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RETHINKING FAIR PAY
Companies are overhauling compensation amid an uptick in relocations
MAKING CONTACT
Getting close enough to touch an animal usually isn't a great idea. But in a quiet lagoon on Mexico's Baja Peninsula, the whales are happy to oblige
BUILD BACKS BETTER
In a scoliosis market where treatments have changed little since the 1970s, even new brace technology shows how far we still have to go
The Teen Who Defied DeFi
How a young math whiz nabbed $16 million by exploiting decentralized finance | Index Finance was one of the great hopes of decentralized finance, the blockchain-based movement challenging Wall Street's gatekeepers. With one swift set of transactions, an 18-year-old math prodigy liquidated $16 million of its assets and opened a new legal frontier
Nigerian Projects Stall as Chinese Loans Dry Up
President Buhari's legacy could be marred by Beijing's waning appetite for costly public works abroad
The Twitter Deal's Big Debt Bill
If the acquisition goes through, the company will face mounting interest expenses as it tries to grow
The Very Last of Lehman Brothers
The bank whose collapse marked the beginning of the 2008 financial crisis is only mostly dead. Meet the people attending to its final remains
This Time Is Different
The slump that startups thought would never happen has arrived
Will American Owners Make Football More Like Football?
More than half of England's major soccer clubs will be backed by US money. That has fans worried
A Pharaoh Goes to Oxford
The star of the opera Akhnaten takes his role so seriously, he’s been offered a fellowship in Egyptology
Shanghai's Black Eye
Expats are ditching the city, jeopardizing efforts to turn it into a top financial hub in Asia
The Best A Man Can Get?
To be more relevant to younger consumers, Gillette introduced a retro line of men’s grooming products and teamed up with Bugatti on a $170 razor. The strategy seems to have pulled the company out of a, uh, hairy situation
Style Points
Shaina Taub, writer and composer of the off-Broadway hit Suffs, takes on The Devil Wears Prada—with some help from Elton John
The End of China's Bulk-Buying Boom
A distinctive form of e-commerce is in free fall after a shift in attitude in Beijing
STEAMED
FOR A MEASURE OF JUST HOW FED UP AMERICAN WORKERS ARE, LOOK TO STARBUCKS, WHERE BARISTAS ARE UNIONIZING ALA PACE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNIMAGINABLE A YEAR AGO AND INSPIRING SIMILAR ACTIVISM ELSEWHERE
Wall Street Comes to Nashville
AllianceBernstein relocated 1,000 jobs in an effort to save $80 million a year
Why Land Is Key to Brazil's Presidency
Lagging Lula in polls, Bolsonaro is wooing rural voters by giving squatters title to their farms
Democrats' Inflation Anguish
Legislators are appealing to the White House to "do more" to contain prices
But What If There Aren't Plenty Of Fish in the Sea?
Investors say Forever Oceans’ technology will help build a new kind of marine farm
China's Stimulus Won't Bail Out the World
The drag from lockdowns will largely cancel any boost from new spending
How Mexico Claimed The Tourism Crown
The country defied the pandemic to become a top destination
Desire for Face Time Revives Business Travel
Companies are reporting more trips, proving doomsayers from the pandemic's darkest days wrong
ON JAPAN'S FRONT LINES
Dispatches from Asia's new Cold War
It's Not About You
At this year's Venice Biennale, the exhibitions have moved away from identity and portraiture toward a new end: The future
No More Play Money
A very long investing party is ending, and a nasty hangover awaits. But maybe markets will start making sense again?
A Crackdown Is Coming
Federal investigators are looking all over Wall Street for evidence of market rigging
A Juice Boost
Belkin's latest power bank will get your gadgets charged when outlets are hard to find
THIS ROUND'S ON BITCOIN
A Singaporean watering hole develops a devoted following among crypto enthusiasts
Worst Zestimate Ever
Why Zillow’s home-flipping moonshot never got out of orbit
U.S. Steel's Maxi Bet on Mini Mills
The metallurgical giant is betting on a new technology—and region—to survive