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Harold Maass

Contributing editor

Harold Maass is a contributing editor at TheWeek.com. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 launch of the U.S. print edition. Harold has worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, Fox News, and ABC News. For several years, he wrote a daily round-up of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and two sons.

The daily business briefing: March 28, 2023
A Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant
Business briefing

The daily business briefing: March 28, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 28, 2023
Police blocking the entrance of the Covenant School
Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: March 28, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 27, 2023
Elon Musk's twitter account on a smartphone
Business briefing

The daily business briefing: March 27, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 27, 2023
Protesters in Jerusalem
Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: March 27, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 24, 2023
TikTok CEO listens to questions from GOP House members
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The daily business briefing: March 24, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 24, 2023
Canadian and American flags
Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: March 24, 2023

The end of the line for Boris Johnson?
Boris Johnson
Talking point

The end of the line for Boris Johnson?

The daily business briefing: March 23, 2023
Jerome Powell speaks to the press
Business briefing

The daily business briefing: March 23, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 23, 2023
Trump supporters hold signs near Mar-a-Lago
Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: March 23, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 22, 2023
Google's Bard
Business briefing

The daily business briefing: March 22, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 22, 2023
Xi Jinping and President Putin shake hands
Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: March 22, 2023

Indicting the 'Teflon president'
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Talking point

Indicting the 'Teflon president'

The daily business briefing: March 21, 2023
The Amazon logo on a sign
Business briefing

The daily business briefing: March 21, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 21, 2023
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin shake hands
Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: March 21, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 20, 2023
A First Republic Bank in California
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The daily business briefing: March 20, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 20, 2023
Xi Jinping waves from a plane in Moscow
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10 things you need to know today: March 20, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 17, 2023
A First Republic bank
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The daily business briefing: March 17, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 17, 2023
Fighter jet
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10 things you need to know today: March 17, 2023

Will GPT-4 change the world?
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Today's big question

Will GPT-4 change the world?

The daily business briefing: March 16, 2023
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The daily business briefing: March 16, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 16, 2023
Lloyd Austin.
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10 things you need to know today: March 16, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 15, 2023
The Meta logo under a magnifying glass
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The daily business briefing: March 15, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 15, 2023
Biden speaks passionately about gun control efforts
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10 things you need to know today: March 15, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 14, 2023
Protesters holding signs calling for blocking the Willow drilling project
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The daily business briefing: March 14, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 14, 2023
President Biden in San Diego
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10 things you need to know today: March 14, 2023

Is the banking system in peril?
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Today's big question

Is the banking system in peril?

The daily business briefing: March 13, 2023
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The daily business briefing: March 13, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 13, 2023
Michelle Yeoh holds up her Oscar at the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
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10 things you need to know today: March 13, 2023

The daily business briefing: March 10, 2023
Bitcoin.
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The daily business briefing: March 10, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 10, 2023
President Biden
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10 things you need to know today: March 10, 2023

Is it time to ditch the SAT?
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Instant opinion

Is it time to ditch the SAT?

The daily business briefing: March 9, 2023
Jerome Powell removes his glasses and rests them against his chin
Business briefing

The daily business briefing: March 9, 2023

10 things you need to know today: March 9, 2023
Mitch McConnell in the Capitol building
Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: March 9, 2023

12 recent scientific breakthroughs
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In depth

12 recent scientific breakthroughs

The daily business briefing: March 8, 2023
Jerome Powell in Illinois
Business briefing

The daily business briefing: March 8, 2023

2 Americans found dead, 2 rescued after Mexico kidnapping
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this just in

2 Americans found dead, 2 rescued after Mexico kidnapping