Nick Lichtenberg

Articles by Nick Lichtenberg

Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says - Fortune

Business January 22, 2026

Trumps first year back in the White House closed with the U.S. national debt roughly $2.25 trillion higher than when he retook the oath of office, showing how fast Washingtons red ink is piling up evοΏ½...

Peter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth tax - Fortune

Business January 15, 2026

Venture capitalist Peter Thiel has written his biggest political check in years, donating $3 million to a California business group leading the fight against a proposed billionaire wealth tax. The moοΏ½...

This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again - Yahoo Finance

Business January 13, 2026

Eric Vaughan, CEO of enterprise-software powerhouse IgniteTech, was unwavering as he reflected on the most radical decision of his decades-long career. In early 2023, convinced generative AI was an eοΏ½...

From Merrill Lynch to wok station: the daughter of San Francisco's Chinese food dynasty who defied her parentsβ€”by working alongside them - Fortune

Business January 12, 2026

For decades, the crowds outside House of Nanking have been a fixture of San Franciscos Chinatown, with lines frequently wrapping around the block to get a seat in the cramped, high-energy dining roomοΏ½...

Google billionaire Larry Page copies the Jeff Bezos playbook, buying a $173 million Miami compound that will save him millions in taxes

Crypto January 9, 2026

Google cofounder Larry Page has quietlyor loudlyjoined the billionaire exodus from California, shifting businesses east and dropping about $173 million on two ultra-luxury waterfront mansions in MiamοΏ½...

Bosses are fighting a new battle in the RTO wars: It's not about where you work, but when you work - Fortune

Business January 5, 2026

For the last three years, the corporate world has been locked in a territorial dispute. The Return to Office (RTO) wars were defined by geography: the home versus the headquarters. But as 2025 unfoldοΏ½...

Exiting CEO left each employee at his family-owned company a $443,000 giftβ€”but they have to stay 5 more years to get all of it - Yahoo Finance

Business December 31, 2025

When Graham Walker agreed to sell Fibrebond Corp., the Louisiana manufacturing company his father founded, he made sure the deal would transform the lives of its 540 full-time employees as much as hiοΏ½...

The weakest labor market since 2011 has BofA asking, β€˜Dude, where’s my job?’ - Fortune

Business December 30, 2025

The weakest job market since 2011 is increasingly being framed not as a glitch, but as the new normalone where growth roars and jobs barely move, leaving a generation asking, Dude, wheres my job? BanοΏ½...

Deloitte’s CTO on a stunning AI transformation stat: companies are spending 93% on tech and only 7% on people - Fortune

Business December 16, 2025

In boardrooms across the globe, a specific anxiety is taking hold. It isnt just the fear of robots taking jobs; it is the paralyzing worry of buyers remorse in a market moving at breakneck speed. AccοΏ½...

It's a sequel, it's a remake, it's a reboot: Lawyers grow wistful for old corporate rumbles as Paramount, Netflix fight for Warner - Fortune

Business December 15, 2025

Corporate-law scholars say the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery has become a strange kind of legal nostalgia trip, dragging Paramount back to center stage for the first time in decadesand revivοΏ½...