The Brutalist Report

Fortune

• The shadow fleet and illegal oil are still moving through the Strait of Hormuz [34d]
• King penguins are a rare species seemingly benefiting from climate change. Here’s why [34d]
• ‘Proceed with caution’: Elon Musk offers warning after Amazon reportedly held mandatory meeting to address ‘high blast radius’ AI-related incident [34d]
• Bitcoin outperforms gold and stocks since beginning of Iran war [34d]
• Trump says the U.S. will open its first new oil refinery in nearly 50 years as the U.S. military avoids bombing Iran’s oil infrastructure [34d]
• Top economist says Iran war could trigger an economic ‘butterfly effect’—and keep inflation elevated for years [34d]
• Plastics, fertilizers, clothing, medicines and electronics: $100-a-barrel oil has huge downstream consequences [34d]
• It’s thanks to Social Security wealth inequality isn’t even worse, Wharton economist says. Trump’s policies will push it to insolvency in 6 years [34d]
• There’s one particular way the Iran War is different from all the others in American history [34d]
• This land data startup is buying GPUs so tech giants and real estate developers can find property for data centers [34d]
• The fog of war is coming from inside the White House—and it cost oil markets $84 million in 10 minutes [34d]
• MacKenzie Scott gave away more than $7 billion last year—but her secretive style got her snubbed from a top donors list [34d]
• Why Levi’s turned a hackathon idea into an AI tool for store employees to make denim shopping easier [34d]
• The Strait of Hormuz isn’t totally closed. Meet the ‘shadow fleet’ [34d]
• The $38.9 trillion national debt is costing you thousands of extra dollars per year on your mortgage. Here’s how it adds up [34d]
• BlackRock is splashing $100 million on training plumbers, electricians, and HVAC technicians as its CEO flags a skilled trade worker shortage [34d]
• Apple CEO Tim Cook says his late predecessor Steve Jobs gave him this unusual advice when he handed over the reins: ‘Never ask what I would do’ [34d]
• The IEA is releasing a record 400 million barrels of emergency oil. It may not be enough [34d]
• Exclusive: AI startup Axiamatic raises $54 million to help companies push their digital transformations forward [34d]
• Virginia’s starting to question whether its giant tax breaks for data centers are such a good idea [34d]
• Meta transformed social networking for humans, now it’s acquiring Moltbook, the chatroom for chatbots [34d]
• Iran’s new supreme leader may have been wounded at the start of the war, Israeli intelligence says [34d]
• Republicans want Trump focused on affordability, but his mind is on voter suppression [34d]
• Iran gloats about hitting Trump where it hurts: ‘Just look at the state of the global economy and energy markets — it has been very painful for them’ [34d]
• Americans’ opinions on the Iran War: polarized, except on the issue of whether to escalate [34d]
• Current price of oil as of March 11, 2026 [34d]
• Trump’s flip-flopping gives juice to critics who say he just didn’t have a plan for the Iran War [34d]
• Understanding Iran’s Strait of Hormuz, and why Europe may be facing a Ukraine-like energy crisis again [34d]
• America says it’s destroying mine-laying Iranian ships as Trump denies that Iran has mined the Strait of Hormuz [34d]
• Iran targets Dubai airport, commercial ships across the Gulf as war widens [34d]
• President Trump look away now — a 16th century royal palace in the U.K. is leading the energy sustainability drive, and Americans are invited [34d]
• Trump has to choose between ‘suicidal or dangerous’ choices on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz [34d]
• How AI is about to transform the C-suite for small businesses [34d]
• Trump may claim the war is ‘complete,’ but Wall Street expects the Fed to stay hawkish long after the conflict has ended [34d]
• Iran’s new supreme leader is injured but reportedly ‘safe’ as traders sour on war exit strategy [34d]
• Exclusive: Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, raises $27 million Series A [34d]
• AI is the most important civil and human rights issue of our time — HBCUs need to be in the driver’s seat [34d]
• How the ultrawealthy use smartphone apps to avoid millions in taxes [34d]
• Fortune to host Fortune 500 Innovation Forum in Detroit in November [34d]
• 63% of U.S. entrepreneurs are planning to exit their businesses. A new UBS report explains why [34d]
• Bill Ackman is a self-described ‘Buffett devotee’—and wants his $28 billion Pershing empire to be the ‘modern-day’ Berkshire [34d]
• Beijing’s dominance in rare earth processing leaves others scrambling to close the gap: ‘China is the leader, and the U.S. is far behind’ [34d]
• LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil on how stuck golfers got out of a besieged Gulf: ‘Precise planning, excellent resources and tremendous leadership’ [34d]
• Israeli President’s message to CEOs in D.C.: ‘We need to be steadfast, take a deep breath, and finish the undermining of Iran’ [34d]
• How the Iran war’s nearly $1 billion-a-day price tag is deepening America’s debt crisis [34d]
• Retirees wait for the day they can sell their homes and cash in—but there’s a secret Medicare ‘trap’ that could stop them in their tracks [34d]