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The upcoming Porsche IPO was supposed to unlock value, but recession fears and software issues are holding the German giant back.
Airport chaos and rising prices are taking their toll on the season of “revenge travel.”
Only at the British tennis tournament is a readiness to spend nowhere near enough to get you a pair of tickets.
Alcohol brands are thinking outside the bottle to fuel and gratify a new drinking culture.
A century ago, Tampax had yet to be invented. But menstrual health has long been cordoned off, concealed and sanitized.
Prices for the most popular secondhand luxury watches have peaked. It’s the latest sign that the bling boom might not last.
Britain’s biggest retailer has a leg up on the food giant when it comes to the cost-of-living crisis.
Andrea Felsted
Good Luck Making It to Your Vacation This Summer
Airport chaos and rising prices are taking their toll on the season of “revenge travel.”
Shuli Ren
Sequoia and Tiger Global Take SoftBank to the Cleaners
It’s another blow to Masayoshi Son’s reputation, as the former disruptor gets a taste of his own medicine.
Jonathan Levin
Housing Stands in the Way of a September Fed Pivot
Slowing economic growth, cheaper commodities and bloated inventories could shift monetary policy outlook drastically. The wild card is the pace of rising home prices.
The country’s other post-war industrial titans left behind mixed legacies. Will his be different?
There are simple remedies to online exam cheating. But fixing a bad culture is tougher and depends on better governance.
The 10th-ranked billionaire in the world is slowly dividing up his empire among his family
If Toyota’s cars can’t keep their tires on, what good is its $35 billion EV pledge?
The sportswear giant saw sales slow in its biggest market. That’s going to be more worrying as shoppers rein in their budgets.
The firm’s possible sale of its consulting business will make partners very wealthy. What about former partners?
Instead of trying to block an unstoppable transformation in the distribution of work, employers should focus on how to manage it better.
The SoftBank founder sees an upside to almost every trouble the conglomerate has faced over the past year, from a slumping share price to failed mergers.
From Beyonce’s new single to baggy jeans and bucket hats, consumer culture is living in the 1990s. Yet inflation and labor strikes recall an earlier era.
Opendoor’s ability to make money come rain or shine is about to be tested. The future of iBuying is at stake.
Most are essentially caretaker arrangements that represent, for both sides, bets on normalization, with Russian buyers bearing much of the risk.
Reckitt would be a logical buyer for GSK’s consumer health spinoff Haleon. But the consumer goods giant should be in no rush.
The US FDA may be preparing to ban the e-cigarette maker. That would be a blow to tobacco giant Altria, which owns a 35% stake.
It’s a prescription for culture wars, political backlash, managerial paralysis and human-resources nightmares. And it’s anything but nice.
The maker of Pop-Tarts and Pringles is following other corporate giants and splitting up its businesses.
Dreams of instant fortunes are giving way to the slog of actually operating profitably.
MSP Recovery was short of cash, so it stuck its advisers with an IOU.
Hawala is based on trust, while decentralized crypto lending is doomed by blockchain anonymity.
Those sneaky charges that get tacked on right before you finalize a purchase are a lot more noticeable in the age of inflation.
This story, which has been corrected, was originally published on June 17, 2022
Some investors and analysts have posited that capital spending might prove more resilient in the face of a consumer downturn. The signals are mixed, though.
The Italian sports-car maker is resisting elements of the technological revolution engulfing the auto industry.
Benedetto Vigna gave a reassuring performance at Ferrari’s long-awaited investor day.
The storied brand has fallen victim to the same type of problems that toppled traditional department stores. But will an economic downturn give it a glowup?
Amid all the fears about inflation and recession, there’s one retail bright spot still glowing: trendy clothing.
