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Jim Edwards is the executive editor for global news at Fortune. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Business Insider's news division and the founding editor of Business Insider UK. His investigative journalism has changed the law in two U.S. federal districts and two states. The U.S. Supreme Court cited his work on the death penalty in the concurrence to Baze v. Rees, the ruling on whether lethal injection is cruel or unusual. He also won the Neal award for an investigation of bribes and kickbacks on Madison Avenue.

Photo: WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 13: U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the south lawn of the White House and points up at the new flag on July 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump spend the afternoon attending the final match of the FIFA Club World Cup at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
FinanceDespite the insults, the Fed is listening to Trump—but will likely make him wait anyway
By Jim EdwardsJuly 23, 2025
Photo: Goldilocks and the three bears.
Finance‘Goldilocks’ is ignoring the three bears, Wall Street analysts say
By Jim EdwardsJuly 22, 2025
Photo: US President Donald Trump during a signing ceremony for the GENIUS Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, July 18, 2025. Trump signed the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins, hailing it as a "giant step to cement American dominance of global finance and crypto technology" and delivering a major victory for the digital asset industry. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The CoinsWe’re about to find out if the crypto market is big enough to raise the price of U.S. bonds and the dollar
By Jim EdwardsJuly 21, 2025
Photo: WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions while departing the White House on July 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to travel to Central Texas today to meet with first responders and local elected officials involved with the recovery process from last week's flash flooding event that has claimed more than 120 lives. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
FinanceTrump’s tariffs are tipping Europe toward recession
By Jim EdwardsJuly 18, 2025
Photo: (Original Caption) President Nixon, in a nationally televised address 8/15, asks for support against "those who would exploit Watergate in order to keep us from doing what we were elected to do." He also proclaimed his innocence of any complicity in the affair. Nixon posed for still photographers after the address, as no pictures were permitted during the telecast.
FinanceFor one hour, investors got a taste of a new world where the Fed is run by a ‘stooge’—and they hated every minute of it
By Jim EdwardsJuly 17, 2025
Photo: Antonio Neri, chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE), speaks during a keynote address at the HPE Discover event at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. HPE announced a single partner program, HPE Partner Ready Vantage, consolidating existing programs to enhance partner experiences across the entire HPE portfolio, according to the company. Photographer: Ian Maule/Bloomberg via Getty Images
TechHPE’s deal with activist investor Elliott may still cost CEO Antonio Neri his job—or end with parts of the company being sold
By Jim EdwardsJuly 16, 2025
Stocks sell off as investors see Trump’s inflation ‘pipeline’ forcing the Fed to hold off on interest rate cuts
FinanceStocks sell off as investors see Trump’s inflation ‘pipeline’ forcing the Fed to hold off on interest rate cuts
By Jim EdwardsJuly 16, 2025
Photo: NAZARE, PORTUGAL - 2020/10/29: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic alert to social withdrawal, thousands of people attended the first big swell of the winter season in Praia do Norte. (Photo by Henrique Casinhas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The CoinsBitcoin’s price rise is fueled by billions in traditional money coming from Wall Street
By Jim EdwardsJuly 15, 2025
Donald Trump
PoliticsIf Trump fires the Fed’s Powell, ‘both the currency and the bond market can collapse,’ according to Deutsche Bank
By Jim EdwardsJuly 14, 2025
Photo: An inflatable chicken mimicking US President Donald Trump is set up on The Ellipse, a 52-acre (21-hectare) park located just south of the White House and north of the Washington Monument (rear).
FinanceThe markets are betting against Trump on the assumption the Fed will rescue them if their call is wrong
By Jim EdwardsJuly 14, 2025
Donald Trump
FinanceIn Trumpworld, the stock markets say that tomorrow never comes
By Jim EdwardsJuly 11, 2025
Trump’s copper tariff is ushering in a Golden Age of scrap metal
FinanceTrump’s copper tariff is ushering in a Golden Age of scrap metal
By Jim EdwardsJuly 10, 2025
The problem with Trump’s plan to tax copper is that the U.S. isn’t self-sufficient in copper
FinanceThe problem with Trump’s plan to tax copper is that the U.S. isn’t self-sufficient in copper
By Jim EdwardsJuly 9, 2025
Trump smiling
EconomyTrump slaps 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea—and Wall Street stumbles
By Jim Edwards and Fortune IntelligenceJuly 7, 2025
Another of Putin’s ministers allegedly commits suicide—he was abruptly fired hours before
PoliticsAnother of Putin’s ministers allegedly commits suicide—he was abruptly fired hours before
By Jim Edwards and Fortune IntelligenceJuly 7, 2025
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