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Sustainability, American EVs, From the Ground Up
A proposal to reopen a lithium mine is a crucial building block for an all-US battery supply chain
On Your Mark, Get Set... Shake
Want to get the party started quickly? A new book has recipes for drinks that can be made in 60 seconds or less
The Hidden Risks of Chartered Planes
○ Seekers of the jet-set life at a discount price potentially face fatal consequences using illicit operators
Sears's Long Goodbye
@ Finally out of bankruptcy, it faces a changed retail landscape and an uncertain future
Farming With Google X
The company’s famous moonshot laboratory tackles the challenges of strawberry cultivation
We Don't Talk About Sam
FTX was wining and dining its way to becoming a player in the futures industry. It made for an awkward convention
Sustainability American EVs, From the Ground Up
A proposal to reopen a lithium mine is a crucial building block for an all-US battery supply chain
Americans Still Have a Lot of Cash
Just before the pandemic, in the fourth quarter of 2019, American households held about $1 trillion in what was effectively cash—currency and accounts against which checks could be written.
You'll Pay For This
American and European taxpayers are helping maintain Russian superyachts stuck in legal limbo
A Temple of Female Athletic Achievement
A neighborhood watering hole in Portland shows only women’s sports
Support for abortion rights turned out to be a key issue after all
Signs from a protestin Washington, DC, on Oct. 8
Florida doesn't belong just to Trump anymore
There was one surprise loser on election night, and he wasn’t even on the ballot: Donald Trump and his extremist brand of politics.
Europe's Wageflation Hangover
The recent season of strikes at big companies shows workers are determined to boost pay in 2023
Chess Faces Its Al Crisis
High-stakes cheating allegations illustrate how technology complicates ideas of human mastery
Can Adobe Change?
The company wants to transform itself by buying Figma, but customers and regulators have concerns
Left in The Dark
○ Europe’s buying up gas in a big way, causing shortages and blackouts elsewhere
Governing Just Impossible Again
●The new era in Congress through the lens of the GOP speaker-in-waiting
Can Cineworld Find A Happy Ending?
A costly pre-pandemic expansion landed the world's No.2 theater chain in bankruptcy. Now streaming and a dearth of may seal its fate blockbusters
Elon Versus Math
Twitter’s new debt load means it has to make big, risky changes really fast
China's New No.2
Li Qiang, a Xi Jinping acolyte, faces major challenges in steering the economy
Beyond Pickleball
Teqball, a fusion of soccer, pingpong and tennis, is growing in popularity in the US
Peter Thiel's far-right crusade is just getting started
In mid-September, Peter Thiel appeared at the National Conservatism Conference in Miami to offer a bit of advice to the far-right movement that he helped create and for which he serves as the key financial patron. During the speech, Thiel complained that the Republicans had failed to offer a policy agenda to voters.
The Zelle Loophole
Small-business owners are using the service to keep income secret from the IRS, though that’s illegal
First Boston Hits the Road
Can an old brand spun out from Credit Suisse find a place on the new Wall Street?
Meta's Moonshot Puzzle
Do investors in Facebook’s parent want to bet on virtual reality, too?
ONE OF THE MOST HATED EXECS IN GAMING IS HEADING TO THE METAVERSE
John Riccitiello generated billions of dollars for Unity Software by turning mobile games into an advertising wasteland. Now one of the industry’s most controversial figures has plans to bring that same sensibility to the virtual world
Remember the debt ceiling fights? Now add a recession
Americans were already unhappy with the economy of 2022. Republican control of the House threatens to make 2023 worse.
An Abortion Pill Supply Chain—by Mail Order
Indian generic drug makers are drop-shipping the medicines to US women facing local curbs
World of Shocks
Brexit, the US-China trade war, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—more such geopolitical surprises will continue the economic upheaval
The Fertility Predicament
Lowering birthrates is the key to making Africa's economies stronger and reducing poverty