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Berlin Braces For a Dark Winter
The city is speeding the shutdown of 19th-century gas lanterns while citizens scramble to stay warm
The Mighty Dolomiti
The Italian side of the Alps is undergoing an Olympic-size transformation
Go Ripping Down That Hill
Racing legend Bode Miller has been trying to make the perfect skis for 15 years. He finally did it
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
America’s Energy Conundrum
High prices pose a political risk at home, but allies abroad are desperate for aid
Unleashing the Economic Arsenal
The US uses an increasingly intricate array of measures against its biggest global rivals
Goldman Sachs Rethinks Retail
The elite bank’s effort to build a consumer brand has been expensive
The Classic Hedge Fund Is Stuck
Equity managers haven’t provided the kind of bear market buffer clients had hoped for
Elon Meets His Match
He’s been able to bend reality to his whim. Delaware contract law looks to be the exception
Cracks in the Foundation
Musk’s play for Twitter has damaged an already shaky company, and there’s no easy path to recovery
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
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
Can Frank Gehry Interest You in a Condo?
The very famous architect looks to put a very large stamp on one of North America's biggest building booms
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
Monumental
Nothing can prepare you for a visit to Michael Heizer’s epic artwork in the middle of the harsh Nevada desert
HOMEBUYER HELL
A growing number of hackers are intercepting people’s down payments as they purchase a new home
Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere
The $100 billion invested in the driverless-vehicles industry has mostly taken us in circles, according to an emerging consensus of experts-and the Trump-pardoned guy who invented it
High Fashion At 7,900 Feet
A Colorado secondhand store shows how to serve a global clientele with a local business
Organizing Lobstermen
A union that boosts boat crews’ bargaining power offers a model for the gig economy
Europe’s Huge, Unusable Gas Field
Earthquake risks mean the Dutch are unwilling to plug the Russia-related energy shortfall
The Great Bitcoin Jailbreak
Feds seized a storage device full of ill-gotten tokens. And then someone started stealing them
How Britain’s Bond Market Almost Toppled
○ Pension funds use derivatives to reduce risk—but the strategy backfired when interest rates spiked
Politicians Are Stuck With Facebook
For campaigns seeking to advertise on social media, there aren’t other good options
Silicon Valley Doesn’t Want To Share
Customers expect their products to work well together. They often don’t
Rebooting Adidas
The shoemaker is looking for a new CEO who can steer both the brand and the bottom line
Can Pfizer Repeat Its Covid Success?
The pharma giant sees a new era, but competitors are circling, and skeptics abound
Twitter's Turn
With a lawsuit looming, Elon Musk decides to go through with his Twitter purchase—for now at least