How an F Student Became America’s Most Prolific Inventor
Lowell Wood broke Edison's patent record and helped bring down the Soviet Union
Big Pharma’s Darknet Drug Deal
An ex-detective is tracking down knock-offs to counter a dangerous trade.
Finding a Place for Cannabis Cash
Anthony Rivera wants Indian tribes to serve the $3 billion trade.
The Little Gear That Could Reshape the Jet Engine
A simple idea’s almost 30-year, $10 billion journey to the aircraft mainstream.
A New App Wants to Make Hotels a Hit in India
Oyo attracts foreign investment and fresh competition.
Lululemon’s Founding Family Gets Revenge With Cashmere
They built a spandex empire. Now they have a new plan to dress the young, fit, and rich.
Finding Beauty in Snail Mucus, Camel Milk, and Starfish Extract
Overseas sales jump for Korean cosmetics featuring unusual ingredients.
Making Billions From the Booming Breast-Pump Market
Obamacare helps, and hinders, a Swiss breast-pump manufacturer.
Massachusetts’ Big Bet on Biotech Pays Off
A 2008 law providing subsidies to startups has generated revenue.
A Wage Hike for Workers, a Win for Fiat
The carmaker still has a labor-cost advantage over its rivals.
Must See Videos
Meet the Florida Monkeys Testing Your Medicine
Hendry County, a remote area in south-central Florida, has become the epicenter of the American monkey farming industry. For years, the county's private monkey farms had been quietly importing and breeding monkeys for sale to medical and scientific institutions for research. However, a proposal to build an additional monkey farm in the same region has recently caught on as a hot issue among animal rights activists, who hope to put an end to the entire operation. Video by Jennafer Savino, Zach Goldstein, Justin Beach (Source: Bloomberg)
Clinton Takes Trump, Bush, and NRA to Task on Guns
Speaking at a town hall meeting in Manchester, New Hampshire on Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton focused on gun violence. She blasted Republican rivals Jeb Bush and Donald Trump over their reaction to the shooting at Umpqua Community College, saying it was “an admission of defeat and surrender.” In outlining her proposals on gun control she said, “They're not new, there's nothing unique about them other than the fact that I am so determined.”
The Company Cleaning Up India's Hotel Business
Ritesh Agarwal, OYO Rooms' founder and chief executive officer, discusses the state of India's hotel business with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat on "Trending Business." (Source: Bloomberg)
See the World's Greenest Office Building: The Edge
The Edge, in Amsterdam, is officially the greenest office building in the world. It's also the testing ground for a radical, highly connected new way of working, where employees have no set workspaces and can dial in their individual climate and lighting preferences via an app. Businessweek's Tom Randall got a first-hand look at the inner workings of this office of the future. (Video by: Justin Beach, Brandon Lisy, Alan Jeffries) (Source: Bloomberg) (Corrects company name in video.)
Are Millennials Financially Screwed?
Millennials say they are following their dreams despite the financial pressures that face them. A Bloomberg Politics poll conducted this month quizzed the cohort on their financial habits from debt management to retirement goals. And Bloomberg also interviewed a creative pool of people age 18-35 in New York. (Video by Christian Capestany, Dan Madden, Ali Withers, Adam Wolffbrant) (Source: Blomberg)
How The Apprentice Explains Donald Trump's Campaign
His base is Apprentice viewers; and his Iowa coordinator is an Apprentice finalist who chooses delegates using Apprentice-style games.
Why Dell Is Using Tracking Stock for Its EMC Bid
About a quarter of Dell Inc.’s $67 billion valuation for EMC Corp. hinges on a type of security that most of Wall Street considers an artifact of the technology bubble: tracking stock. Should anyone be concerned?
Texas Towns Push Back on Instant Slums
Developers say they’re offering much-needed low-cost housing.
Brazil's Next Big Crisis Is Scaring Bankers and Wiping Out Jobs
In the smog-filled, run-down industrial hubs that ring the southern end of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s next big crisis is taking root.
China’s State Sector: Bigger Than Ever
The giant corporations are deemed essential to the party.
Running on Mars
Can a “gravity-reducing” treadmill get you going again?
Netflix’s Oscar Bait
With Beasts of No Nation, the streaming service comes after the cineplex.
The Bitter Season
A guide to bracing, herbaceous, old-man amaro—and the cocktails to use it in this fall.
You Wanted a Hit?
In an adapted excerpt from his new book, The Song Machine, John Seabrook explains why streaming services will never kill Top 40
What I Wear to Work: Alton Brown
The Food Network host dons very expensive blazers to cook on TV.