Turkey’s currency crash was so bad that Apple seems to have suspended online sales there

The climate crisis led to record insurance payouts in 2020

COVID continues to cause severe economic distress, but natural disasters fueled by a warming planet also took their toll this year, causing record damage and displacing millions according to two new assessments of insurance claims in 2020. Christian Aid, the relief arm of 41 churches in the U.K. and Ireland, ranked the 15 most destructive climate disasters of […]

Stocks to watch under a Biden presidency

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. Good morning. It’s official: Janet Yellen has been confirmed as the next Treasury Secretary, a familiar face for investors. Alas, U.S. futures are under pressure this morning ahead of a big […]

The next President Has to Handle the intertwined Disasters of racial War and climate Shift

Laura struck Gulf Coast communities that the week end at the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. At Laura’s aftermath, a compound plant sparked into flames at Lake Charles, La., spewing poisonous smoke in the surrounding region for three times. This is actually the center of the petrochemical sector from the U.S., in which clusters of […]