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Christiaan Hetzner is a former writer for Fortune, where he covered Europe’s changing business landscape. He’s reported from Germany for the past two decades and is passionate about tracking industry’s intersection with finance and policy as they collectively target a net-zero society. Shaped by his time in Frankfurt covering the collapse of the dotcom stock market bubble for Dow Jones Newswires, he joined Reuters in 2004 before shifting to commentary and features for Automotive News Europe ten years later. Hailing from upstate New York, he is a graduate of Georgetown University.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is in talks with President Joe Biden over a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
PoliticsGoldman Sachs estimates Janet Yellen has 2 more weeks before running out of cash
By Christiaan HetznerMay 22, 2023
Mark Cuban questions Elon Musk motives for Twitter.
TechMark Cuban says Elon Musk’s Twitter plan goes deeper than anyone realizes
By Christiaan HetznerMay 19, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
TechHas Elon Musk become a risk to his own investors? ‘I’ll say what I want and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it’
By Christiaan HetznerMay 17, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk warns of a challenging twelve months ahead.
TechElon Musk warns shareholders next 12 months will be challenging for Tesla as U.S. banks ‘on their way to the cemetery’ pull car loan financing
By Christiaan HetznerMay 17, 2023
Man drinking coffee
SuccessIt turns out an anti-capitalist cafe called ‘The Anarchist’ that let customers pay whatever they wanted couldn’t turn a profit
By Christiaan HetznerMay 16, 2023
Elon Musk
TechElon Musk blasts subpoena over his ties to deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as ‘idiotic’
By Christiaan HetznerMay 16, 2023
Elon Musk attacked billionaire philanthropist George Soros, claiming he hates humanity.
TechElon Musk likens billionaire George Soros to X-Men supervillain Magneto after he dumps Tesla stock
By Christiaan HetznerMay 16, 2023
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
TechFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells government to leave A.I. regulation to Big Tech
By Christiaan HetznerMay 15, 2023
Elon Musk is accused of censoring free speech ahead of a key re-election bid for Turkey's president, in power for 20 straight years.
EuropeWikipedia founder blasts Elon Musk for caving to Turkey’s censorship demands
By Christiaan HetznerMay 15, 2023
NBC Universal's Linda Yaccarino could become the next CEO of Twitter, according to media reports.
TechLinda Yaccarino has just quit NBC. This is what her Twitter account reveals about Elon Musk’s rumored choice for CEO
By Christiaan HetznerMay 12, 2023
Bob Iger attends the Governors Ball
PoliticsBob Iger warns Florida governor Ron DeSantis his feud with Disney may cost the state up to $17 billion
By Christiaan HetznerMay 11, 2023
Disney CEO Bob Iger needs to cut content spending by $3 billion.
FinanceBob Iger’s latest strategy to turn Disney’s loss-making streaming business around: Removing content—at a cost of nearly $2 billion
By Christiaan HetznerMay 11, 2023
DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman warned governments there will be serious economic upheaval from AI.
PoliticsDeepMind cofounder warns governments seriously need to find solutions for people who lose their jobs to A.I.
By Christiaan HetznerMay 10, 2023
New Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan
RetailStarbucks new CEO’s first big menu change hits customers up for an extra $1 for fruity Refreshers ‘hack’ 
By Christiaan HetznerMay 10, 2023
Lululemon organized a dupe swap in Los Angeles this past weekend.
RetailLululemon adopts unconventional approach to cope with knock-off ‘dupes’ flooding the market
By Christiaan HetznerMay 9, 2023
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