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The Foot Soldiers in Russia's Mobilization Economy

Entrepreneurs are getting creative about filling gaps created by sanctions

The Greening of a Puddle Jumper

New England’s Cape Air says its short hops are a great place to start electrifying aviation

When Bigger Batteries Are Better

Dutch startup Zenon says heftier cells can work for industrial storage and price arbitrage

China Rejoins The Party

The easing of Covid restrictions may be the boost the flagging world economy needs

Biotech Startups Find Cash Is the Best Medicine

After years of abundant funding from VCs and public investors, capital has lately become a scarce resource

Cool Beer for a Warming World

To counter climate change, brewer Carlsberg uses science to score sustainable ingredients

This Word Helps You Go Viral

It's hard to light up the internet. But according to one of today’s hottest viral agencies, it becomes a little easier when you take this approach. by JASON FEIFER

THE FRANCHISE 500'S BIG MOVERS

Some brands leapt more than 100 spots on our list this year. What did they do right? We asked them.

Gear to Kick Off the Year

2023 is all about mixing business with pleasure. Emmy Award-winning gear expert Mario Armstrong has the latest equipment to get you going.

Go Ahead, Steal a Leadership Style

To become the best leader you can be, you must start by being a version of the leaders you most admire.

I Saw the Sign

by Brooke Schnittman, founder, Coaching With Brooke

TOP 10 LEADERS OF THE FRANCHISE 500

MEET THE LEADERS OF THE FRANCHISE 500

Cana Boss and an Employee Swap Roles?

These two women at the creative agency Marine Lane did it, and they say it’s the perfect arrangement. Here, they extol the virtues of what they call the boomerang boss.’

Do Not 'Agree to Disagree'

That's just called avoiding the issue. There’s a better way to handle disagreements—and for the guys behind Smart Passive Income, it became their guiding principle.

Here Comes the Fun

What's next in franchising? These seven newer brands (who didn't make our ranking this year) are introducing bold, fresh ideas to the world.

How To Be A Wealthy Franchisee

Some franchisees are slaves to their businesses. Others make great money and still have time to enjoy their lives. What's the difference? Mindset and execution.

SHOULD YOU BUY A FRANCHISE DURING A BAD ECONOMY?

The answer is yes, so long as you buy wisely. That's why today's potential franchisees are asking tougher questions before signing on.

Another round of coinbase job cuts, 20% of workforce let go

Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase is cutting approximately 20% of its workforce, or about 950 jobs, in a second round of layoffs in less than a year.

Are You Ready for Some Big Data?

When the National Football League began seriously studying concussions six years ago, its focus initially was head trauma. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags were placed in helmets, shoulder pads and even mouthpieces to gather metrics about each player’s speed, distance, orientation and the direction his head moved. (The tags are placed on every player for all games and practices.)

Why You'll Want to Extend Your Stay at Extended-Stay Hotels

Traditionally, residence hotels have targeted either the jet-setter—take the $8,000-a-night Hyde Park suite at Mandarin Oriental London—or, as with the $95-a-night Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham in Sterling, Virginia, the budget-conscious business traveler.

Pursuits – A Bold Epoque for Art in Paris

Paris was crowned Europe’s preeminent contemporary art capital in October, when the international jet set descended for the inaugural edition of the inelegantly named Paris+ par Art Basel fair.

Your Home Will Become a Power Plant

A home can be many things—a refuge, an investment, a money pit. So why not a power plant? In 2023 more US homes equipped with solar panels and batteries will start generating surplus electricity they can sell to their local utility.

Private Credit Prepares for Its Big Test

War, inflation and recession fears proved to be devastating for financial markets in 2022. Yet in private credit-one of the most opaque corners of Wall Street, where small groups of institutions and financiers make loans directly to companies—the picture has never looked brighter.

The Reeducation of Young Bankers

Life on Wall Street has been so smooth for Drew Pettit’s generation that the 33-year-old Citigroup Inc. strategist decided to study financial pain. He started reading “the most bearish, miserable set of books I could potentially find.”

R.I.P. Cheap Money (2008-22)

Cheap money-an incredibly popular and influential feature of finance that led to a surge of wealth, speculative trading and booms in ridiculous investments such as meme stocks and digital images of cartoon monkeys died suddenly in 2022. It was 14 years old. Cheap money is survived by its estranged relative, expensive money.

Supreme Court Weighs In On Social Media

A set of US Supreme Court cases could transform the legal landscape for social media companies by the end of the court’s term in late June, with potentially wide-reaching implications for political discourse and the 2024 elections.

The Biden Agenda for 2023

For Joe Biden, 2022 was a turnaround year. He entered it bruised and stumbling as inflation soared, Covid-19 raged and Russia invaded. By the end, he and fellow Democrats had secured a series of victories in Congress, staved off the customary midterm election massacre and beat back skeptics within the party, helped by a resilient job market and receding inflation. It’s left Biden in a buoyant mood heading into 2023, emboldened and all but certain, at age 80, to announce a reelection bid soon.

Hot Seat: Bank of Japan

Haruhiko Kuroda, the longest- serving Bank of Japan governor, is set to step down in April. Over the past decade, Kuroda oversaw one of the world’s most radical experiments in monetary policy, including yield curve control, in which a central bank commits to buying government bonds in order to keep yields at a target interest rate.

Anybody Worried?

The pillars of prosperity have crumbled, and it's not clear they can be rebuilt

Carbon Capture GOLD RUSH

Past efforts to capture carbon dioxide so it doesn’t worsen climate change have been small-scale and littered with expensive failures. But supporters say the new tax incentives in the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are transformative enough that, combined with the lessons of the past 20 years, the technology is finally ready to take off.