Allison Morrow

@amorrow.bsky.social

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Journalist. Runner. Always looking for my next coffee/tattoo. Founder of the CNN Business Nightcap newsletter. Former WSJ.

ix years ago, sitting in my PJs at my dining table-slash-Covid-era work desk, I pitched my boss an idea for a newsletter. The concept wasn’t particularly novel — wasn’t everyone launching a newsletter in 2020? — but I couldn’t shake it. I slacked him something along the lines of: “business news, but, like, fun?” The truth is that I needed a project. Ask any writer what’s the thing they’re most afraid of in the world, and you’ll get one of two possible answers: “writing” or “not writing.” Either state can be dreadful, but the latter is intolerable. So that August, with the help of incredible editors, producers and designers, I launched the CNN Business Nightcap newsletter. A year later, it became my full-time gig. And tonight, I’m putting my project to bed.
"Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated which day the New York Mets suffered their 11th straight loss. It was on Sunday, not Monday. Even the Mets cannot lose on an off day."
What’s the metaverse? Just a distraction from Facebook’s real-life hellscape
Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, according to two sources familiar with the matter. They were ousted for a simple reason: Each was involved in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s alleged retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Employee compensation and corporate profits as share of GDP, 4Q
AI CEO warns AI’s disruption will be”much bigger” than COVID: “the people I care about deserve to hear what is coming”
“Racy Images Grok Created Fuel Outcry”
Zuckerberg, who seemed startled by a question directed at him, responded that he hadn’t been listening.
Close advisers have been crafting a plan for President Trump to nominate Mayor Eric Adams to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in an effort to end the mayor’s long-shot campaign for re-election in New York City, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Tesla's future is in many ways the brightest it's ever been in our view given autonomous, FSD, robotics, and many other technology innovations now on the horizon with 90% of the valuation being driven by autonomous and robotics over the coming years but Musk needs to focus on driving Tesla and not putting his political views first. We maintain our OUTPERFORM and $500 PT.