Month: October 2020

When the Wisconsin Republican Party disclosed this week that hackers had stolen millions of dollars from its account—funds designated for President Trump’s re-election—Oren Falkowitz was not surprised. A former NSA hacker who now runs cybersecurity company Area1, Falkowitz says political campaigns’ record levels of fundraising this cycle—and campaigns’ habit of boasting about the money they […]

My quest for making pandemic life a little less taxing through “Order Confirmed” emails continues. Il Makiage Woke Up Like This foundationRachel Schallom—Fortune Il Makiage Woke Up Like This foundation, $44 The Instagram ads have done it again. I was deeply skeptical that I could correctly pick a foundation shade via an online quiz, but […]

In the late 1990s, Tyler Maroney worked as a reporter for Fortune. But a chance encounter with an employee of Kroll, the large corporate detective agency, set him off on a new career as a private investigator. After working for Kroll, he went on to found his own investigations agency, Quest Research and Investigations (QRI), […]

On Sept. 22, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a bombshell environmental declaration to the United Nations General Assembly. China, the world’s largest producer of green- house gases, would begin reducing its overall emissions after peaking in 2030—and by 2060, Xi said, the nation would achieve carbon neutrality. Xi’s pledge broke through the pandemic-dominated news cycle, […]

Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. As Joe Biden and Donald Trump make their final plea for votes, they’re visiting battleground states with sharply different economic realities. Case in point: While the unemployment rate in September in Iowa sits at […]

Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Even when the polls were wrong in 2016, the stock market’s time-tested “presidential predictor” was right about who would win the election: The S&P 500’s 2.2% decline in the three months leading up to […]

Earnings and mergers and lawsuits, oh my. But this Friday morning, let’s turn the lens around and consider big tech from a more personal, day-to-day perspective. When the pandemic hit and collaborating remotely became critical, Google was well positioned. It had the leading email service, popular productivity software with realtime collaboration built in, and a […]

Good morning. David made a nod to Fortune’s Fastest Growing Companies list yesterday, but I want to return to it today, because I think it illustrates a couple of important points about today’s economy. First, while a tech company—AppFolio—topped the list this year, tech no longer dominates. There were only 20 from the technology sector […]

This is the web version of the Bull Sheet, Fortune’s no-BS daily newsletter on the markets. Sign up to receive it in your inbox here. Happy Friday, Bull Sheeters. Big Tech’s big four—Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Alphabet’s Google—reported on Thursday a combined $38 billion in profits, and yet Nasdaq futures are bombing this morning on the […]

Explore Fortune‘s full coverage of the 2020 election. A dramatic surge in early voting across Texas cities is infusing fresh hope in Democrats’ dream of shaking Republicans’ once-solid grip on the state. From Austin to Houston, and in their sprawling suburbs, voter turnout is shattering records in Texas, which hasn’t gone for a Democratic presidential candidate since […]