The Risk-Amplifying Strategy That Led to Big Losses at Situational Awareness

WSJ’s Peter Rudegeair explains what Wall Street calls a ‘Texas hedge’—and how the Situational Awareness hedge…

Stock-Picking Funds Are Performing as Poorly as Ever

Just 13% of U.S. large-cap funds have outperformed indexes over the past decade, new data show.

Ford and GM Are Locked in a New Battle Over Who’s the Most American Carmaker

America’s trade war has left its two largest automakers sparring over favorable tariffs on imports, batteries…

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Big Manufacturers Find New Demand in Equipping AI Data Centers

Companies such as Caterpillar and Cummins are pivoting to feed a booming market for once-prosaic machinery.

The ‘Country Hicks’ Who Refused $26 Million from an AI Data Center

A Kentucky mother and daughter turned down a life-changing offer for their farmland. The ensuing drama…

A mom had spent years wondering why her son wasn’t talking, walking and growing like most kids. An AI chatbot helped diagnose a rare bone disease.

Patients, doctors and nurses are turning to the technology for help identifying rare and undiagnosed diseases.

Cambridge Professor Who Quit Over Plagiarism Scandal Found Dead

Jason Arday’s academic rise and fall set off a debate about whether he was a fantasist…

U.S. Cancels Visa for Son of Former Mexican President, Straining Ties

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s current president, says the revocation amounts to U.S. interference in “Mexican politics.”

A Trickle of Americans Is Returning to Israel

Israel’s battered tourism industry is showing rare flickers of life this summer as cautious Americans begin…