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It’s been clear in the data for a while: The economic recovery is slowing. At the same time, the window for more stimulus to help boost that recovery is narrower than ever. That decelerating pace was even more evident in the unemployment data released Friday, showing only 245,000 jobs were added in the month of November—dropping the unemployment rate from…
This is the web version of Bull Sheet, a no-nonsense daily newsletter on what’s happening in the markets. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Good evening, Bull Sheeters. This is Fortune finance reporter Rey Mashayekhi, filling in one final time this week for Bernhard with a special PM edition of the newsletter. Markets around the world ended the week on…
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told friends and family he’s moving from California to Texas, CNBC reported on Friday. The news doesn’t come out of nowhere. In May, Musk announced he planned to sell all of his California properties, including…
There’s good and bad news for Black women founders, Google employees protest the dismissal of an ethical AI expert, and whose god is Charlamagne anyway? But first, here’s your never-ending-the-war-on-drugs week in review, in Haiku. Well, at least for onebrief shining moment we canimagine a world where Jamaal doesn’tlose his future for the samejoint that doesn’t seem to trip up…
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Is there still hope of finding a stimulus check in your stocking this year? President-elect Joe Biden seems to hope so. Biden was speaking in Wilmington, Delaware after the announcement Friday morning that the U.S. economy added just 245,000 jobs…
This is the web version of Bull Sheet, a no-nonsense daily newsletter on what’s happening in the markets. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Good evening, Bull Sheeters. This is Fortune finance reporter Rey Mashayekhi, filling in this week for Bernhard with a special PM edition of the newsletter. Positive data around U.S. jobless claims and economic activity drove markets…
IBM security researchers say they have detected a cyberespionage effort using targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information on the World Health Organization’s initiative for distributing COVID-19 vaccine to developing countries. The researchers said they could not be sure who was behind the campaign, which began in September, or if it was successful. But the precision targeting and…
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing companies across the globe to get serious about “digital transformation.” The term has been a popular corporate buzz phrase for at least a decade. But it has meant different things to different people. Many companies…
Over the course of 2020, Congress has at times acted quickly to stop the hemorrhaging of American jobs lost to the pandemic fallout. And at other times, including now, Congress has fiddled over the contents of massive relief packages. One thing is certain: As cases continue to surge nationwide, American families facing grave uncertainty have found little relief. Meanwhile, for minorities, particularly…
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. For the millions of Americans waiting on another stimulus check this winter, the news isn’t good: Those $1,200 checks may not be coming. On Tuesday, a group of bipartisan senators including Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Joe Manchin announced a…
