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The $2 Billion Long Haul

KeepTruckin brought much-needed innovation to the trucking industry and achieved a valuation in the billions. But to keep growing, the company must rethink a core part of itself.

Doing the Four-Day Week Right

For starters, don’t try to fit in five days of meetings

Musk's Money Doesn't Just Talk, It Tweets

Given the proximity to April 1, the headline requires more than just a second reading. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., has bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc., making him the company’s biggest shareholder.

A Cup That Runneth Over

Do you really need a different wine glass for every grape varietal? Our critic says no

The Mall That Became A Destination

An outdoor shopping center in Palm Beach is the new hub for wellheeled pandemic transplants

Surviving A Worker Drought

A 1.5% unemployment rate is forcing an Indiana county’s businesses to get creative

Redefining What's Possible for Labor

The new Amazon union may inspire organizing efforts at companies that have long repelled them

Student Loan Relief Changed Lives

A generation defined by debt got a chance to move ahead, but it’s not a permanent fix

Russia's Elon Musk Gets Grounded

○ The aviation mogul’s S7, the nation’s largest private airline, faces uncertainty after lease terms were violated during the Ukraine war

Come Back!

Apple makes it easy to work from home—unless you work for Apple

How Greenwood Became the Most Hyped Startup in Black America

Ryan Glover and Paul Judge knew nothing about finance, but 700,000 believers joined their exclusive waitlist. Can their fintech actually repair centuries of racist banking?

How to Manufacture an Extremist Candidacy

Step 1: Create a bunch of social media accounts and have them beg your candidate to run for president

Fighting Credentialism Creep

An ultra-tight job market is forcing a rethink of burdensome job requirements

Noodles Around the World

For some people, noodles are a comforting bowl of chicken noodle soup; for others, they're a crazy-exotic spice bomb. Whether they are long or short, loopy or straight, noodles may be one of the most common food items in the world. Nearly every culture has a celebrated homegrown noodle dish—from macaroni to lasagna and from udon to pho-meaning there's a very good chance that most of us have tucked into a heap of incredible noodles at some point. Here are some of our favorite noodle dishes from cultures across the world.

Among The Wealth Whisperers

An annual conference of advisers shows how the U.S. tax code works for the top 0.1%

Craig Robinson

WHAT DO SNAKES AND THE AMERICAN DREAM HAVE IN COMMON?

Another Battle Brews in Europe

As the war in Ukraine rages, a second conflict is heating up between Russian ally Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan

In Focus

For the Children

America's Best Home and Garden Brands 2022

Americans have been spending much more time at home over the last couple of years.

Trying to Stand Out

With customers increasingly willing to stray, brands are upping their game on loyalty programs

Where Russian Tourists Are Missing

The Ukraine invasion’s travel curbs are hurting businesses from Thailand to the Maldives

The Moral Quandary Of Russian Debt

The country is fast becoming a case study in distressed investing. Who’s buying? Capitalism’s finest

The Promise Of Paxlovid

If Pfizer’s Covid-19 treatment is to help end the pandemic, more nations need rapid access

Scents of Adventure

Are you ready to go on a journey to find the fragrance that’s just for you?

Robots For the Little Guy

Subscription services let small outfits automate and avoid high wages and labor shortages

The most powerful union in sports meets its match

Visitors entering the 30th-floor lobby of Major League Baseball’s old headquarters on Park Avenue in New York a few years back would immediately encounter 30 mannequins, one for each of the league’s teams. The display was impressive, but some players who visited the offices couldn’t help but notice what each mannequin was missing: its head.

Is Warren Buffett Drilling For Oil?

○ His growing stake in shale producer Occidental has investors wondering whether it will be Berkshire Hathaway’s next acquisition

Louis Dejoy Isn't Going Anywhere

A lot of people thought the posímaster general would, and should be shown the door by Joe Biden. That's only made his recent successes sweeter

Hooked On India

U.S. generic drugmakers depend on more than 100 factories in India for crucial ingredients

Is This the End of The Space Station?

A symbol of international cooperation in space is under threat