Good morning, Bull Sheeters. Tech stocks are leading the way this morning, sending U.S. futures mostly higher, and lifting global stocks, too. It’s a big earnings week for Big Tech with one half of the FAANGM sextet reporting in the coming days. In today’s essay, I look at the bubbly trade in penny and loss-making […]
Good morning. If you want to pick one statistic that indicates how much business has changed in the last half century, I’d choose this one: intangible assets as a percentage of total assets. It shows the rise of things like patents, software, data, brand, and the decline of hard assets like land, buildings, equipment, inventory. […]
Piers Morgan just can’t help himself! The TV host and presenter mourned Larry King‘s death on Saturday along with, well, pretty much everybody else in the celebrity and entertainment realm. But at least in Piers’ case, the British-born on-air personality couldn’t resist making things all about himself, too! And oh, boy, did he get called out online […]
Enlarge / During the pandemic, several airlines have switched boarding procedures to create more distance between passengers. (credit: Nicholas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images) Jason Steffen studies planets in other solar systems. His most famous work—OK, second-most famous work—was with NASA’s Kepler Mission, a survey of planetary systems. But you’re more likely to have […]
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. A risk-off mood has descended over markets as COVID worries intensify. From Tokyo to Frankfurt, there’s red on the screens, and U.S. futures aren’t doing much better. […]
Good morning. It’s Friday, so some feedback. Former IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti weighed in after my Wednesday post suggesting President Biden’s spending plans will have to be financed by debt or new taxes. There’s another way, he says—collecting taxes already owed: “Our plan gets at the heart of the tax gap—upper income people who don’t pay what […]
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden releases his strategic COVID-19 plan at the White House on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Just a day into office, President Joe Biden and his administration have unveiled a comprehensive, 200-page strategic plan and over a dozen executive orders and actions to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Clare Crawley isn’t holding back. On Thursday, the Sacramento native opened up about her gut-wrenching split from Dale Moss about 36 hours after he first confirmed the breakup. Based on Clare’s response, it appears things were far from the mutual split Dale tried to sell to the world. And insider allegations are popping up, now, […]
Medical News Bulletin | Health News and Medical Research – Daily Medical News, Health News, Clinical Trials And Clinical Research, Medical Technology, Fitness And Nutrition News–In One Place A recent review examined the contribution of members from disadvantaged communities in creating the guiding principles for ventilator allocation. Ethical guidelines regarding the allocation of scarce resources […]
Good morning. David Meyer here in Berlin, filling in for Alan. I’m a South-African-British dual citizen living in Germany. So, while I’ve been saddened by the rancor that’s infected American politics over recent years, and while I naturally have personal opinions on the issues that divide the country, I’m not an American voter, and my […]