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How Taylor Swift Could Still Hurt Ticketmaster

The ticketing fiasco over the singer's tour might help reopen an old antitrust case about its market power

Stopping Alzheimer's Before It Starts

Rather than treating patients already stricken, new drugs from Eli Lilly and Eisai are being tried years earlier

The Fed Doesn't Care About Your Misery

Maybe you've noticed, but supporting stock and bond markets isn't the central bank's top priority

Amazon's Robots Are Ready for the Next Step

Machines that deftly move a range of products without crushing or dropping them could transform the warehouse

Beware the Gas Price Boomerang

US consumers are celebrating the lowest gasoline prices in more than a year. That’s great for families whose incomes were whittled away by ballooning fuel bills earlier this year, but it highlights the inflationary dilemma facing the world’s biggest economy.

THE BEST OF THE REST

In which we take a moment to savor our most memorable experiences of the year

The Best Books of 2022

Business leaders and newsmakers from around the world recommend the most interesting titles they read this year

TOXIC PROPERTIES

THOSE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED RACISM AND MISOGYNY AT SAVILLS, THE 167-YEAR-OLD UK REAL ESTATE COMPANY, SAY ITS CULTURE ENABLES BAD BEHAVIOR. MANAGEMENT SAYS IT'S MAKING \"GOOD PROGRESS\"

Can Twitter Survive The Chief Twit?

Elon Musk is ruling his newest acquisition the way he does the rest of his empire: impulsively, vindictively, loudly. It really doesn't need to be this way

COCAINE BOATS

HOW BALKAN GANGS INFILTRATED THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIPPING COMPANY AND CREATED A GLOBAL TRAFFICKING NETWORK

Birth Control Without a Prescription

A French company wants the FDA to allow sales of its oral contraceptive pills over the counter

Covid Cluster Bomb

The coronavirus's ability to attack multiple organs and weaken immunity is evident in still-high excess deaths

Living Better With Alzheimer's

What if a village square, a garden and two donkeys could help restore dignity and slow the disease?

Indonesia's Nickel Rush

○ Chinese companies are pumping billions into two islands that hold giant ore deposits

Come at Me, Vieux

○ French President Macron picks a fight with unions over his plan to raise the retirement age

Crypto Cops Play Catch-Up

○ Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest and the charges against him show US authorities are quickly learning to rein in crypto crime

AmEx Reclaims Its Throne

It boosted points and added new benefits, then raised fees in the middle of a pandemic. The risky strategy worked

Lab-Made Meat Is Far From Done

Companies need to prove they can scale up as investors sour on projects that take decades to turn a profit

India's iPhone Moment

The country aims to capitalize on rising concerns among manufacturers about China

Microsoft's $69 Billion Worry

FTC chief Lina Khan is skeptical of big mergers such as its Activision deal and isn't afraid to stop them in court

Why Holiday Movies Are Streaming Stars

The films’ modest budgets and replayability have made them a favorite of video services

The Future of Work Is... Lunch

Let's stop treating the midday meal as a productivity zapping distraction

Alone Atop the Salesforce Castle

Leadership turnover and slowing growth plague the software giant

Wrestling With a Russian Exit

A list of companies that have left Russia highlights the economic costs of sanctions

Faux Cocoa's ETHICAL EDGE

Makers of imitation chocolate offer supply chains free from child labor and mass deforestation

The Club With a 60,000 WOMAN Waitlist

A $1.1 billion startup  is creating support groups for women in the workplace. Only executives need apply

Getting to Work in America

When thousands of migrants arrived in New York City, many tried to find jobs to survive. It’s harder than it may seem Photographs by Natalie Keyssar

England's GREEN and TREELESS Land

The UK has a plan to fight climate change with mass tree planting. That’s much easier said than done

JPMorgan Is Still Trying to Fix Health Care

An ambitious partnership with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway fizzled, but the biggest US bank is giving it another shot—this time on its own

The New Guard

Old-world power structures are being upended by women-led groups rewriting the rules of business, politics and activism