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Mar. 7, 2022
The Navy SEAL–ification of Nerf The lucrative evolution of toy guns that are tricked out for war.
Photographs by Dan Winters
ukraine
Feb. 26, 2022
U.S. and Allies Will Block Russia’s SWIFT Access The drastic move will cut off a number of Russia’s banks from the world financial system and significantly curtail its international trade.
By Chas Danner
the law
Feb. 15, 2022
Why Is Merrick Garland Defending the Trump Administration Again? The Justice Department’s legal fight with the families of victims of the Boeing 737 MAX crashes is as troubling as it is bizarre.
By Ankush Khardori
inflation
Feb. 10, 2022
The Season of High Prices Has No End in Sight Omicron kept people at home, and inflation followed them there.
By Kevin T. Dugan
peloton
Feb. 8, 2022
Peloton Could Be the WeWork of the Pandemic The company thrived during the first stages of COVID-19, then failed to plan for what came after.
By Kevin T. Dugan
business
Feb. 3, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley With It Hundreds of billions of dollars disappeared overnight, and it may get worse.
By Kevin T. Dugan
silicon valley
Feb. 3, 2022
The Worst Day of Mark Zuckerberg’s Reign Facebook lost nearly $200 billion in value because while his head was in the metaverse, his company was being eaten alive in the real world.
By Kevin T. Dugan
just asking questions
Feb. 1, 2022
The Spotify Spin Kara Swisher says to focus less on Joe Rogan and more on the company paying him.
By James D. Walsh
business
Jan. 31, 2022
The Spotify Backlash Never Had a Chance What Joe Rogan’s critics don’t realize about the juggernaut.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the law
Jan. 23, 2022
Biden’s Monopoly Games Biden’s team was supposed to bring a shift in antitrust thinking, but its leaders sound a lot like the traditionalists they were supposed to replace.
By Ankush Khardori
business
Jan. 23, 2022
How Museums Are Trying to Figure Out What NFT Art Is Worth Among other complexities, the often secretive process for establishing the insured value of a painting doesn’t work with a Bored Ape.
By Kevin T. Dugan
wall street
Jan. 21, 2022
The End of the Pandemic Boom Is Nigh Netflix, Peloton, and other Wall Street winners of the pandemic economy are running out of steam.
By Kevin T. Dugan
aviation
Jan. 21, 2022
5G Will Not Make Your Plane Fall Out of the Sky Why did U.S. airlines fly into a panic over this?
By Jeff Wise
the money game
Jan. 20, 2022
Last Sane Man on Wall Street Nathan Anderson made his name exposing — and betting against — corporate fraud. But short selling in a frothy pandemic economy can be ruinous.
By Andrew Rice
finance
Jan. 18, 2022
Chamath Palihapitiya Is ‘Not Even Sure That China Is a Dictatorship’ When the VC downplayed Uighur oppression on a podcast, he didn’t mention his deep business ties to China.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
Jan. 14, 2022
A Tinder Revenge Story The revolutionary dating app made a lot of people rich. Co-founder Sean Rad didn’t feel rich enough.
By Jesse Barron
business
Jan. 7, 2022
Citi’s Savvy Slow-Roll of the Return to Office After poaching some of Wall Street’s stars with a reputation as the best WFH bank, they’re enforcing a vaccine mandate.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the economy
Jan. 7, 2022
Everyone Has a Job and Nobody’s Happy Why full employment doesn’t mean what it used to.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the pandemic
Jan. 6, 2022
CareCube Is Accused of Running a COVID-Testing Scam Getting swabbed is usually free, but a prominent business is accused of lying to make customers pay.
By Kevin T. Dugan
silicon valley
Jan. 4, 2022
The Elizabeth Holmes Verdict Is No Reckoning for Silicon Valley Elizabeth Holmes was convicted, not her way of doing business.
By Ankush Khardori
business
Dec. 20, 2021
Omicron and Manchin Nudge Economy Into ‘the Unknown’ Wall Street is not loving all the pandemic and legislative uncertainty right now.
By Kevin T. Dugan
pivot
Dec. 14, 2021
Will China Really Face a Corporate Reckoning in 2022? Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher are skeptical that much will change in big business’s relationship to an increasingly authoritarian state.
By Intelligencer Staff
intelligencer chats
Dec. 13, 2021
Why Is Wall Street So Chill About Omicron? There’s a fatalistic tinge to investors’ lack of concern about the new variant.
By Kevin T. Dugan and Benjamin Hart
organized labor
Dec. 9, 2021
For the First Time Ever, a Starbucks Store Has Voted to Form a Union The new wave of labor activism has struck inside one of the country’s largest businesses and the fast-food industry.
By Sarah Jones
tesla
Dec. 7, 2021