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.
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
Real EstateAmericans are still ditching New York and L.A. at alarming rates, but Miami’s on the list now, too
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 27, 2026
Real EstateRyan Serhant thinks the American Dream was just a ‘slogan created by banks,’ but it was really about FDR, the Great Depression, and an economic crisis
By Sydney Lake and Nick LichtenbergJanuary 26, 2026
InvestingThis Hong Kong billionaire invests 25% of his wealth in gold: ‘If you have the physical gold … nobody owes you anything’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 26, 2026
AIInside KPMG’s Orlando Lakehouse: the $450 million COVID boondoggle that’s becoming a secret weapon for the AI revolution
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 25, 2026
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