Sydney Lake

Sydney Lake

Sydney Lake is an associate editor at Fortune, where she writes and edits news for the publication's global news desk. At Fortune, she previously wrote about real estate, housing, and higher education. Before joining Fortune, Sydney served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and interned on the production desk at CQ Roll Call. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and leadership studies from the University of Richmond and her master's degree in digital media management from the University of Southern California.

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Woman looking at her laptop with her head in her hands

Americans are cutting back on groceries to pay for AC

Young friends bored spending time together in the restaurant while holding glasses of champagne. Lifestyle and friendship concept. Slow motion

LVMH says its wine business took a 12% hit because people are too sad to buy champagne

WADEBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM – JUNE 07: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales waves as he attends the Royal Cornwall Show on June 07, 2018 in Wadebridge, United Kingdom. (Photo by Tim Rooke – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

King Charles stands to get a $58 million profit bump after the sovereign’s public estate more than doubled

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 03: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to swears in Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) with his wife Gabrielle Giffords in the old senate chamber for the Ceremonial Swearing on January 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. Today members of the 118th Congress will be sworn in and the House of Representatives will hold votes on a new Speaker of the House. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

The 6 top VP picks for Kamala Harris, ranked from most to least business-friendly

By Sydney Lake and Irina Ivanova

Real estate agent giving the young couple a potential apartment tour.

Renters finally get some good news as power begins to swing away from landlords

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U.S. real estate is so expensive it’s even keeping out wealthy foreign homebuyers

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Bernie Sanders says Amazon warehouse workers get injured at an ‘outrageous level’ during Prime Day season

Boyle Heights, CA – February 08: Aerial view of the new Boyle Heights Tiny Home Village, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony by LA Councilman Kevin de León. The project sits on a city-owned lot and marks the third Tiny Home Village in Council District 14. A number of mariachis who became homeless because of the pandemic will be among those living at the village. Photo taken in Boyle Heights Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Shrinkflation is hitting homes: Expect ‘the death of the hallway’ and other Tetris-like designs to cut construction costs

builders standing outside new apartment building

Builders are pumping the brakes on new apartment construction—but landlords will keep ‘jacking up’ rental prices

LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 20: Nicolas Cage is seen at “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on April 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

‘Longlegs’ star Nicolas Cage is terrified about AI’s influence on Hollywood: ‘They’re just going to steal my body and do whatever they want with it’

Young happy couple communicating while cuddling their golden retriever at home.

Pup prenups: An overwhelming number of people say they support proactively deciding the fate of their pets should they divorce

Australian actress Margot Robbie attends the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Barbie’ star Margot Robbie says selling her own alcohol brand was easier than selling her $1.4 billion movie idea

Studio shot of a group of businesspeople looking bored while waiting in line against a blue background

Bosses are lying to burned-out employees by posting fake jobs to give false hope that help is on the way

Mira Murati, chief technology officer of OpenAI Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” in San Francisco, California, US, on Monday, April 4, 2023. Murati discussed the potential for artificial intelligence to improve things like education and productivity. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images

AI could kill creative jobs that ‘shouldn’t have been there in the first place,’ OpenAI’s CTO says

Happy young couple with their pet dog and cat sitting on wooden bench in backyard of their home

Pets make for the best financial advisers and motivators. They force you to be more mindful about your spending, study shows