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APPLE GOES SEARCHING FOR ITS MOJO
APPLE FINISHED 2024 in record fashion, with a staggering $3.6 trillion market capitalization that not only topped every other company on the planet, but also eclipsed the economic value of all but a handful of the world's countries.
HOW TO PLAN YOUR NEXT $100,000 VACATION
ON AN EXCURSION to the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, clients helicoptered in after-hours so they could tour the ruins alone.
How much can DOGE do?
Elon Musk and Donald Trump aim to cut as much as $2 trillion in federal spending. It'll be even harder than it sounds.
ELLIOTT HILL - JUST DOING IT
Staffers and brand loyalists cheered when Nike's new CEO came out of retirement to lead the company he has had an “irrational love” for since he began there as an intern. Turning it around will take more than good vibes.
THE WORKPLACE - GEN ZERS WANT TO BE THEIR OWN BOSS.CAN THE CORPORATE WORLD WOO THEM BACK?
CHASE GALLAGHER WAS 12 years old when he started mowing his neighbors' lawns in Chester County, Pa., for $35 a pop in the summer of 2013. At first the Gen Zer had only two customers, but thanks to some aggressive leafleting, he had 10 clients by the following year.
AN INCOMPLETE ACCOUNTING: WHAT LOS ANGELES LOST IN THE FIRES
ROSS SIMONINI carried his 3-month-old baby, his dog, and some clothes. He had some hard drives and his computer, but the charger never made it out of his house, which had stood in Altadena, Calif., for almost 100 years.
AMID ALL THE AI HYPE, THESE IPOS COULD BE POISED FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS
THE AI SECTOR went on a massive tear last year, and there are few signs the pace will slow anytime soon. For investors, this presents a dilemma. While plenty of public companies offer exposure to AI—from chip giant Nvidia to the utilities that power massive sets of data—their sky-high share prices pose a risk of buying at the top.
America's drug middlemen are now a $557 billion industry. Can Trump and his allies 'knock out' PBMs?
IN LATE DECEMBER, President-elect Donald Trump put pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, on notice.
Trump's first trade war caused U.S. firms to flee China. Now comes round 2.
DDURING HIS FIRST TERM as president, Donald Trump shook up global trade by imposing new tariffs on China, the world's epicenter for manufacturing. Companies importing Chinese-made goods into the U.S. suddenly found themselves having to pay extra duties—sometimes 30% more—if they continued using that country as a supplier.
ASK ANDY - SHOULD MY STARTUP RAISE MONEY FROM VCS? IF SO, WHICH ONES DO I CHOOSE?
A FRIEND—I’ll call him Allen—spent years bootstrapping his real estate enterprise software company. After a long struggle to get to $1 million in sales, his business recently surged to $10 million, and revenue is now growing 100% year on year.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DRINKING LESS ALCOHOL. CAN CEO MICHEL DOUKERIS PERSUADE THEM TO KEEP DRINKING AB INBEV'S BEERS?
SOME TIME AGO, top CEOs at an invitation-only seminar at Harvard Business School were asked to imagine the four crises they would likely confront during their tenure at the top: a health emergency, a geopolitical conflict, an economic downturn, and a trade war.
THE BATTLE OVER AG1
Influencers are fighting over it. Scientists scoff at it. But the $100-a-month powder once known as Athletic Greens is only getting more popular.
When Elon Musk has a really tough job, he turns to Steve Davis. DOGE might do the same.
IT WAS THE FALL OF 2022 when employees at Elon Musk's Boring Company began to notice Steve Davis wasn't around.
The Blackstone Edge
90 DAYS. DOZENS OF INTERVIEWS. BILLIONS ON THE LINE. HOW BLACKSTONE'S CEO-MAKER GETS THE JOB DONE.
Meet the next Warren Buffett. His name is Greg Abel.
The folksy business builder wowed his mentor to win the most closely watched succession race in corporate America. But can anyone really replace Warren?
LEE HARRIS: CHANNELING AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL TOOL
British-born energy intuitive, channeler, and musician LEE HARRIS arrived on the planet with a collective of 88 energies called the Z's in tow. But by the time he was 6 years old, Zachary, Zapharia, Ziadora & Co. had grown silent. Not so today. Since 2000, Harris has regularly communed with the “voice of galactic consciousness”—in books such as the Conversations with the Z's series and Energy Speaks, on his podcast Impact the World, and during a monthly Energy Update on YouTube that taps into what’s happening for the world. Spiritual seekers are listening—and healing and awakening. Harris reaches 2 million people each month through a combination of all his platforms plus his online community, The Portal. The multifaceted teacher spoke to contributing editor KAREN BRAILSFORD about his journey and shared tips on how to connect to one’s guides. At the end of their conversation, some very special guests dropped in with a powerful message for Spirituality & Health readers.
WHEN A PARTNER ASKS YOU TO CONVERT
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER
THE ETHICAL CRISIS IN SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
More power has often led to more impropriety. Now there's an organization trying to turn that troubling trend around.
WEDDING BELLE Blues
Marrying couples can involve handling all sorts of hiccups.
ALCHEMIZING GRIEF
When her world imploded, she found few resources to help. Now she creates those resources for others.
BRIGHT LIGHTS SRIKUMAR RAO BRINGS ANCIENT SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS TO BUSINESSES
When Srikumar Rao, the son of a highly spiritual mother, was growing up in India and Burma (now Myanmar), it wasn't unusual for people like the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the creator of Transcendental Meditation, to visit his home. “This was before he was discovered by the Beatles and [actor] Mia Farrow, so he was not a global celebrity,” says Rao, now 73. “He was just a guy who had wandered off the mountains. But his spiritual presence was very strong.”
A BRAIN SURGEON'S STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Allan Hamilton's unconventional route to becoming an expert on gray matter.
BREAKING INTO THE BRAIN
A journey into the vault holding our greatest mystery
Heroes to Palestinians And Killers to Israelis, Prisoners Now Go Free
The last time Zakaria Zubeidi left prison, it was through a hole he dug with five other convicts, in a brief escape attempt before being recaptured.
Capra at Columbia: A Star-Maker Is Born
A Sicilian whose family immigrated to America in the first years of the 20th century, Frank Capra got into the movies early, and by the end of the silent era was directing everything from comedies to romances to melodramas for scrappy Columbia Pictures.
Key Tax Numbers to Note Before Filing
A cheat sheet for new brackets, deductions and credits you need to know for filing 2024 taxes and for this year's tax planning
CNN Taps a Conservative Pundit To Explain Red America to Viewers
Scott Jennings likens his segments at the roundtable on CNN's 10 p.m. show to a bout of roller derby.
The Economics of Integration
No topic was more prevalent around my grandmother's Sunday dinner table than the effect of segregation on black people.
START WITH SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE EARTH. THEN ADD AI.
Artificial-intelligence tools are starting to allow nonexperts to search for patterns across the globe
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AI'S THIRST FOR ENERGY
Power demand from data centers is soaring as artificial intelligence grows more advanced. Here's how to make sense of it all.