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BRABD THAT MATTER

Fast Company's 2022 Brands That Matter recognizes the best in social sustainability, inclusivity, and fun.

THE 800 LB. GORILLA OF CRYPTO

THE ROMPING, STOMPING, NEVER BEEN-TOLD STORY OF THE BORED APE YACHT CLUB  AND ITS DISNEY ESQUE DREAMS AMID NFT'S NUCLEAR WINTER

Constant Gardener

The B Corp seal is a symbol of enlightened capitalism. As ever-bigger companies seek it out, can it stay meaningful?

Metal of Honor

Danica Roem unseated a conservative delegate in Virginia. Then the hard work began. Here's how she builds consensus to get things done.

Amazon to Invest $972M for Électric Vans, Trucks in Europe

Amazon said this week it will invest 1 billion euros ($972.1 million) to add thousands of more electric vans, long-haul trucks and cargo bikes to its delivery network in Europe.

Coming Soon On Netflix: A New Netflix

The company changed the entertainment industry forever. Now some real streaming competition is forcing it to change itself

Berlin Braces For a Dark Winter

The city is speeding the shutdown of 19th-century gas lanterns while citizens scramble to stay warm

Her Design Startup Wants to Disrupt Your Desktop

Against the odds, Australian Melanie Perkins, 35, built Canva into the most valuable startup founded and run by a woman. The $26 billion graphic design platform's next mission may be even tougher: displacing Adobe and Microsoft Office in the workplace.

Fortune Most Powerful Women

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Most Powerful Women list. It also happens to be the most competitive in this ranking's history. Rather than compile separate international and domestic versions as we've done in some form since 2000, we combined our candidates to come up with one definitive list-a more accurate reflection of the global nature of business today. That meant fewer spots, even as the world hit a record-high number of female Global 500 CEOs. The result: All the women on this list either are CEOs or very likely will be either at their current company or a competitor.

Lessons From The Volcker Shock

The Fed had to inflict a lot of pain in the ’80s to convince markets it was serious about slaying inflation

Unleashing the Economic Arsenal

The US uses an increasingly intricate array of measures against its biggest global rivals

The Classic Hedge Fund Is Stuck

Equity managers haven’t provided the kind of bear market buffer clients had hoped for

America’s Energy Conundrum

High prices pose a political risk at home, but allies abroad are desperate for aid

Elon Meets His Match

He’s been able to bend reality to his whim. Delaware contract law looks to be the exception

UK Retailers Are in Christmas Crisis Mode

The race is on to persuade cost-conscious holiday shoppers to spend earlier than ever

The Online Shopping Bust

E-commerce companies made a costly bet that the pandemic would permanently change consumer behavior

Goldman Sachs Rethinks Retail

The elite bank’s effort to build a consumer brand has been expensive

Cracks in the Foundation

Musk’s play for Twitter has damaged an already shaky company, and there’s no easy path to recovery

Go Ripping Down That Hill

Racing legend Bode Miller has been trying to make the perfect skis for 15 years. He finally did it

The Mighty Dolomiti

The Italian side of the Alps is undergoing an Olympic-size transformation

From Ski to Shining Sea

In the mountains around Alaska's Prince William Sound, there are no roads or trails. This is skiing's final frontier, and the only way to get there is by boat

Rebuilding the Nation

While the US government stood by, the Osage Nation in Oklahoma lost vast amounts of land. Sometimes it was through theft; other times it was just business. The Osage are clawing the land back tract by tract

Exodus

Exxon was once the paragon of a coveted career in corporate America. The pandemic has torn that apart

Franchising For Heroes – A Coach for Heroes

Veteran Christopher Harvey took the long road to success. Now he has a new mission: He wants to make the journey a little easier for people like him.

Winners Quit. Quitters Win.

Quitting is deeply misunderstood, says decision-making expert Annie Duke. You must stop thinking of it as failure, and start thinking of it as a strategy for growth.

Jack Owoc – ‘I Am ENERGY'

Jack Owoc—entrepreneur, frequent litigant, Florida Man—didn’t just invent the energy drink Bang, he embodies it. Now his caffeine empire is teetering

Capturing the Rain in Mexico

Startup Isla Urbana says its technology can address chronic water shortages in cities

100 Women of Influence – Featuring Jennifer Lopez

Our annual celebration of the women influencing how we live, the businesses. we build, and the future we believe is possible.

Organizing Lobstermen

A union that boosts boat crews’ bargaining power offers a model for the gig economy

Monumental

Nothing can prepare you for a visit to Michael Heizer’s epic artwork in the middle of the harsh Nevada desert