June 9, 2023 Issue

The fall of startup A123 still haunts the US decades later—and reveals everything that’s wrong with this country’s approach to innovation.

Papa Inc. offers a kind of TaskRabbit for seniors. It’s covered by Medicare Advantage and some company health plans. And it’s got some very disturbing incident reports.

The SEC’s lawsuits show what crypto platforms shouldn’t do. But the US needs better rules defining what they can and should.

A look at the four variables that will tell us whether the country dodges a recession or becomes mired in stagflation.

Investors soured on Turkey’s contrarian economic policies. New Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek might just be able to bring enough of them back.

The Warren Buffett-backed automaker, the biggest car brand at home, has quickly expanded its clean-car sales in Asia, Europe and Latin America. 

The blockbuster cancer drug, its most important product, could be a prime target of newly approved Medicare price negotiations.

To maintain growth, it’s rolling out products to lure millennial and Gen Z guys into its female-focused stores.

Fresh off the company’s win at the Supreme Court, Halimah DeLaine Prado looks to the novel challenges ahead.

Producers and governments grapple with the mixed blessings of the world’s leading provider of premium streaming video.

The Federal Home Loan Bank system provides billions to banks curtailing mortgage lending, and millions to its executives

Recent decisions on bid-rigging and college admissions scandals could be a precedent in cases of alleged financial crime.

The right-wing leader must decide whether to opt out of China deal as she looks to drive change in the economy through state-owned companies.

The front-runner in the presidential race says he would make the greenback the official currency and “blow up” the central bank.

The renewables and fossil fuel industries—and Democrats and Republicans in Washington—are uniting in their push to streamline the country’s thicket of regulations.

The French energy giant is slowly restarting its LNG project in Mozambique, helping the country’s northern cities return to normal.

At least a half-dozen projects under consideration would transmit electricity from solar and wind installations in North Africa.

Israeli startup Zzapp maps water bodies where insects breed so they can be treated with larvicide. 

Can’t travel this summer? Here are ways to bring the taste of Europe to your backyard barbecue.

Whether you’re meeting friends for a poolside lunch or visiting family for a holiday barbecue, these are the presents to bring to your next event.

Easy-drinking American-style lagers are having a moment.

At high-end cocktail bars and restaurants, citrus is having a retro moment. Plus: two recipes you can make at home. 

Bang & Olufsen’s Beosound A5 high-resolution wireless Bluetooth speaker is a must-have for dance parties and beach barbecues.

Stable Diffusion’s text-to-image model amplifies stereotypes about race and gender — here’s why that matters