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.
Future of WorkAI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that’s masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
Real EstateTrump threatens to ban Wall Street from buying the house next door, saying ‘American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
EconomyThe $38 trillion national debt is one thing 82% of Americans agree on: ‘Voters are understandably concerned,’ watchdog says
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
Big Tech‘Largest LBO in history’: Warner rejects Paramount again, scoffing at $87 billion worth of debt in its $108 billion bid
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
Startups & Venture25 is the new 30 when it comes to AI founders as Gen Z entrepreneurs lead the way on billion-dollar unicorn startups, top VC partner says
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
North America‘We took our business community for granted,’ San Francisco’s new mayor admits to city’s failings, but vows not to move fast and break things
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026
AIRobots are really advancing because they’re learning to think for themselves—and they’re close to figuring out door handles, execs say
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026
EconomyMark Cuban on the $38 trillion national debt and the absurdity of U.S. healthcare: we wouldn’t pay for potato chips like this
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026
EnergyTrump’s strike on Venezuela gives the U.S. 30% of the world’s oil reserves on paper and a $100 billion rebuilding job in reality
By Sasha Rogelberg and Nick LichtenbergJanuary 5, 2026
InvestingWhy Wall Street permabull Tom Lee thinks we’re in the third great labor shortage era—and AI is an innovation like frozen food
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 5, 2026
PoliticsVenezuela’s 20-year downfall featured a weird bromance between Hugo Chávez and Sean Penn, ex-husband of Madonna and ‘One Battle After Another’ actor
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 5, 2026
Future of WorkBosses are fighting a new battle in the RTO wars: It’s not about where you work, but when you work
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 4, 2026
PoliticsBefore Maduro arrest, Nobel Prize winner said Venezuela has a $1.7 trillion opportunity to privatize over 500 companies and undo socialist ‘disaster’
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 3, 2026
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