It’s been a wild economic ride lately. Our reporters got together to chew over how things are looking—and what to expect next.https://www.wsj.com/economy/what-economy-are-we-living-in-our-reporters-talk-it-out-92f56b17
Tariffs and uncertainty drag on exports, pushing shortfall to a record in the second quarterhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-trade-deficit-inches-up-in-june-925f964e
The recent U.S. decision to impose a 39% levy stunned the Alpine nation and upended months of negotiations.https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/swiss-president-dashes-to-washington-to-avert-crippling-trump-tariffs-a2f2f2a0
Mzia Amaghlobeli, the founder of two media outlets, had slapped a police officer at an anti-government protest, but her case was seen as part of a wider crackdown on dissent.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/06/georgia-journalist-authoritarianism-dissent-crackdown/
A federal jury found crypto developer Roman Storm guilty of operating an unlicensed crypto business, but cleared him of sanctions violations and deadlocked on a money laundering charge.https://www.wired.com/story/tornado-cash-developer-roman-storm-guilty-on-one-count-in-federal-crypto-case/
The US government conducted a groundbreaking study on frontier models—and never published the results.https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-biden-administrations-unpublished-report-on-ai-safety/
The ChatGPT maker is providing its frontier AI models to federal agencies for $1 for the next year.https://www.wired.com/story/openai-is-giving-chatgpt-federal-workers/
A new wave of luxury wellness facilities are catering to travelers looking to maintaining their health goals alongside high-powered schedules.https://www.wired.com/story/the-new-wellness-buzzwords-for-modern-business-travelers/
A new era of work travel is taking entrepreneurs and creatives to Nigeria, Brazil, and beyond.https://www.wired.com/story/business-travel-flight-map/
From skydiving trips in Dubai to Michelin-starred meals in Paris, some companies are rewarding top performers with once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences.https://www.wired.com/story/extravagant-rise-of-the-corporate-incentive-trip/
People who constantly hit the road for work share what they wish they’d known from the jump.https://www.wired.com/story/golden-rules-of-business-travel/
Recent developments and an escalating trade war have made travel to cities like Beijing challenging but by no means impossible.https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-travel-to-china/
Wide wingspans, more powerful engines, and high-efficiency materials are making super long flights more possible than ever.https://www.wired.com/story/tech-necessary-for-long-haul-flghts/
Gary Leff has been writing his blog on business travel for 23 years. WIRED asked him to share his most time-tested business travel tips.https://www.wired.com/story/pointers-on-travel-points-view-from-the-wing/
When US president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariff hikes in April, he set in motion a seven-day rush to bring goods into the country. Bitcoin miners elbowed their way to the front of the queue.https://www.wired.com/story/charter-planes-and-bidding-wars-how-bitcoin-miners-raced-to-beat-trumps-tariffs/
With threats of tariffs up to 50 percent, President Trump seems to be scrapping America’s plan to turn India into a counterweight to China, declaring instead that it is a “dead economy.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/india-china-trump-tariffs.html
The company has tested tools that make rides safer, court records show. Measures to stem the violence have been set aside in favor of protecting the company’s business.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assault.html
When his wife died, the paleontologist Barry James poured his grief into the reconstruction of a triceratops skeleton that they had started together.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/arts/triceratops-dinosaur-paleontologist-barry-james.html
Health care. Food. Outdoor recreation. Wildfire protection. The arts. President Trump’s new domestic policy law will have wide-ranging effects in New Mexico, which depends heavily on federal funding.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/new-mexico-federal-budget-cuts.html
Summertime fire activity is creeping into spring, and the balmier climate is a major driver, scientists said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/climate/california-earlier-fire-season.html