Honda Scraps Plans for E.V.s While Start-Ups Forge Ahead
The Japanese company’s retreat echoes moves by other traditional carmakers as the industry divides between electric vehicle haves and have-nots.
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Nepal ex-rapper’s party wins election in landslide after Gen Z protests
Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) election candidate Balendra Shah waits to collect a certificate for his victory in parliamentary elections at the counting centre in Damak in Nepal’s Jhapa district on March 7, 2026. Nepal’s rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah grinned and flashed a V-for-victory sign on March 7 as Election Commission officials confirmed he had beaten veteran…
How to Turn Individual Talent into Organizational Excellence
Leaders need to treat performance as a design problem.
U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise, Undercutting Housing Affordability Push
Mortgage rates fell below the critical 6 percent threshold just a couple weeks ago. But they’re climbing again as new inflation concerns have roiled financial markets.
Why Does Oil Matter So Much to the Global Economy?
new video loaded: Why Does Oil Matter So Much to the Global Economy? The war in the Middle East has sent oil and gas prices soaring. Our energy reporter Rebecca F. Elliott breaks down how much the world continues to depend on reliable sources of oil. By Rebecca F. Elliott, Sutton Raphael, Joey Sendaydiego, James…
U.S. Navy to escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz when possible, Bessent says
The U.S. Navy will begin escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as “militarily possible,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sky News on Thursday. “That was always in our planning, that there’s the chance that the U.S. Navy or perhaps an international coalition will be escorting oil tankers through,” Bessent said in that…
Developing Employees Who Thrive Through Continuous Change
Leaders must build systems that turn continuous transformation into something employees help shape, not simply endure. by Rachel DuRose March 12, 2026 Research from Gartner suggests that the average employee experienced 10 organization-wide strategy shifts in 2022 (a sharp increase from the reported two changes in 2016). Yet, employee willingness to support these changes plummeted…
War With Iran Puts Further Strain on America’s Pessimistic Farmers
Nearly 75 percent of farmers surveyed before the war said the crop sector was in a recession. They face bigger hurdles this planting season.
Iran War Causing Largest Ever Oil Disruption, I.E.A. Says
Conflict is forcing producers to slash production and close ports as Iran steps up attacks on energy infrastructure.
Anthropic’s Claude would ‘pollute’ defense supply chain: Pentagon CTO
Defense Department CTO Emil Michael on Thursday said Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence models would “pollute” the agency’s supply chain because they have “a different policy preference” that is baked in. “We can’t have a company that has a different policy preference that is baked into the model through its constitution, its soul, its policy preferences,…