Amazon's Fuel Surcharge: The War Arrives at Your Shopping Cart
Amazon will charge third-party sellers a 3.5% fuel surcharge starting April 17 — the clearest sign that the Iran war has reached American consumers.
Theo Kaplan
Bureau: San Francisco
Tesla Missed Q1 and the War Ate the Tailwind
Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles in Q1, missing consensus by 7,600 units, while building 50,000 excess cars nobody picked up.
Gas at $4.06 -- the Highest Since 2022 and the War Is Five Weeks Old
National average gas hit $4.06 and diesel $5.45 -- five weeks into an unauthorized war that most Americans did not know was coming.
Tech Layoffs Passed 50,000 in Q1 -- AI Is the Excuse, Cost-Cutting Is the Reason
52,050 tech workers lost their jobs in Q1 2026 -- a 40% jump from last year -- and AI is the excuse that makes the spreadsheet feel visionary.
The IRGC Named 18 Companies as Targets. Forty-Eight Hours Later, Not One Has Spoken.
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, and Boeing have said nothing for 48+ hours after Iran's IRGC named them as military targets.
Tesla Stock Down 20% YTD After Q1 Miss, and It's on Iran's Target List
Tesla dropped 5% Thursday after missing Q1 delivery estimates, extending its YTD decline past 20% -- compounded by its appearance on the IRGC's list of American targets.
Diesel at $5.45 a Gallon. The Freight Industry Absorbs the Hit First.
Diesel has climbed to $5.45/gallon -- up 45% from pre-war levels -- and truckers are absorbing the cost before it reaches grocery shelves and construction sites.
Goldman Holds at 30%: The Recession Probability That Won't Go Down
Goldman Sachs maintains its 12-month U.S. recession probability at 30%, up from 20% in early March, citing war-driven oil spikes, tariff drag, and the DHS shutdown.