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Why Don't More Women Run Money?

The gender imbalance in portfolio management persists even as some women take top fund jobs

More Merchants Are Courting Cash

Surcharges for credit card purchases become common as businesses try to avoid swipe fees

Covid Means There's Even Less Joy in Mudville

Capacity constraints and distancing rules bring big headaches for season ticket holders

Go Big or Go Home

Joe Biden tackled Covid and an economic crisis in his first 100 days. It won’t get easier from herea

Unending Pandemic. Global Anxiety. Travel Restrictions. Perfect Time To Start An Airline!

David Neeleman, airline savant (think Jetblue) and perpetual optimist, is at it again with a new budget carrier called Breeze

Course Correction

A plan to renovate public links in the U.S. capital aims to bring golf back to the community

In Hot Pursuit

Chris Urmson’s company, Aurora, has merged with Uber’s self-driving unit to take on Waymo

Hands Off My Football Team!

The European Super League followed a model shaped in the U.S. Opposition from fans scuttled the idea

Can Aluminum Really Go Green?

Alcoa and Rio Tinto —with a push from Apple—are trying to clean up production of one of the dirtiest metals

It's Not Just the Confetti

How Robinhood made stock trading easy, approachable— and maybe too hard to resist

Not-So-Great Green Jobs

Clean energy isn’t a wellspring of the better-paying union jobs Biden has been touting

THE COLLAPSE OF COPERNICUS

The implosion of Curt Schilling’s video game empire was a $150 million reminder that the industry’s workers are always on the verge of disaster

Drivers Wanted

○ Riders are flocking back to ride-hailing, but drivers need more nudging

Making That Money

For music executives like Kevin Liles, of the hip-hop label 300 Entertainment, the pandemic has mostly made a good life better. A lot of musicians, however, are experiencing something different

Gaming the Gig Economy

A group of DoorDash workers are trying to set a minimum rate for deliveries

Austin, Reluctant Boomtown

Residents fear that the wave of tech workers arriving will turn the city into San Francisco

How About A Covid Pill?

Vaccines are great and all, but molnupiravir, an antiviral drug in late-stage trials, could give doctors another major tool to end the pandemic—if, of course, it proves safe and effective

Won't You Be His Neighbor?

Mayor Francis Suarez goes on a charm offensive to lure techies—and Elon Musk—to Miami

The Food Fight in Fake Meat

Beyond Meat was an early leader. But rival Impossible Foods and others want to eat its lunch

The U.K. Wants to Clean Up Space

The amount of debris in orbit is an increasing danger—and a potential market opportunity

Peak Pallet

Prices for a warehouse staple are at a record, buoyed by the boom in e-commerce

THE MAN WHO KEEPS THE FAR RIGHT ONLINE

While Amazon and its peers have stopped supporting certain prominent White supremacists and conspiracy theorists, Nick Lim has stepped in

Stopping the Race to the Bottom on Taxes

The U.S. is energizing a global effort to put a floor under corporate tax rates

The Guggenheims Of NFTs

Perhaps you’ve heard of nonfungible tokens? These collectors already have millions of dollars’ worth

WAITING FOR ELON

It’s not easy to compete with Miami and Austin for high-tech jobs. But Adelanto, Calif., which boasts a light regulatory environment, an enthusiastic city manager, and plenty of dirt, is giving it a shot

Reincarnation And Realpolitik

China, India, and the U.S. are vying to influence the selection of the next Dalai Lama

LAW & CRYPTO

Arthur Hayes faces U.S. prosecution over how he ran his overseas Bitcoin exchange

Asian Americans Are Ready for a Hero

After going from “model minority” to invisible minority to hunted minority, the community needs a new generation of cultural and political leaders

Your Facebook Friend Has Some Thoughts To Share About Your Covid Vaccine

Mark Zuckerberg wanted to make Facebook a source of reliable information about the pandemic. Instead he created a perfect platform for conspiracy theorists

A Squeeze on the Global Middle Class

An estimated 150 million people slipped down the economic ladder in 2020, the first setback in almost three decades