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Stand By ... Scanning For Viruses And Secrets

Kaspersky Lab has worked much more closely with Russian intelligence than it has disclosed

Uber Without The Smartphone

With inspiration from a nonprofit in Atlanta, the app is becoming more senior-friendly

Brands Pump Up The Volume In Pakistan

Foreign companies are sponsoring raves to reach young, affluent consumers

Tim Cook CEO, Apple

The head of the most valuable company in the world talks to Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy about augmented reality, the new HomePod, Donald Trump, and the legacy of Steve Jobs

Syrian Refugees: Western Union's Most Loyal Customers

Refugees, immigrants expatriates. For some politicians, they're scapegoats. For Western Union, they're customers

The Asian Jobs Ladder Is Broken

An economic model that’s organised an entire hemisphere for decades could be coming to an abrupt end.

Scott Adams And The Master Wizard Theory Of Donald Trump

In August 2015 viewers of the first Republican primary debate could be forgiven for thinking that Donald Trump was finished.

Qatar's Confidence Boost For Brexit Britain

Undeterred by gloomy post-Brexit predictions, Qatar is investing billions in the UK“It makes sense to invest in countries that will produce long-lasting and stable returns”

Putin Loses Grip On Syria, As Trump Flexes His Muscles

Cold War-style stand-off between US and Russia looms“We don’t want to start World War III”

Putin Hosts Saudi King On Landmark Visit As Oil, Arms Top Agenda

king Salman’s visit to russia is the first ever from a Saudi monarch

Reality Check For India's Central Bank As Slow Down Deepens

Effects of the cash ban are among factors leaving the economy in need of a boost as growth slows

A First Nation For The 21st Century

A prosperous indigenous community near Vancouver haslots to teach Canada’s marginalised aboriginal groups

The Red Tide Sweeping The Caribbean

Russia and China are building influence in the US’s backyard.“They want to use their presence to provoke”

School Choice, Beijing Edition

Parents pay top prices for shabby apartments in the right districts. “We had to sell our bigger place and crowd into this small one”

Saudi Arabia's New Heir Leads Revolution Of Powerful Millennials

Heir to the Saudi throne represents the nation’s progressive youth.“The country’s authorities are attempting to implement several generations’ worth of reforms”

Qatar Test For Tillerson's Gulf Strategy

US Secretary of State Middle East experience put to test.“The US should think twice before taking sides on this”

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

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.

Who's Looking Out For You?

The uncertain fate of the fiduciary rule shows why investors always need to be vigilant