Lynnley Browning

Senior Writer

Lynnley Browning is a senior writer for Newsweek who writes frequently about business. In prior years she wrote hundreds of stories for The New York Times, Fortune and Reuters on tax, offshore private banking, legal, insurance, real estate and investment matters. She regularly broke news on energy and commodities for Reuters, in Moscow, in the 1990s. She has also written on Ruth Madoff, Chelsea Clinton's wedding, Chechen oil pipelines and Krav Maga.

She grew up in Tulsa, Okla., graduated with honors from Phillips Exeter and earned her B.A., with honors, from Princeton, with a thesis degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures. Fluent in Russian, she has been down in the mines of Norilsk Nickel, in the Russian High Arctic; walked the slippery oil platforms in Baku; and lived with collective farmers in Krasnodar.

Television and radio appearances include PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Fox News, Reuters TV, BBC (television and radio), Extra, Inside Edition, The Lisa Wexler Show, Swiss-German Television and Swiss-French Television. She has also written for The Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Economist publications, Conde Nast Portfolio, The Daily Beast and The Moscow Times.

You're 100 Percent Wrong About Math Scores

U.S.
You're 100 Percent Wrong About Math ScoresAmerican schools don't suck because of STEM classes; they suck because nobody learns how to write.

On 3/28/15 at 10:10 AM EDT

Warren Buffett's Transparency Problem

Business
Warren Buffett's Transparency ProblemDoubting the Berkshire Hathaway CEO and chairman is like calling your grandfather a liar, but his shareholders deserve more transparency

On 2/24/15 at 3:31 PM EST

Selling 'Beast Mode' After a Super Bowl Loss

Sports
Selling 'Beast Mode' After a Super Bowl LossAfter a stunning defeat in the Super Bowl, Seahawks star Marshawn Lynch is facing a challenge: how to get people to buy his hoodies?

On 2/12/15 at 3:18 PM EST

What's in Your iPhone?

Science
What's in Your iPhone?Apple says it doesn't use tantalum from war zones in Congo, but how can it be sure?

On 2/4/15 at 2:56 PM EST

A Manhattan Made-for-TV Murder

U.S.
A Manhattan Made-for-TV MurderA Wall Street patricide has Manhattan high society gossiping about what went wrong.

On 1/20/15 at 7:44 AM EST

Russia's Oligarchs: Rich Enough to Still Afford Caviar

World
Russia's Oligarchs: Rich Enough to Still Afford Caviar"Only the poorest people in Russia keep all their assets in rubles."

On 12/22/14 at 1:13 PM EST

The Fed's Special Cookie Jar

Business
The Fed's Special Cookie JarHow the New York Federal Reserve bent the rules to keep Citibank afloat.

On 12/22/14 at 9:23 AM EST

Ferguson Shows Again Eyewitness Testimony is Unreliable

U.S.
Ferguson Shows Again Eyewitness Testimony is UnreliableGrand jury document dump includes sharply different versions of what happened in Ferguson.

On 11/25/14 at 6:53 PM EST

UBS Tax Evasion Case Sheds Light on Swiss Secrets

Business
UBS Tax Evasion Case Sheds Light on Swiss SecretsFor the first time, U.S. prosecutors named top UBS executives—but a not-guilty verdict makes it hard to go after them.

On 11/6/14 at 8:10 AM EST

How Far Up Switzerland's Biggest Bank Did U.S. Tax Evasion Scam Reach?

Business
How Far Up Switzerland's Biggest Bank Did U.S. Tax Evasion Scam Reach?At the heart of a giant Swiss bank's tax dodge trial in Florida is a binder full of "Cover Your Ass" evidence.

On 10/27/14 at 5:34 PM EDT

Too Big to Tax: Settlements Are Tax Write-Offs for Banks

Business
Too Big to Tax: Settlements Are Tax Write-Offs for BanksTurns out those multibillion-dollar settlements imposed on banks are deductible

On 10/27/14 at 11:16 AM EDT

Do Team Games for Employees Really Improve Productivity?

Business
Do Team Games for Employees Really Improve Productivity?Are the vast sums that companies pay to bring workers closer together worth it?

On 10/26/14 at 2:51 PM EDT

Is It the Market Going Crazy? Or Is It Traders?

Business
Is It the Market Going Crazy? Or Is It Traders?The current mood swings in the market can be explained by a branch of economic thought followed by Fed Chair Janet Yellen.

On 10/17/14 at 2:07 PM EDT

Short Seller Chanos Targets China's Casino Industry

Business
Short Seller Chanos Targets China's Casino IndustryThe famed investor is increasingly training his skeptical eye -- and multibillion-dollar war chest -- on China's casino industry.

On 9/30/14 at 8:16 AM EDT

Tapes Show How Fed Was Soft on Goldman Sachs

Business
Tapes Show How Fed Was Soft on Goldman SachsBefore she was fired, a Fed staffer recorded conversations with colleagues who urged deference toward Goldman Sachs

On 9/26/14 at 3:53 PM EDT

U.S. Crackdown on Inversions Isn't All It's Cracked up to Be

Business
U.S. Crackdown on Inversions Isn't All It's Cracked up to BeTreasury rules designed to make inversions less attractive may not stop such deals, and the money involved isn't very much

On 9/24/14 at 10:17 AM EDT

Vermont's Flawed Health Care Site Put On Life Support

U.S.
Vermont's Flawed Health Care Site Put On Life SupportVermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is shutting down Vermont Health Connect for an unspecified period of time to give the state's new technology contractor time to repair it

On 9/16/14 at 6:03 PM EDT

A Made-in-America Offshore Tax Haven

Business
A Made-in-America Offshore Tax HavenThe U.S. Virgin Islands are a financial paradise for one of the nation's biggest mortgage companies

On 9/9/14 at 6:53 AM EDT

How Bank of America Benefits From a $16 Billion Settlement

Business
How Bank of America Benefits From a $16 Billion SettlementOn Wall Street, paying the penalty when you get caught is just another business expense

On 8/8/14 at 2:31 PM EDT

Thanks For Nothing: Obamacare Website Bunglers Fired

U.S.
Thanks For Nothing: Obamacare Website Bunglers FiredVermont fires the tech company that made its Affordable Care site unworkable

On 8/6/14 at 10:09 AM EDT

Why Would Putin Shoot Down a Plane?

World
Why Would Putin Shoot Down a Plane?Long-time Sovietologist Stephen Cohen doesn't think Russia's hands are bloody this time

On 7/18/14 at 1:23 PM EDT

The Man Banks Fear Most

World
The Man Banks Fear MostWith the power to strip misbehaving banks like France's PNB Paribas of their New York charter, regulator Benjamin Lawsky is getting big settlements

On 6/30/14 at 4:46 AM EDT

IRS Will Now Accept an 'I Was Clueless' Defense for Offshore Tax Evaders

Business
IRS Will Now Accept an 'I Was Clueless' Defense for Offshore Tax EvadersThe IRS says it will ease the financial and legal pain for the estimated 6 million expatriate Americans who live and work abroad

On 6/20/14 at 5:21 AM EDT

How Credit Suisse Got Off Easy

U.S.
How Credit Suisse Got Off Easy"It just seems like Credit Suisse bought their way out of a problem."

On 6/19/14 at 9:32 AM EDT

Ambassador Tefft Would Upset Russia, and That's the Point

World
Ambassador Tefft Would Upset Russia, and That's the PointThe senior diplomat's biggest challenge may be that America has not understood the psychology of Russia's rulers

On 5/14/14 at 6:23 AM EDT

U.S. Slams Russia With More Sanctions Targeting Banking, Aviation, Oil

World
U.S. Slams Russia With More Sanctions Targeting Banking, Aviation, OilThe new slate of sanctions named seven additional people to the list—all seen as close to President Vladimir Putin

On 4/28/14 at 1:28 PM EDT

Sanctions Land Like a Bomb in Corporate Suites

World
Sanctions Land Like a Bomb in Corporate SuitesConfusion over how to apply U.S. sanctions is exceeded only by fear of being fined for violating them

On 4/25/14 at 10:17 AM EDT

Exclusive: U.S. Treasury Says Putin 'Not Off the Table' for Future Sanctions

World
Exclusive: U.S. Treasury Says Putin 'Not Off the Table' for Future SanctionsAs the Obama administration considers expanding sanctions on Russia, will Putin end up on the blacklist?

On 4/24/14 at 5:06 PM EDT

How the West is Pushing Putin's Buttons

World
How the West is Pushing Putin's ButtonsThe U.S. Treasury is taking the lead in punishing Russia as Washington develops a new kind of warfare

On 4/24/14 at 6:06 AM EDT

Boehner's Magic Bullet

U.S.
Boehner's Magic BulletRepublicans plan to make problems with the state-run exchanges a major issue this fall

On 3/25/14 at 11:10 AM EDT

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