Nick Lichtenberg is Business Editor at Fortune, responsible for reporting and editing a mix of breaking news and digital features. This includes stories developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, filed under Fortune Intelligence, as well as commentary submissions and book excerpts. Nick was formerly Fortune's executive editor of global news. Prior to Fortune, he was a deputy editor at Business Insider covering the economy, wealth, and real estate, and a breaking news editor at Bloomberg covering corporate news and equities markets.
C-Suite‘We’ll save the world from cancer’: Inside Pfizer CEO’s $23 billion post‑COVID bet on oncology
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 30, 2026
Economy$38 trillion national debt finds Democratic, Republican supermajority as watchdog sees ‘a major problem for America’s economic future’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 29, 2026
North AmericaBessent accuses Carney of ‘virtue signaling’ after his big speech at Davos, with divorce between Canada and America in the air
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 29, 2026
Real EstateSergey Brin makes his biggest donation ever to tackle California’s housing crisis, weeks after moving to the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 29, 2026
EnvironmentClimate change mans Southern Africa got a year’s worth of rain in just 10 days, killing over 100 people
By Nick Lichtenberg, Mogomotsi Magome and The Associated PressJanuary 29, 2026
Personal FinanceCalifornia billionaires’ revolt over a wealth tax is ‘nonsense,’ architect says. A 1% annual tax won’t doom anyone’s business
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 29, 2026
PoliticsThe American taxpayer spent nearly half a billion dollars deploying federal troops to U.S. cities in 2025, CBO finds
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 28, 2026
InvestingScott Bessent on the 39% of young Americans thinking favorably of socialism: They’re just not invested in the stock market
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 28, 2026
CommentaryFootball snubs Bill Belichick, one of its greatest ever coaches—showing how his unapologetic leadership style came with a cost
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 28, 2026
Personal FinanceMrBeast has figured out his next ‘transformative media channel’: 2.5 million fortune cookies with messages tied to his TV show
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 28, 2026
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 28, 2026
InvestingDetroit’s top carmaker just wrote down $7.6 billion on its EV business—and grew its market cap by the same amount. Here’s how GM did it
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 27, 2026
InvestingUnitedHealth is reeling from a nearly 20% stock rout after warning investors about its first revenue decline in decades
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 27, 2026
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