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Markets Throw a Welcome Party of Sorts for Biden

A day after the Trump administration effectively acknowledged the election of Joseph R. Biden Jr., investors showed their relief by pushing the two major stock market indexes to all-time records […]




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Wall St. Is Itching to Unfollow Donald Trump on Twitter

+70 % Change in the S&P 500 since the 2016 election Up six percent since election day 2020. +60 Election +50 +40 BULL MARKET BULL MKT. +30 –33.9% BEAR MARKET […]




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How Misinformation ‘Superspreaders’ Seed False Election Theories

On the morning of Nov. 5, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, asked his Facebook followers to report cases of voter fraud with the hashtag, Stop the Steal. His […]




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Porter Wright Stops Representing Trump Campaign in Pennsylvania Suit

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the law firm leading the Trump campaign’s efforts to cast doubt on the presidential election results in Pennsylvania, abruptly withdrew from a federal lawsuit that […]




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QAnon Struggles After Trump Election Defeat

Last weekend, as jubilant Democrats danced in the streets to celebrate the election of Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the country’s 46th president, QAnon believers were on their computers trying […]




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Biden Is Expected to Keep Scrutiny of Tech Front and Center

WASHINGTON — The tech industry had it easy under President Barack Obama. Regulators brought no major charges, executives rotated in and out of the administration, and efforts to strengthen privacy […]




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Business Leaders, Drawn Into Fray by Trump, May Step Back Under Biden

From the moment President Trump took office, big businesses were thrust into the culture wars like never before. In the days after Mr. Trump’s inauguration in 2017, companies protested his […]




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Tension, Then Some Tears, as TV News Narrates a Moment for History

The tension mounted for days — and then broke, all at once. CNN went first, calling the presidential election at 11:24 a.m. Eastern. It was followed in quick succession by […]