The Bloomberg 50

THE PEOPLE WHO DEFINED AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR

Amazon's European Adventure Could Be Different From Google's

There are signs that the company and the European Union are working to avoid an antitrust showdown

Scotland Makes Periods Less Painful

The country is the first in the world to offer free, universal access to sanitary products

Musk's German Charm Offensive

The Tesla boss has won over many Germans, but labor senses a growing threat

Lost on Main Street

The Fed’s program to save midsize businesses isn’t working, and it isn’t clear there’s an easy fix

Finding Flights to Deliver Vaccines

The pandemic has vastly reduced airlines’ capacity to haul freight

The Pot Lobby Seeks A New Prize

Hopes are high for federal drug reform under Biden, even if Republicans keep the Senate

Corralling the Vatican's Golden Calf

Pope Francis’ quest to bring transparency to church finances is running into stiff opposition from an entitled Curia

A Covid Boost for Flu Fighters

Developers of influenza vaccines are benefiting from the focus on the coronavirus

WHO'S a good business model? It's YOU! Yes it is! You're SUCH a good business model! Yes you are!

Locked-down Americans are pampering their pets like never before, and Chewy is reaping the benefits

Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Build Here

Wildfires are close to torching the insurance industry in California

America Needs YOU to Track Covid-19

The government struggled to publish high-quality data on the virus, so the unofficial Covid Tracking Project stepped up

A Prince, a Financer... And A Very Private Bank

Prince Andrew’s friendship with David Rowland gave cachet to Banque Havilland, a Luxembourg lender that wooed sketchy clients in high places

Welcome to Lithium Valley

A dusty stretch rich in deposits of the metal used to make batteries may host California’s next gold rush

This Market Is for Noobs

Professional money managers aren’t beating the market. The novice trader next door might be

Boom Times for Streaming, Not for Hollywood Jobs

That the Covid-19 pandemic has been a disaster for those who work in live entertainment is no surprise.

LYSOL IS WORKING ON IT

THE SANITIZER MAKER IS CHURNING OUT MORE PRODUCT THAN EVER BEFORE. BUT WITH A PANDEMIC WINTER ON THE WAY, THAT’S STILL NOT ENOUGH

Santa Has a Pandemic Plan

Thanks to Covid, kids are trading Santa’s lap for video chats and plexiglass shields

The Final Hurdle Is Bureaucracy

An alphabet soup of regulators raises the prospect of vaccine chaos

A Guide to the World In 2050

As the balance of power shifts from West to East, market to state, democracy to authoritarianism and populism—history isn’t over. It’s just getting started

THE LONG HAULERS

The human and economic costs of Covid-19 will linger long after a vaccine has arrived

Tweeter in Chief No More

Donald Trump may find himself treated like an ordinary twitizen and without the special privileges provided to world leaders

The Airline Flying Above the Storm

While others are retrenching, IndiGo is spending big to expand in a post-Covid world

Let the Battle Begin

Next-gen game consoles are faster, but you may want to wait for more titles

In Zelle We Trust

In Venezuela, money transfer services are enabling what may be the world’s first digital dollarization

Green Cars Won on Election Day, Too

A Biden administration could jump-start aid for the industry’s transition to electric vehicles

Democracy Needs A Good Bureaucracy

President-elect Biden must repair the harm done to the U.S. government under Trump and begin to build a modern, expert-led civil service

Dealing With Trump's Trade Legacy

The Biden administration will not be content simply to restore the old order

Can a Covid Vaccine Be Too Perfect?

The lack of serious side effects in China’s big trials is raising concerns about transparency

Fell The Power

A Seattle startup is leading the e-bike boom. Can it hold on?