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Every Harvard Business School Online program sharpens essential business skills—but credentials take it a step further. They offer a comprehensive, multi-course experience designed for maximum career impact. Credentials immerse you deeper into a topic, offering an interactive learning journey that combines diverse faculty and expert perspectives, collaboration with a global peer network, and the opportunity to apply your knowledge to real-world challenges. They reshape how you think, operate, and lead—positioning you to make bold career moves. This guide explores HBS Online’s credential offerings, highlights how they differ from individual certificate courses, and helps you identify the path that best aligns…

US president Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance.Zhao, widely known as CZ, pled guilty in November 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering laws and US sanctions. The plea formed part of a sweeping deal with the US Department of Justice, under which Binance was required to pay a record-breaking $4.3 billion penalty.Zhao ultimately spent four months in federal prison. The DOJ had originally petitioned for a three-year prison sentence.After issuing the pardon, the White House has cast Zhao as the victim of a plot to trample the crypto industry carried out by the administration…

The final week of September and the start of October saw a turbulent but directionless ARA barge market. Spot activity fluctuated sharply, while freight rates slipped steadily, with middle distillates and light ends both losing ground by the week’s end. Operationally, persistent congestion and logistical inefficiencies remained defining features of the market. 1. Freight Rates: Steady Drop After Brief Midweek Support Freight rates weakened over the week despite occasional volume spikes: 25 September: The week opened on a stronger tone, with middle distillate rates rising by up to €0.22/ton, supported by higher deal counts and continued ARA delays. No empty…

You are walking through a buzzing city on a regular weekday. Maybe it’s Mumbai, where towering skyscrapers and colonial-era buildings tell stories or Pune, where IT hubs and exquisite residential complexes blend a cosmopolitan energy with a quieter lifestyle, or Hyderabad (where HITEC City stretches across wide roads. That instant, irresistible pull we feel while watching these marvellous infrastructures makes us think, “One day, I will own a piece of this city”, but the very next second gives a taste of reality: property prices soaring beyond imagination. Buying even a flat or a fraction of a commercial building requires crores…

Tesla might be an electric auto maker, but CEO Elon Musk has made clear that he thinks of it as much more: an innovator in artificial intelligence and software, a builder of world-shaking robots. He’s also argued that Tesla should be worth a lot more than it is today: up to $20 trillion, he posted in July, more than five times the current worth of Nvidia.Musk has also made it clear that he wants to get paid, a lot. In November, Tesla shareholders will vote on the board’s proposal to pay the CEO a remarkable $1 trillion over the next…

The ARA clean petroleum product (CPP) barge freight market ended the first full week of October on a strong note, with freight rates climbing steadily and spot volumes rebounding sharply. The combination of Rhine water level declines, terminal congestion, and month-end contract expiries fueled renewed demand for tonnage. The result was the busiest trading period in nearly two months. 1. Freight Rates: Upward Momentum Returns Rates firmed across nearly all ARA routes during the week: Early week (3–7 October): Freight rates were initially flat to softer. Cross Harbor and main trunk routes (Rotterdam–Antwerp/Amsterdam) hovered around €1.20–€2.20/ton, with limited variation. On…

If you want to step up your photography game, and graduate from your phone, why not go all the way to highest resolution camera on the market? Normally, we suggest that a more affordable camera might be the best pick for most people in our guide to mirrorless cameras, but at this price—why not go big?Courtesy of SonyThe massive 61-megapixel full-frame sensor in the A7R V is the largest sensor you can get without jumping into medium format (which is significantly more expensive and bulkier). If that’s not enough, there’s actually an even higher resolution possibility that combines 16-shots into…

This is Tom Jia. He’s a 28-year-old lifestyle influencer who calls himself a — Tangping, or “lying flat:” It’s a fast-growing lifestyle, rejecting social pressures to overwork and pursue material success. In China, young people face intense pressure to work grueling hours, buy a house and get married. Some are quietly rebelling and choosing to do the bare minimum, living a low-income, low-desire life away from the big cities. Tom’s role: making videos to teach them how and where to live an affordable, stress-free life. Before, Tom became a “lying flat” influencer with 400,000 followers, he was one of many…

Often written about and reviewed on WIRED, OnePlus is a favorite device maker among Android enthusiasts who want the kind of clean design you get with an iPhone. Carrying several types of phones, tablets, keyboards, and other tech gear, OnePlus uses an Android-based operating system, is universally unblocked and works with all US carriers. We know how important your tech purchases are (duh, we’re WIRED) and we have a OnePlus promo code to help you save.Save $100 With This OnePlus Promo CodeBecause we’re such fans here at WIRED, we have a code for the OnePlus 13 series. The standard OnePlus…

The Rhine freight market strengthened in early October as declining water levels and a seasonal shift to winter-grade products spurred new activity. Freight rates rose steadily across most destinations, supported by increased spot deals and logistical constraints at key terminals. While overall fundamentals remain fragile, hydrological tightening and operational inefficiencies provided short-term upward pressure on prices. 1. Freight Rates: Broad-Based Increases Across the Rhine Freight rates climbed throughout the week, with the most pronounced gains on Upper Rhine routes: On 6 October, rates were largely steady, with Basel increasing modestly by €1.16 to €23.61/ton, while other destinations remained unchanged. By…