Lauren Silva Laughlin

Who decides what’s best for humanity? Elon Musk thinks that OpenAI, run by Sam Altman, is shirking its responsibilities on the matter. Tesla’s chief executive filed a lawsuit last week claiming Altman’s shop is being run for profits instead of the greater good. But the whole dispute rests on the assumption that it is up to heroic tech entrepreneurs to shape the development of an existentially dang

U.S. President Joe Biden's annual State of the Union address on Thursday evening – both energetic and emphatic – made a strong case that his policies salvaged an economy that had been crushed the pandemic. Distinctly Democratic initiatives were indeed surprisingly effective. The next four years will likely leave less in any president's control. But having a set of concrete ideas to debate is at le

Donald Trump is pretty good at looking rich on paper. The Republican presidential candidate’s latest tangle with investors is no different. On Friday, shareholders of Digital World Acquisition finally approved a deal to buy his nascent Trump Media & Technology, giving it a stock market listing. Based on the blank-check company’s stock price on Friday, Trump’s media firm is worth some $5.6 billion.

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump is pretty good at looking rich on paper. The Republican presidential candidate's latest tangle with investors is no different.

It was only a matter of time before the United States became yet another weakened link in the global supply chain. Early on Tuesday, a major bridge in the U.S. port of Baltimore collapsed after a container vessel struck it. Such accidents often have a ripple effect on economies and even elections. For investors, it’s a valuable reminder of how infrastructure spans hard assets to softer ones.

Remember the meme-stock craze? GameStop’s shareholders certainly do. The video-gaming retailer was on the “brink of bankruptcy,” according to former boss Matt Furlong. Yet it was able to raise cash in 2021 via share sales after day traders mobilized by message-board Reddit decided that betting against the company was a moral outrage. Two years, a new CEO and a lot of money later, the company is ro

Is artificial intelligence a threat or an opportunity for Google? It’s quite the dilemma for shareholders in Alphabet , the internet search giant’s parent. There’s the immediate question of whether AI-based chatbots will direct users to better information more quickly, but a deep and lucrative relationship with Apple presents the bigger financial risk.

Nicolai Tangen might be the asset management equivalent of the gentle Dr. Jekyll and his murderous alter ego Mr. Hyde. The head of Norway’s $1.6 trillion government fund has a side gig hosting corporate leaders on a podcast. On Monday he interviewed Tesla’s Elon Musk days after shares in the $550 billion electric-vehicle maker took a beating. The jaunty and chatty nature of Tangen’s discussions gi

The United States has more than 1.5 million realtors helping people buy and sell homes – more agents than there are currently homes for sale. That odd imbalance is the result of decades of distortions that have benefited the real-estate industry at the expense of its customers. A recent ruling promises to change the way homebuying works, creating some winners, and many losers both in the industry

The third time is not the charm. March’s higher-than-expected inflation number, announced on Wednesday, follows hot prints in January and February, and