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Taking the Travel Out Of Duty Free

Bargain-hunting travelers have long fattened the profits of duty-free shops, but Covid-19 travel restrictions have hammered those perfume suffused emporiums.

What Do You Do After You Conquer the World?

JeffBezos’ surprise resignation as the CEO of Amazon seems somehow natural and even inevitable

There's Still a Lot Of Work to Do

With the emergence of coronavirus variants, vaccine makers are racing to develop booster shots

A Tiny Town's XL Hopes

Biden’s cancellation of a controversial oil pipeline shocks Alberta’s Oyen, where the arrival of construction crews bolstered businesses

Let Me Be Your Guinea Pig

Thousands of cruising enthusiasts are volunteering to be the first ones back on the boat. By Fran Golden

Priority Mail

The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service needs a champion. Enter Joe Biden

A Shipping Guru Chases The Middle Mile

After spending years building Amazon’s delivery operations, Scott Ruffin is creating one to offer to its competitors

A Sports Betting Futures Market?

The proposal to create contracts on games faces a high regulatory hurdle

The Virus Is Hitting Carmakers, Too

A shortage of chips —crucial for today’s autos — will cost the industry up to $61 billion in sales

The Battle of GameStop

IRL, the video game retailer has no profits. But its shares became part of a showdown between online stock pumpers and short sellers

Xi Insists

Improving U.S.-China relations will require President Xi to make real compromises. So far, he’s unyielding

Surveillance, Censorship, And Profit

Francisco Partners specializes in tech that has both mundane and controversial uses

Rock's Drumbeat Of Deals

Big-time songwriters are selling all or parts of their catalogs to hungry new buyers

NEVER REST

Laugh at him. Shun his business. Sue him. The Pillow King won’t stop his bizarre quest to prove Donald Trump was cheated

STEVE JOBS INVITED JEFF BEZOS OVER FOR SUSHI.

It was the fall of 2003, which were consequential days for both Apple and Amazon. Only two years earlier, Apple released its first iPod and Amazon turned a quarterly profit for the first time. Now Steve was inviting Jeff, me (Colin), and another Amazon colleague down to Cupertino for a chat.

How the Democrats Won in Georgia

A finely tuned turnout machine, and plenty of cash, led to victory in the Senate runoffs

“We do not know yet, but it looks like Covid is here to stay” - Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc.

In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, one of the people most responsible for helping to vaccinate the world against Covid-19 talks about the new virus variants, dosage, and the difference between the Trump and Biden administrations

Stop Working, Start Automating

Why waste your energy on tedious tasks when an app can do them instead?

START YOUR YOUTH MOVEMENT

Young franchisees keep brands relevant with millennial and Gen Z customers, and with decades of career growth ahead of them, they can help bring long-term growth and continuity to franchise companies. So why don’t we spend more time courting them?

A Bank That Keeps Things Simple

It’s not nuts – The 18-year-old coin bank on Casilimas’ desk.

High Hopes For CBD Franchising

Plagued by misinformation and poor regulation, the CBD industry is banking on brick-and-mortar franchise shops to build confidence with cannabis-curious customers.

This Year Will Be Great. Really

After months of forced closures and record-high unemployment, the U.S. is ready for an economic recovery—and the franchise industry is uniquely positioned to lead the charge.

How to Take Down Goliath

The biggest companies can still be taken down by the smallest startups. Here are four strategies disruptors use to fight their way up.

Your Secret Weapon: Great Expectations

The year 2021 may feel uncertain, but set your expectations high anyway. Doing so will become your guiding force.

How to Survive A Bubble

No one can be sure if markets are too high—but your emotions probably are

PELOTON WANTS TO BE MORE THAN A PANDEMIC FAD

In March, a couple of weeks after sweeping stay-at-home orders had brought much of the U.S. to a halt, William Lynch says he realized Peloton Interactive Inc. would fare really well in the year of the pandemic.

HELP IS ON THE WAY But the world still needs a shot in the arm!

The economic outlook is starting to brighten just about everywhere you look

Drugstores To the Rescue

Pharmacy chains aim to boost the vaccine rollout—and their bottom lines

China Tightens Its Grip on Fintech

In late 2020, as Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co. prepared for a $35 billion initial public offering, many outside China wondered if the country’s financial technology giants were becoming a global competitive threat to U.S. and European banks and payments companies. Ant’s Alipay app, used for everything from hailing cabs to investing, had already rewired financial services in the world’s second-largest economy. There was just one problem: Inside China, policymakers were growing uneasy about the sudden dominance of their homegrown superstars.

Charging DUES, Making DO

Phil and Erin Lockwood never imagined their family would be traveling more during the coronavirus pandemic. But since joining the vacation club Inspirato last September, the parents of three have swapped one annual trip to a Disney theme park for villa rentals in Cabo San Lucas and Costa Rica.