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Cash Grants Aren’t a Long-Term Solution to Global Poverty — Tameem Sankari for Bloomberg Businesweek

Cash Grants Aren’t a Long-Term Solution to Global Poverty

Direct cash grants are a popular means of providing global development aid. But there are better ways to help poor people.

Inside the Audacious Company Knocking Off Famous Beauty Brands — Karan Singh for Bloomberg Businessweek

Inside the Audacious Company Knocking Off Famous Beauty Brands

MCo’s business is proudly built on dupes of Estée Lauder, Fenty and the rest of the makeup aisle.

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Boomers Are Passing Down Fortunes — And Way, Way Too Much Stuff

As the $90 trillion Great Wealth Transfer begins, millennials and Gen X aren’t just inheriting money. They’re being buried under an avalanche of baseball cards, fine china and collections of all sorts.

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Why the Lipstick Effect Won’t Kiss Off

Beauty sales often see a bump in times of economic stress.

Medicare Adds Wegovy and Zepbound. Who’s Next?

Electric Bills Are Coming Due for Unpaid Federal Workers

Why Build-A-Bear Has Been on an Nvidia-Like Run — Theo Welling for Bloomberg Businessweek

Why Build-A-Bear Has Been on an Nvidia-Like Run

CEO Sharon Price John has helped transform the plush toy retailer from late-’90s fad into retail juggernaut.

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The Beauty Issue

How an $11 Billion Beauty Company Built a Suburban Empire

How an $11 Billion Beauty Company Built a Suburban Empire

Will Men’s Makeup Ever Go Mainstream?

Will Men’s Makeup Ever Go Mainstream?

The Fight to Save the $2.7 Billion Botox Empire

The Fight to Save the $2.7 Billion Botox Empire

How Dyson Went From Fancy Vacuum Maker to Beauty Titan

How Dyson Went From Fancy Vacuum Maker to Beauty Titan

Will Elon Get Paid $1 Trillion?

Tesla's Master Plan, Part 4

Are Elon and Mark Friends Again?

Sex, Power and the Downfall of the Orgasmic Meditation Cult — Dexter Maurer for Bloomberg Businessweek

Sex, Power and the Downfall of the Orgasmic Meditation Cult

OneTaste’s former leaders were once the seeming vanguard of women’s empowerment, but an excerpt from Ellen Huet’s book, Empire of Orgasm, shows how they became convicted felons who wouldn’t mind a Trump pardon.

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Onitsuka Tiger Sneakers Are Winning Gen Z’s Heart

Sales of the 76-year-old shoe brand have taken off amid a global tourism boom to Japan.

Why Everything From Perfume to Soap Smells Like Food Now

Buldak’s Spicy Ramen Is Riding TikTok Fame to the Top

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The Entertainers and Executives Shaping the Arts and Culture

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A Walk With

Getting to know the most interesting people in business

Why Build-A-Bear Has Been on an Nvidia-Like Run — Theo Welling for Bloomberg Businessweek

Why Build-A-Bear Has Been on an Nvidia-Like Run

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OpenAI’s Chairman Is Thinking a Lot About Bubbles Right Now

Floyd Mayweather’s Latest Side Hustle? Supplement Salesman

Buying Power

Amanda Mull on consumer culture

The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results — Bobby Doherty for Bloomberg Businessweek

The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results

Trends always have an element of randomness, but our algorithmic feeds have made them unintelligible.

Extra Salt

Deena Shanker on the food business

Why America’s Fridges Are Overflowing With Sauce — Rui Pu for Bloomberg Businessweek; Photos: Shutterstock (6)

Why America’s Fridges Are Overflowing With Sauce

The pandemic is over, but households are still stocked up on fancy ketchups and chili crisp like the world could end tomorrow.

The Boom in ‘Better for You’ Kid Snacks Is Worse for Parents

Taco Bell’s Not-So-Secret Sauce: An Endless Stream of New Stuff

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Will Foreign MBAs Win or Lose With Trump’s H-1B Reforms? Maybe Both

Two largely overlooked sentences in a government proclamation, calling for raising the H-1B program’s wages, could prove to have a big effect.

Harvard Business School Is Most Coveted Among MBAs Globally

Top US Business Schools Are Shutting Down DEI Initiatives

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Ira Boudway and Randall Williams on the business of sports

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Has a Steve Ballmer Problem on His Hands

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Has a Steve Ballmer Problem on His Hands

The billionaire owner of the Clippers is posing a managerial headache for the league.

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The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results — Bobby Doherty for Bloomberg Businessweek

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