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The SLO-MO Economy

Economist Marc Levinson argues that we won’t be replicating the postwar boom anytime soon.

Where Cadillac Is Still Prized

The once-dominant luxury car, fading at home, finds fans in China. “The brand is recognized in China as having long heritage and pedigree”.

Big Meat Braces For A Labor Shortage

Refugees help satisfy the need for low-skilled workers. “It remains a challenge to fully staff the plant”

Magic Greens

As vegetables increasingly vie with meat for attention on the plate, they’re also competing in price: Pound for pound, elite produce can cost more than wagyu beef

When Bad Things Happen To Rich People

Literary schadenfreude in the age of Trump.

The App With A Courier On Every Corner

Rappi has snagged $185 million to take its orange delivery bags all across Latin America

Buffett's Beach House Is Still For Sale

Why the billionaire’s mystique may not be enough to sell the possible teardown

Washington's Most Controversial Restaurant

Sushi Nakazawa is beloved in New York. Will the honeymoon end when it opens in Trump’s D.C. hotel?

Icy Hot

South America’s fastest-growing ice-cream brand was born in Serbia

Globalization Isn't Going Away

Trump and other world leaders are going up against an unstoppable economic trend

Blackstone's Crown Prince

How a dealmaker with an eye for property became the heir apparent at the buyout giant

NASA Says It Can Make Supersonic Flights Superquiet

NASA says it’s got the secret to quiet supersonic planes. Now comes the hard part

Robot Advisers Can Be Conflicted, Too

Brokers shift to online advice, but fund companies still pay for advisers to go on junkets

Silicon Valley's Favorite Bullies

Qatalyst is out to win big M&A deals, not to make friends.  “The playbook is, we don’t have a playbook”.

It Came From China!

Why you ought to make time for a 1,500-page sci-fi trilogy.

China's Numbers Man

 Gan Li’s statistics on the economy just won’t toe the party line “What he found fundamentally changes the way we think”

Guaranteed Sales Fuel The Art Market

Sellers want peace of mind, so auction houses are prearranging bids

Machines Are Making Your Sushi, And That's Good

U.S. productivity is awakening from a long slumber thanks to laborsaving investments

'Success Is Not Actually Built By Moving From Hit To Hit To Hit. It's The Batting Average That Counts'

The heir to Gates and Ballmer talks to Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy about empathy, fixed mindsets, empowering women and minorities—and how life lessons help him run the company

Got Any Ideas?

Tough Times At The Worldwide Leader In Sports

Child In Charge

In The Boss Baby, infants do corporate battle against puppies, and everybody wins.

A Good Kind Of Shock

Patients who once relied on heavy narcotics to treat their suffering are turning to costly surgical implants instead

Your Own Private Island

Tropical getaways have gotten so exclusive, you and your partner will be the only people at the resort.

Just A Drift

Shayna Texter wants to teach you about flat-track racing—the most exciting sport you’ve never heard of.

The Boss Who Wants To Kill His Agency

To liberals, Mick Mulvaney is a nightmare. To conservatives, he’s a savior.

Why Are Economists So Bad At Predicting Recessions?

Professional forecasters feel safer in a crowd. There’s not much incentive to stick one’s neck out.

Unicorn Season

Do the impending IPOs of Uber, Pinterest, Airbnb, and others mean the bull market is ending?

Meituan - Country's Biggest Internet Giant

Meituan country’s biggest internet giant. remade life in China’s cities with 600,000 people delivering meals and other services. Now it just has to outlast the country’s biggest internet giant.

Where Will A Trade War Take Us?

The damage from Trump’s disruptive policies will take years to repair

Breaking The Ice

A tanker fleet this big that can travel this far north has never been built before