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Whoever Wins, Voters Lose

The two leading candidates in Nigeria’s presidential election offer an uninspiring choice

You Can Hermes That

Inside Axel de Beaufort’s workshop, where anything from a skateboard to a classic car can become an Hermès fantasy

Facebook's Real Privacy Problem Is Facebook

Recent scandals show that limiting ad partners’ access to your data isn’t enough to protect it

Iran's Lost-and-found Generation

Opportunities that opened up after the 2015 nuclear deal may be closing again

The Startup Vs. Huawei

The story of an American inventor, a Chinese tech giant, and an FBI sting at a Las Vegas burger joint

Facebook Could Use Some New Stories

A hack shows the company is exceptionally vulnerable to missteps as it tries to shift its focus and financial strategy

Immigrants Welcome

While Trump killed a visa program for startup founders, a dozen countries have widened their doors

Getting A Jump On The Next Big One

The U.S. finally has an earthquake alert system to buy the West Coast precious seconds. Now it needs faster delivery

Manufacturing The Good Straw

For Aardvark, making a paper straw that lasts for hours is easyits meeting demand thats hard

Memphis, Hawaii

An island home that also happens to be a design paradise.

The Road From Lehman To Donald Trump

How anger over the financial bailout gave us the Trump presidency

Nike's Women Are Running A Marathon, Not A Sprint

It’s facing lawsuits against pay and workplace policies that remain despite firing managers for sexual harassment

Be Your Own Uber- With An Uber Scooter

The company is designing a scooter to keep up with the latest tech industry craze

Twitter Made Trump; Trumpism May Be Its Undoing

With accusations of anti-conservative bias swirling, Jack Dorsey prepares to defend Twitter before Congress

The Secret Of BlackRock's Success? Cautious Calculation

Ten years later, its shrewd moves are a master class in capitalizing on others’ risk

The Border's Banking Desert

Options are drying up for small businesses in areas of high money laundering risk

Bibi Makes New Friends In Old Places

A tide of nationalism gives Israel and Eastern Europe a common grudge against Europe

Water, Water, Everywhere

Miami will be underwater soon. Its drinking water could go first

The Most Boring Bull Market. Ever

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

Emerging Markets Meet Tighter Money

The long era of quantitative easing made investors more willing to put their holdings in riskier places. Suddenly that’s over.

Airbnb May Be Its Own Worst Enemy

At the city level, the company is picking the kinds of fights it used to avoid.

Cruel Runnings

Peloton and its competitors want to turn that tedious Victorian prison invention—the treadmill—into a high-tech home-fitness trend.

Can This 10-Year Old Save Olympics

Organizers bet that adding skateboarding whizzes like Sky Brown will lure younger viewers

A Bull Market For Wonks

Blindsided by populism, investors are trying to understand how politics will affect their portfolios

We Need A New Vision Of Technological Progress. We've Got Options Sooner Than You Think

The world is full of innovations more important than ad algorithms. You just need to look outside Silicon Valley.

The Solar Company That Went Dark

The feds allege that DC Solar was a Ponzi-type scheme that scammed even Berkshire Hathaway

The Leftist Turns Right

Ecuadorian President Moreno wants to keep his country from becoming Venezuela

Please, Don't Sing

The current expansion is 10 years old, but it looks pale compared with previous economic streaks

Millions Of Dollars Go Missing In Mexico

American expats say their accounts were emptied and Monex isn’t making them whole

The New Money In Old Medicine

AstraZeneca is betting on a traditional herbal remedy to speed its expansion in China.