The S&P 500 fell for a third consecutive session but the Nasdaq Composite ticked up. U.S. jobs growth in November beats estimates but the unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked up. Tesla stock closes ...

NPR CEO Katherine Maher challenged critics to show her a story that would prove the radio network is biased on Wednesday. Maher defended her organization on CNN's "The Situation Room" as it faces ...

Confirmation bias can sabotage product development. When product teams form a hypothesis about what users want, they start filtering all incoming information through that lens and ignoring or ...

Debates are no longer limited to politicians, high school clubs and awkward Thanksgiving conversations. You probably know we just stated the very obvious unless you've gone sans social media for the ...

Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who blocked the newspaper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris and plans to overhaul its editorial board, says he will implement an artificial ...

Not a day goes by in this closing stage of the presidential election without partisans (and some smart nonpartisans) dissecting the latest early vote data for clues. Confirmation bias abounds: If ...

In equities, the broadening in equity market performance we have been writing about for much of the year hasn’t really gained traction. The mixed jobs-market picture does not show the type of ...

So, setting the whole immigrants stealing and eating Fluffy and Fido aside, I gotta ask: Which pet is considered more delicious? Cats? Nah, not much protein. Dogs — probably the same and harder to ...

Gemma Briggs has received funding from The Road Safety Trust and the Department for Transport. You never have to look hard to find recent reports of fatal vehicle crashes on UK roads. After ...

Confirmation bias in investing can lead to skewed decision-making and missed opportunities. It is a kind of cognitive bias that occurs when investors favor information that supports their existing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. Among the many threats to decision making, few are as ...