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Iran is reportedly planning to demand that shipping firms pay tolls in cryptocurrency to let their oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

Countries including Australia, Spain and others have already passed bans or are working on plans to restrict teenagers’ access to social sites.

President Donald Trump's Iran ceasefire announcement provided some relief to Wall Street and tech stocks shared in the rally.

As fuel prices spike and supply chain costs surge, businesses are finding creative ways to offset the pain — and not all of them are obvious to customers.

A handful of vessels have crossed the crucial waterway since the U.S.-Iran truce began, but shipowners, insurers and others are wary of safe passage.

Other sticking points for journalists at the investigative nonprofit included demands for wage increases and layoff protections.

Nvidia has reserved the majority of TSMC’s most advanced packaging capacity. The lesser-known chipmaking step may become the next bottleneck for AI.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will impose tariffs of 50% on goods imported to the country from any nation "supplying military weapons to Iran".

Analysts and traders are anxiously watching the Strait of Hormuz and whether peace talks can resolve big differences between the United States and Iran.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of the European Union's leading critics of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.

The airline said demand for tickets remained very strong despite the effects of the war in Iran.

Delta is scaling back its flight plans as fuel costs grow to reduce its expenses.

U.S. Vice President said the response from Iran to ceasefire had varied, with some 'lying about even the fragile truce that we've already struck.'

"I think the argument for a ban is an admission of failure that we cannot regulate companies, so we can only restrict children," one expert told CNBC.

Alibaba and China Telecom launched a data center in China designed for AI training and inferencing.

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio told CNBC he is optimistic about the outcome of a meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents next month.

IndiGo shares rose 11% as a U.S.–Iran ceasefire could ease pressure on India's aviation sector, which is grappling with high operational costs.

The fragile ceasefire agreement is likely to face significant challenges, analysts told CNBC, citing a significant trust deficit on both sides.

U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week pause in hostilities.

Pakistan said Lebanon was included in the agreement, but Israel said it was not.

Some wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.

Some wells can be turned on in days or weeks, but bringing the Gulf’s energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.

Shares of Asian tech and semiconductor comoanies surged on the news that the U.S. and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire.

Stock futures surge and oil prices plunge as the Trump administration and Tehran agree a 2-week ceasefire.

Along with higher energy costs, due to the Middle East conflict, U.K. tax changes promise to add to the unpopularity of the Labour government in coming months.

European stocks are expected to open sharply higher on Wednesday following news of the U.S. and Iran's ceasefire deal.

India’s central bank needs to weigh growth risks and inflation pressures from the Iran war as higher energy costs and supply disruptions mount.

Our investigative reporter John Carreyrou spent 18 months digging through the archives of online cryptography communities in search of the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of bitcoin.

Bitcoin’s creator has hidden behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto for 17 years. But a trail of clues buried deep in crypto lore led to a 55-year-old computer scientist named Adam Back.

Markets reacted positively after the United States and Iran reached a last-minute cease-fire agreement.

Here’s what we found suggesting that Adam Back invented Bitcoin.

Natural gas is hard to store, but China has found a way to do it, while also developing alternate suppliers and expanding production at home.

A two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran sparked a broad-based relief rally across risk assets, and even buoying traditional safe havens.

Many Middle Eastern countries continued to report incoming ballistic missiles and drones from Iran on Wednesday, within hours after the U.S. and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire.

Markets are rejoicing after President Donald Trump announced a two week cease-fire with Iran and Tehran signaled a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump's threats to ramp up the U.S. offensive in Iran prompted calls for his impeachment or removal.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher after President Donald Trump said he agreed to suspend planned attacks on Iranian infrastructure for two weeks.

Alphabet is in investor in some of the highest-valued private companies, including SpaceX, Anthropic and Stripe.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had asked Trump for a two-week delay of his Iran deadline, and for the Strait of Hormuz to open for the same period.

President Donald Trump had threatened to destroy Iran's entire civilization if his 8 p.m. ET deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is not met.

Here’s what most restaurants are getting wrong, and how you can reach customers before they even walk in.

Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a lawsuit.

Amid the war with Iran, the president has proposed to scale back some of the very programs meant to ease families’ financial burdens.

American and Canadian airlines, squeezed by surging fuel costs from the war in Iran, are adding “sticky” new bag fees and surcharges, on top of higher fares.

Her minimalist gallery-like store on Park Avenue was a destination for generations of moneyed New Yorkers and helped change the way clothing is sold.

Up to 30% of data storage budgets are wasted on fear-driven over-provisioning. AI-powered predictive tools provide a solution. Here's what you should know.

Why CRM software fails in growing startups and how fixing process, not tools, makes it work.

As AI becomes indispensable to corporate strategy, executives are betting billions on machine-generated insights they have no reliable way to verify.

Despite speculation that the Iran war could scuttle commitments from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, their investments have been secured.

One of the most valuable tech companies in the world pays top dollar for its employees.

Vance said he was not there to tell Hungarians how to vote, but later told them to "go to the polls" and "stand with Viktor Orbán, because he stands for you."

In 2026, AI shopping assistants do not choose the loudest brands. They choose the clearest ones.

Digital experiences that support human judgment instead of rushing decisions are becoming a quiet competitive advantage for brands.

The Iran war has hit Amazon data centers in the region, and the company is working around the clock on availability, cloud chief Matt Garman said.

U.S. imports from China have shrunk drastically. But billions of dollars of the change appear to be the result of accounting gimmicks and outright fraud.

The company is reportedly facing engineering challenges in the development of the foldable phones, which are anticipated to launch later this year.

The comedian and longtime producer will bring his syndicated programming to the late-night slot that “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will vacate in May.

This field is making a quiet comeback, promising stability and steady demand.

These customer-driven signals reveal whether real product-market fit exists, before growth metrics create false confidence.

Tools that allow anyone to build apps without coding skills is straining Apple's review infrastructure.

The best opportunities in my career did not come from chasing deals. They came from helping other people win first.

The upper middle class has tripled since 1979, and it's transforming what businesses sell and who they sell to.

Save on tech without sacrificing function.

Follow this practical guidance to avoid costly missteps by getting the business fundamentals right from day one — you'll be more successful for it.

As the Iran war disrupts energy flows, Indian firms make their first China trip in five years, seeking EV, battery and renewable tie-ups.