spoken to a certain president who I like actually.A past president, former president. He said, "I wish I did it. I wish I did, but they didn't do it. I'm doing it." Yeah. >> Which president.>> Can't I can't tell you that. >> I don't want to embarrass him. would be very bad for his career ...
Inside the White House’s Meme Strategy to Sell the Iran War
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-16 20:26
I'm going to bomb the out of them. >> Here comes the heat from the USA down. >> This is how the White House is selling the Iran war on social media.Most Americans oppose the war, which has killed hundreds and is wreaking havoc on the global economy. But on Tik Tok, the White House's war videos are racking up millions of views. >> We're going to annihilate their navy.>> We looked at over 100 posts with videos on the White House's Tik Tok and X channel since the war began. Nearly all of them are about Iran. O ...
How Humanoid Robots Joined This Factory's Workforce
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-16 17:00
This robot is named Digit, and it's coming for your jobs, but just the boring ones. At the Sheffller Auto Parts plant in Shiraz, South Carolina, Digit carries 25 lb baskets of bearing components to an industrial washing machine over and over and over again. This is Chef Humanoid Robotics President David Kerr.So the humanoid is behind the Plex right now because it's one of the first installations that we have and it's up to us and Agility to make sure that it's safe for the workers and safe for the environme ...
Inside Venezuelan Families' Fight to Free the Regime's Prisoners
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-16 14:00
In the days following the U.S.’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, his government pledged to release a significant number of political prisoners, calling it a gesture “to seek peace.” But how many prisoners and which ones are released has become a bellwether of the country’s future after the removal of its strongman leader. In this video, The Wall Street Journal follows two families, each fighting to secure the release of a loved one imprisoned by the regime: María Oropeza, an opposition party ...
How Texas Roadhouse Can Afford to Sell Steak at $19
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-14 15:10
TEXAS. >> People don't uh associate a steakhouse with good value. Usually you go to a steakhouse, you're dropping like 60 bucks on a steak, right.But here at this restaurant, you can get an 8 oz hand cut steak plus two sides and bread and the peanuts. I think it was for $19. How can you afford to sell at that price.>> If it's in that sirloin category, you have four options. You can get a 6 oz sirloin, an 8 oz sirloin, an 11 oz sirloin, or a 16 ounce. So, you can pick what price range you want to be at based ...
How Iran Is Holding the Strait of Hormuz Hostage | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-13 23:25
- Iran has spent years developing weapons that could threaten the entire global economy. And now that the country's at war, it has started to use them. The conflict has all but frozen commercial shipping.And at the heart of the crisis is a narrow waterway that Iran is holding hostage. The Strait of Hormuz is the choke point leading into and out of the Persian Gulf, and it's bordered by Iran's coastline. - And as the world is seeing, they are exercising sheer desperation in the Straits of Hormuz.- Even thoug ...
What High Oil Prices Mean for Dollar Store Stocks Like Dollar General
The Wall Street Journal· 2026-03-13 19:32
Oil prices are surging and we know that high gas prices are bad for low-income consumers. So, what does this mean for dollar stores. Dollar General shares fell as much as 9% on Thursday after it reported slightly disappointing guidance for this fiscal year.Surging gas prices aren't always bad for dollar stores. If you look at the oil price shock of 2008, dollar stores initially took a hit to their sales as low-income consumers started getting squeezed by high gas prices. But sales really started picking up ...