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Spring Is Coming For IPOs

Some of the most valuable new companies are still private, but more may cash in soon.

We Can't Pay You Much More, But Here's A Sausage

With unemployment in Germany falling and 1.2 million open jobs, companies are offering perks such as foreign travel and platters of local ham.

Robert Mercer Is The Richest Gun In The West

The enigmatic investor was secretly volunteering as a cop in a tiny desert town. Why? To obtain an item that’s impossible to buy.

Squaring the Circle

One of the earliest shapes in wristwatches is making a comeback.

How To Trade A Donkey

From Livestock To Flowers, Exchanges Are Popping Up Everywhere In China. So Is Speculation "Spawned From Needs In The Real Economy"

A New Formula For Formula One

The same teams win F1 races almost every weekend. John Malone aims to change that

Power Play

Argentina’s financial crisis has left it increasingly beholden to Beijing

Tech Fights Conflict Minerals

Startups are using blockchain to ensure commodities come from sustainable mines.

No Taxes........Taxes

Real estate tycoons get a host of special breaks not available to most other investors.

She Found Something In Her Mug, And It Wasn't Coffee

Lee Stowell says she was harassed at Cantor Fitzgerald. She wants her day in court.

The Future Of Steak Depends On Science

We may be able to protect our food from global warming. But what will it taste like?

Extortion Is Booming In Bolsonaro's Brazil

Off-duty and rogue police officers are contributing to $39 billion in graft.

Beyond Opioids

Researchers are unlocking the genetic underpinnings of pain to develop innovative treatments.

Is It Too Late For Salmon?

To protect the overfished species, one man is going on the offense

Harder Than Rocket Science

Can Elon Musk make Tesla into a real car company?

Welcome To The Beating Heart Of American Construction Finance

How a bank from the Ozarks outpaced wall street.

Iron Hand

How a mysterious hack and four arrests transformed a mining giant’s relationship with China.

Europe Is Right To Worry About The Trump-Putin Summit

The EU and NATO beware! Years before Trump became president, he and Putin were already simpatico.

Moneyball 2.0

In 2014, one writer saw the Houston Astros coming. It wasn’t just math.

Automating The Wall Street Rainmaker

Wall Street pours billions of dollars into technology every year, lookingfor ways to replace many of its money managers, research analysts, and traders with machines.

Revolution. Anarchy. Satoshi.

In Ukraine, battered by political upheaval and corruption, Bitcoinlooks like a way forward

How About A Bit More Room For Competition

The tech giants may be contributing to the U.S. economy’s most persistent ailments. Should they be broken up?

Love In The Time Of Mass Incarceration

Prison dating sites connect inmates with those on the outside, for cheap. In some states, they’re under threat.

Why We Need Cyberwar Rules Of Engagement Now

Bloomberg View columnist Leonid Bershidsky says the U.S. and Russia should define what constitutes attacks—and the appropriate responses—before things spiral out of control.

Poke Go, Go, Go

The story behind the sudden ubiquity of an unassuming Hawaiian delicacy.

Whole Foods Market's

Slumping sales have an activist investor demanding changes “They’re becoming blind to some of the challenges”

Oh, Snap!

By calling an early election, Theresa May hopes to strengthen her hand in Brexit negotiations “It’s smart politics: Massive opinion poll lead plus small majority equals early election”

Downsizing Google's Dream

Free from its search giant parent, biotech Verily takes a more modest approach“I hear that, and it screams privacy”

The Silver Closet

A former sex worker says stars like Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn had gay love affairs. Does anyone still care?

A Solid Chill

The special ingredient that makes this ice bucket a heavyweight? Concrete