How an F Student Became America’s Most Prolific Inventor
Lowell Wood broke Edison's patent record and helped bring down the Soviet Union
The Parking Company Getting Young Japanese to Love Cars
Park24, which commands 70 percent of Japan’s car-share market, expects to almost double its fleet by 2019.
Big Pharma’s Darknet Drug Deal
An ex-detective is tracking down knock-offs to counter a dangerous trade.
The Robots Chasing Amazon
Startups point their metal claws at e-commerce warehouses.
Project: Evo, the First Prescription-Strength Video Game?
A game that does more than build hand-eye coordination.
No Leaving Them Alone
U.S. troops are staying on in Afghanistan, but the country’s fate depends on its own armed forces.
The Great Negative Rates Experiment
The Swedes, Danes, and Swiss venture to the subzero zone.
The President Who Betrayed Business
Erdogan targets corporations and the media as he fights to keep a grip on power.
Big Electric Shocks Big Oil
California’s new emissions law enlists utilities to help wean drivers off gasoline.
Afghanistan Has a U.S. Airbase to Sell You
At a five-star hotel in Dubai, nearly 200 people in suits and military uniforms flipped through color-coded maps outlining the perks available if they bought space in soon-to-be-vacated U.S. air bases in Afghanistan.
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Can Bonnie Ross's Halo 5 Save the Xbox?
Editor-In-Chief Ellen Pollock and Creative Director Robert Vargas go behind the scenes of the making of this week's magazine cover: THE REAL MASTER CHIEF - Can Bonnie Ross build a video game cool enough to save the Xbox? by Joshua Brustein. (Source: Bloomberg)
A Conversation: Why Women MBAs Face Big Gender Pay Gap
Bloomberg Businessweek surveyed 12,773 business school alumni, for the first time ever, and found that women with MBAs face a gender-based pay divide that starts as soon as they graduate, and only gets worse throughout their careers. They end up managing fewer people and less satisfied with their jobs than men with the exact same degrees, who graduated at the same time. Bloomberg's Jonathan Rodkin and Natalie Kitroeff discuss the findings. (Source: Bloomberg)
Platinum Partners Gained Average of 17% for 3 Years
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Volkswagen: Dirty Dealings on Clean Diesel Tech?
Bloomberg's Vernon Silver examines who knew what and when at Volkswagen about the carmaker cheating on diesel emissions. He speaks on "Bloomberg ‹GO›." (Source: Bloomberg)
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)
How Two Guys Lost God and Found $40 Million
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Starbucks Is Adding Drive-Thru Video Screens to Improve Service
Starbucks Corp. is adding video screens to the drive-thru lanes of 2,400 cafes in the U.S., an attempt to revamp a decades-old ordering system that has become central to how restaurant chains interact with customers.
Fantasy Sports Meets Its Match: Lawyers
Hello taxes. Goodbye profits.
Cyberspace Becomes Second Front in Russia’s Clash With NATO
Russian computer attacks have become more brazen and more destructive as the country grows increasingly at odds with the U.S. and European nations over military goals first in Ukraine and now Syria.
Need Cash? Pawn a Picasso
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The People Behind Sexy Pizza Rat Know You Won’t Buy Their Costume
Viral Halloween costumes might not sell, but it's all about marketing anyway.
American Spirit: A Coast-to-Coast Craft Distillery Crawl
Distilleries are busting out all over the U.S., producing more than just your typical Kentucky bourbon. Here are six to tour and what you’ll sip along the way.
Meet Your Robot Underling
We tested four startup services that play secretary using artificial intelligence—with varying degrees of success.
Hold the Tip
No gratuities could mean better food.
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She knows what a Vanna White dress should look like.