Peter Robison
Bloomberg
Seattle, WA, United States
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100 Million Americans Can Legally Bet on the Super Bowl. Sports Will Never Be the Same
How the NFL got over its unease about legalized gambling. → Read More
The National Association of Realtors Is Sorry About All the Discrimination
The Realtors want to make amends to Black Americans. So long as they don’t have to talk about the 6% commission. → Read More
Boeing Built an Unsafe Plane, and Blamed the Pilots When It Crashed
Cost-cutting, corporate arrogance, and a new plane that was supposed to be easy to fly. An exclusive excerpt from Flying Blind: The 737 Max Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing. → Read More
Payday Lenders Didn’t Get a Boost From the Pandemic’s Hard Times
Federal relief money helped people avoid high-rate loans, while bolstering community banks. → Read More
Boeing’s Push to Make Training Profitable May Have Left 737 Max Pilots Unprepared
An emphasis on the bottom line disrupted decades of productive communication between pilots, engineers, and designers. → Read More
How a Tiny Bank From the Ozarks Got Big and Outpaced Wall Street’s Real Estate Machine
An Arkansas bank has become one of America’s top construction lenders. Does it know something the giants don’t? → Read More
Boeing Is Killing It by Squeezing Its Suppliers
Under CEO Dennis Muilenburg, the industrial giant has turned unapologetically hard-nosed. → Read More
Without Si Newhouse, There Might Never Have Been a President Trump
Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House might not have been possible without the support of S.I. Newhouse Jr., the celebrated magazine publisher who died on Sunday at age 89. → Read More
How Rich Chinese Use Visa Fixers to Move to the U.S.
Have a spare $500,000 to invest in an economically distressed American area (that actually isn’t distressed at all)? China’s EB-5 fixers will help you every step of the way. → Read More
How the Boys Run Trump Inc.: With Other People’s Money and Some Dubious Partners
Usually with other people’s money, sometimes with dubious partners. → Read More
Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Saw a Clinton Scandal in Tax Inquiry
Donald Trump Jr. was tantalized by an offer of Russian government documents that would be damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. But the Russian he met days later had been shopping around information that was hardly a bombshell. → Read More
Cessna Flights for the Masses
Blackbird’s app connects fliers with cheap seats on small planes. → Read More
Get Rich. Save the World. Gut Fish.
This entrepreneur has a radical plan to turn invasive fish into American industry. → Read More
Trump Aide Partnered With Firm Run by Man With Alleged KGB Ties
Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, partnered this year with a controversial technology company co-run by a man once convicted of trying to sell stolen biotech material to the Russian KGB espionage agency. → Read More
Welcome to Capitalism Camp for Kindergartners
For $495 a week, Spark Business Academy will teach your kid about price elasticity of demand. → Read More
How Despots Use Twitter to Hunt Dissidents
For Twitter, half a billion tweets a day are sellable data. For despots, they’re a great way to hunt dissidents. → Read More
Prime Real Estate: Amazon Has Swallowed Downtown Seattle
Having colonized the South Lake Union neighborhood, Seattle's largest private employer is building three giant spheres filled with trees—the better to connect employees with nature. → Read More
Prime Real Estate: Amazon Has Swallowed Downtown Seattle
Having colonized the South Lake Union neighborhood, Seattle's largest private employer is building three giant spheres filled with trees—the better to connect employees with nature. → Read More
The Software Industry’s Cabin in the Woods
Portland has quietly lured startups and big company satellites. → Read More
Is American Olive Oil About to Have Its Moment?
In 1976 the wine industry changed forever when a vintage from California was judged superior to its European counterparts. The same thing might be about to happen to olive oil. → Read More