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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Motor Group

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP'S engineering team developed the company's new Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which underpins a new generation of vehicles aimed at democratizing an electrified future. It earns its creators Newsweek's Auto Disruptors Research and Development Team of the Year Award.

POWERTRAIN OF THE YEAR - Hyundai Motor Group

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP went into development of its new generation of electric vehicles aiming to improve efficiency and range.

EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR - Jim Farley, PRESIDENT AND CEO, FORD MOTOR COMPANY

FORD PRESIDENT AND CEO Jim Farley’s grandfather worked on the line that built the Model T more than 100 years ago. Now Farley has been tasked with advancing the Ford family legacy of auto disruption and innovation into the twenty-first century by moving the company to the forefront of the industry’s digital future.

Forever in Their Hearts

Fontaines D.C. look at Irish identity from their new home in London

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR - Alfonso Albaisa, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL DESIGN, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

WHEN IT COMES TO AUTOMOTIVE design, the passion is in the process for Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan’s senior vice president of global design.

Banned: Silenced Stories of the Marginalized

SOME 1,597 BOOKS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED OR removed from libraries over the past year, according to the latest figures from the American Library Association (ALA)—the highest number since the organization began keeping track 20 years ago.

‘The Big Quit' Roils Retail

Retailers are still short hundreds of thousands of workers. Here’s how the turnover is impacting merchants—and their employees

THE CREWMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

For years the destruction of the Brillante Virtuoso was one of the shipping industry's greatest mysteries. Then a man appeared claiming to know exactly what happened, and the hunt was on

The Evolution Of Luxury in the Galápagos

A cruise ship offers levels of poshness never before seen in Darwin's laboratory.

It's Hermès Time

After decades spent building its reputation as a watchmaker, the luxury fashion and leather-goods powerhouse is taking its place among the Swiss

How Uniqlo Became A Favorite in China

In addition to making popular styles, it's kept quiet about the country's human-rights record

How @jack got crypto pilled

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Square, has a new obsession

Avoiding A Brazilian Detroit

The country's Motor City is losing plants and jobs in a sign of manufacturing decline

HAVE YOU PLUGGED IN A FORD LATELY?

With this month's release of the F-150 Lightning, the company is hoping to electrify new and traditional truck buyers alike, and-eventually—to replace its industry-defining gas-powered line

A Cup With a Cause

Cafe chain Bitty & Beau's is growing fast by hiring people with developmental disabilities

Would a Russian Gas Ban Crush German Industry?

As pressure builds for an embargo, business warns of a disaster

The Men Still Missing From the Workforce

After the wild ride of the past two years, employment among Americans in their prime working years, usually defined as age 25 through 54, is edging close to where it was before the pandemic.

How the Heck Do You Sell Scent Online?

Otherland cofounder Abigail Cook Stone got a ton of noes while nosing her way around the challenge.

Make Your Time More Valuable

You don’t always need to hire to grow your business. But you do need to rethink what makes you competitive.

When Teams Create Themselves

What happens when you allow employees to form their own teams and run their own projects? The answer: Innovation.

Can We Build With Garbage?

That’s the big, eco-friendly idea behind ByFusion, which turns plastic waste into construction material.

The $2 Billion Long Haul

KeepTruckin brought much-needed innovation to the trucking industry and achieved a valuation in the billions. But to keep growing, the company must rethink a core part of itself.

Doing the Four-Day Week Right

For starters, don’t try to fit in five days of meetings

Musk's Money Doesn't Just Talk, It Tweets

Given the proximity to April 1, the headline requires more than just a second reading. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., has bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc., making him the company’s biggest shareholder.

A Cup That Runneth Over

Do you really need a different wine glass for every grape varietal? Our critic says no

The Mall That Became A Destination

An outdoor shopping center in Palm Beach is the new hub for wellheeled pandemic transplants

Surviving A Worker Drought

A 1.5% unemployment rate is forcing an Indiana county’s businesses to get creative

Redefining What's Possible for Labor

The new Amazon union may inspire organizing efforts at companies that have long repelled them

Student Loan Relief Changed Lives

A generation defined by debt got a chance to move ahead, but it’s not a permanent fix

Russia's Elon Musk Gets Grounded

○ The aviation mogul’s S7, the nation’s largest private airline, faces uncertainty after lease terms were violated during the Ukraine war