The Test Lab for Fake News Isn’t Where You Think It Is - December 11, 2017 Issue

December 11, 2017 Issue

What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

By Lauren Etter

Remarks

Remarks

After Decades of Hints, Buffett’s Heir May Now Be More Apparent

By Noah Buhayar

Warren Buffett

Business

Business

CVS’s $68 Billion Bid to Bring One-Stop Shopping to Health Care

By Zachary Tracer

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Designing a New Airline for Hipsters (and Air France Investors)

By Ania Nussbaum

Designing a New Airline for Hipsters (and Air France Investors)

These Mocktails Are No Shirley Temples

By Thomas Buckley

These Mocktails Are No Shirley Temples

This Company Is About to Flood the U.S. With Cheap HIV Drugs

By Ari Altstedter

This Company Is About to Flood the U.S. With Cheap HIV Drugs

Technology

Technology

This Crowdfunding Site Runs on Hate

By Adam Popescu

This Crowdfunding Site Runs on Hate

Alphabet’s DeepMind Is Trying to Transform Health Care — But Should an AI Company Have Your Health Records?

By Jeremy Kahn

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Silicon Valley Is Sneaking Models Into This Year’s Holiday Parties

By Sarah Frier

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The Computer That Saved a Vineyard

By Larissa Zimberoff

The Filcs system, nicknamed Felix, tracks and analyzes minute changes in the wine tanks and adjusts settings to maintain equilibrium.

Finance

Finance

The Bitcoin Whales: 1,000 People Who Own 40 Percent of the Market

By Olga Kharif

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They Gave Her a $3.8 Million Bonus—and Then the Boot

By Sabrina Willmer

They Gave Her a $3.8 Million Bonus—and Then the Boot

The Strange Case of the Look-Alike Credit Cards

By Jennifer Surane

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Economics

Economics

Desperate Venezuelans Turn to Video Games to Survive

By Andrew Rosati

Gamers in Venezuela

New Battle Looms in Powerful Indian States as Modi Tightens Grip

By Iain Marlow and Bibhudatta Pradhan

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U.S. Vastly Overstates Oil Output Forecasts, MIT Study Suggests

By Jim Polson and Tim Loh

U.S. Vastly Overstates Oil Output Forecasts, MIT Study Suggests

Politics

Politics

Mueller’s Investigation Just Got Some Insurance

By Greg Farrell, Tom Schoenberg and Neil Weinberg

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How to Launder $1 Billion of Iranian Oil

By Christian Berthelsen

Reza Zarrab.

How Trump Did the Impossible: Getting Solar and Oil Lobbyists to Unite

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy

President Trump Departs The White House For Travel To Utah

The GOP Must Crack These Four Tax Bill Disagreements

By Peter Coy and Sahil Kapur

The GOP Must Crack These Four Tax Bill Disagreements

Focus/Small Business

Focus/Small Business

Puerto Rico’s Slow Hurricane Recovery Is Suffocating Small Business

By Nick Leiber

Puerto Rico’s Slow Hurricane Recovery Is Suffocating Small Business

Argent Is Filling the Gap in Affordable Women’s Workwear

By Carol Hymowitz

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Relaxation Tanks Are Stressful Business

By Arianne Cohen

From left, Tracy Pafel and Jennie Herb of Blue Lotus Float Co. at their unfinished office space in Owings Mills, Md., on Nov. 27, 2017.

Features

Features

What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

By Lauren Etter

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Millions Are Hounded for Debt They Don’t Owe. One Victim Fought Back, With a Vengeance

By Zeke Faux

Millions Are Hounded for Debt They Don’t Owe. One Victim Fought Back, With a Vengeance

The Superstar Lawyer Tied to Harvey Weinstein Isn’t Panicked

By Felix Gillette, Max Abelson, Casey Sullivan and Rebecca Greenfield

The Superstar Lawyer Tied to Harvey Weinstein Isn’t Panicked

Pursuits

Pursuits

The Fancy Butter Buying Guide

By Emily Saladino

Animal Farm butter, made in Orwell, Vt.

Three More Great Reasons to Go to Cape Town Right Away

By Sarah Khan

Mark Williams

The Best New World Time Watches Bring the Globe to Your Wrist

By Troy Patterson

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Apple Is Leading a Revolution in Office Chairs

By Cliff Kuang

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A Powerful Pair of Skis for Almost Any Type of Powder

By Gordy Megroz

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In Dismal Summer, ‘Despicable Me 3’ Producer Delivers $1 Billion

By Christopher Palmeri and Anousha Sakoui

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