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.
BankingCitigroup CEO Jane Fraser warns of job cuts and says it’s time to raise the bar in a fiery memo to staff: ‘We are not graded on effort’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 14, 2026
Personal FinancePeter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth tax
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 14, 2026
EconomyCalifornia’s wealth tax doesn’t fix the real problem: Cash-poor billionaires who borrow money, tax-free, to live on
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 14, 2026
EconomyTrump insists ‘the Trump economic boom has officially begun’ because of ‘historic use of tariffs’
By Will Weissert, Corey Williams, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressJanuary 14, 2026
Future of WorkCarhartt CEO says they always focused on blue-collar workers—but hipsters came anyway: ‘We welcome anyone … that wants to celebrate hard work’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 13, 2026
EconomyDelta sees wealthy high fliers leading to another record year—but its CEO sees the main cabin ‘struggling greatly’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 13, 2026
PoliticsScott Adams, Dilbert creator who went from cubicle wars to culture wars, posts open letter to time with his death at 68
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 13, 2026
Future of Work‘Microshifting,’ an extreme form of hybrid working that breaks work into short, non-continuous blocks, is on the rise
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 13, 2026
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 13, 2026
EconomyThe 4.9% mystery: U.S. economy sees productivity surge, but drivers remain an ‘open question,’ top economist says
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 12, 2026
AIThis CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 11, 2026
SuccessFrom Merrill Lynch to wok station: the daughter of San Francisco’s Chinese food dynasty who defied her parents—by working alongside them
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 11, 2026
PoliticsCongress debates what to do about ICE after giving Trump billions of funding to expand the program
By Matt Brown, Lisa Mascaro, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressJanuary 10, 2026
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