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The True Value of Bitcoin

Know Your Enemy

It looks like Kim Jong Un has been taking a page from Trump’s book

The Space Facial

LED masks are NASA-tested skin boosters that don’t require needles

Remembering Tom Wolfe

His novels captured the spirit of Wall Street’s extraordinary new Gilded Age. The mystery is why so few have emulated him

Palestinians Won't Be Ignored

Deadly clashes draw attention back to Gaza as other regional concerns dominate

Robo-Ethics

Data scientist Kristian Lum is workin in AI and machine learning

no men allowed

the latest co-working spaces have something in common.

russia's deadly mideast game

with its devastating show of force in syria’s civil war, russia has reasserted itself as a military power in the middle east. it’s also put russians in the region at mortal risk, as the 19 december assassination of andrey karlov, russia’s ambassador to turkey, proves.

no golden years for china's villagers

shangxule is a hard scrabble farming village in the mountains of the northern chinese province of hebei.

Murder He Calculated

A tenacious data miner has built a tool that can help find serial killers and bring down murder rates—if police are willing to use it.

Ghost Lawyer

The man who engineered Michael Jackson’s afterlife comeback made the pop star’s heirs rich. Now the IRS wants to be startin’ somethin’.

Going Medieval On Trade

U.S. steel and aluminum need help, but tariffs are a Game of Thrones approach to the problem

Alwaleed Seeks Major Deals for Kingdom Holding

Prince Alwaleed plans to reshape his investment empire

Can Putin Make Russia Great Again?

A promised surge in government spending may not be enough to halt the economy’s slide

I Alone Can Fix It

Trump remakes the cabinet in his own image, and gets the White House he really wants

The Blockchain Is a Mind Virus

And believers are bent on remaking the world

Companies Give Worker Training Another Try

A tight labour market forces businesses to spend more to develop their employees’ skills.

When The President Pressures The Fed

In excerpts from his memoir, Paul Volcker recounts some unsettling executive encounters.

Roughing It

At Pinehurst, the birthplace of golf in America, natural is the name of the game.

Forget California

High prices have pushed homebuyers to Boise, Idaho, and other Western cities. It’s not always an easy fit.

Juul's Image Problem

The vape king is holding back dozens of flavours and prepping monitoring features as it tries to calm U.S. regulators

Can A Green Wave Turn The House Blue?

A large number of Democratic challengers are outraising GOP opponents

Iron Hand

How A Mysterious Hack And Four Arrests Transformed A Mining Giant’s Relationship With China.

An Engineer's Guide To Disrupting The Galaxy

Natalya Bailey’s tiny engines could change the economics of space exploration, much as the jet engine altered commercial air travel

How To Make A Perfume Smell Expensive

Small fragrance creators such as Maelstrom in Paris are influencing a $49 billion global industry.

Prince Alwaleed Signs First Deal Since Lock Up

Saudi prince invested $267 million into music streaming company Deezer

Emirates Explores Etihad Deal To Forge Biggest Airline

Preliminary talks are underway for a deal that could transform the regions aviation industry

A Leadership Crisis With No Plan B

Chinas JD.com, the runner-up to Alibaba, basically cant function without its founder

Building Bigger Batteries

A Dutch startup aims to produce power packs for heavy-duty electric vehicles

The Most Boring Bull Market. Ever ​​​​​​​

In the age of index funds and private companies, even a boom can feel blah