Jen Wieczner
Fortune
New York, NY, United States
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Recent articles by Jen:
Tesla is poised to join the S&P 500 after turning another profit; Elon Musk says its cars will become ‘5x more valuable’
CEO Elon Musk says the company's electric cars could soon become '5x more valuable.' → Read More
PPP: Meet the fintech bank that did more PPP lending than Citi
It only has a single branch. → Read More
Will Tesla be added to the S&P 500? Here's how it will be decided
Tesla stock has been on a tear based on the risky assumption it will be added to the S&P 500. → Read More
Why Berkshire Hathaway is partly to blame for the S&P 500 being in the red this year
Warren Buffett's company is the 6th biggest component of the S&P 500. → Read More
How IBM Watson supercomputers are speeding up the search for a COVID-19 vaccine
Mayo Clinic and hundreds of other companies and institutions have signed on to the effort. → Read More
PPP: Dozens of public companies kept millions of dollars in small business loans
At least one publicly-traded company still went bankrupt after receiving PPP funds. → Read More
Banks will collect billions in fees on PPP small business loans, according to a new report
As PPP loans are forgiven, banks big and small look to make major windfalls in fees from the government. → Read More
Stocks had their best quarter in decades. Here's why that's bad news for President Trump
Two terms may not be in the cards, if this stock market indicator is right. → Read More
The best stocks of 2020 so far have made pandemic investors much richer
Surprise: Netflix's stock doesn't even make the cut. → Read More
After overbooking flights in a pandemic, American Airlines is now paying passengers to get off
"I was mildly shocked," says one recent passenger. "We were sardines." → Read More
Airbnb could still IPO in 2020, CEO Brian Chesky tells Fortune: 'It has exceeded everything we expected'
After suffering cancellations and mass layoffs, Airbnb is on track to have a better 2020 than 2019, CEO Brian Chesky says on the Leadership Next podcast. → Read More
The ‘one transaction’ that could solve the racial wealth gap
The head of America's biggest black-owned bank on how to improve the homebuying process to give black Americans an even playing field. → Read More
Toilet paper is so precious it's almost currency
When the global toilet paper supply collapsed, the tissue became rare enough to be used as money. Plus: Fortune is taking its annual fintech bash online: Introducing Virtual Brainstorm Finance. → Read More
The case of the missing toilet paper: How the coronavirus exposed U.S. supply chain flaws
The toilet tissue business is a textbook example of an ultraefficient “lean” industry. But a surge in sales flushed its MO down the drain. Here’s what went wrong. → Read More
Best Buy CEO Corie Barry interview on how to reopen, safe retailing amid coronavirus pandemic
Less than a year into the job, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry has had to oversee a radical transformation of how the electronics retailer does business. → Read More
How to watch Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, for free without cable
The legendary event is going virtual-only this year. → Read More
New PPP small business loan bill excludes fintech lenders, threatening the smallest businesses
The Payroll Protection Program offering coronavirus emergency loans from the Small Business Administration gives a huge edge to major banks - and the big companies they serve. → Read More
CEO Dan Schulman: PayPal, Venmo business seeing 'tremendous surge' amid coronavirus economy
In a Q&A, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman explains how people, sheltering at home during the coronavirus pandemic, are flocking to digital payment apps like never before. → Read More
5 veteran investors on how to approach the coronavirus stock market
How investors should approach the selloff in stocks—and where they’re finding opportunities now. → Read More
Fintech lenders ask Congress for $1 trillion more for small business PPP loans as funding runs dry
The SBA didn't approve fintech lenders in time to make PPP small business loans before the money ran out. Now, they say more than $1 trillion is needed to meet demand. → Read More