cryptocurrency Bitcoin down 50% since November Rob Beschizza

stimulus checks 50 members of congress push Biden for recurring stimulus checks Jason Weisberger

Janet Yellen U.S. Senate confirms Yellen as Treasury chief, first woman to serve in role Xeni Jardin

mastercard How Visa and MasterCard strong armed PornHub into making policy changes Thom Dunn

debt Cory Doctorow: America's economy is cooked Mark Frauenfelder

job loss Nearly 3 million more unemployment claims in U.S. as COVID-19 job losses total 36 million Xeni Jardin

unemployment Jobs report shows 20.5 million lost jobs in April and unemployment surged to 14.7% Xeni Jardin

elon musk Tesla to reopen Fremont factory Friday, despite ongoing coronavirus lockdown Xeni Jardin

ad biz Facebook may lose seal of approval that gives ad buyers confidence they get what they buy in advertising, WSJ reports Xeni Jardin

financial news Dow jumps over 11% in largest one-day gain since 1933 Xeni Jardin

not good Coronavirus: Wall Street ends worst week since 2008, Dow closes down 350+ points Xeni Jardin

public health Dow drops 1,000 over Coronavirus Xeni Jardin

humor The Financial Times' 404 page Rob Beschizza

financial news Coronavirus money shot: China to inject $174 Billion of liquidity Monday Feb. 3 Xeni Jardin

ethos capital Private equity take-over of .ORG domain delayed Jason Weisberger

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow

criminals Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway lost $340 million to California couple's massive Ponzi con Mark Frauenfelder

cum/ex The cum-ex scam stole $60b from European tax authorities: it's monumentally boring, complicated, and very, very important Cory Doctorow

SARS Wuhan virus puts airlines on high alert around the world Xeni Jardin

davos Trump and Apple's Tim Cook to meet at Davos Xeni Jardin