Analysis

Finance

Why Stock Exchanges Want a Piece of Texas, ‘The Wall Street of the South’

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Media & Entertainment

Can Hollywood Reboot the Bundle?

Hollywood may be rethinking its business model of direct-to-consumer, a la carte streaming services — meaning the bundle may be back.

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Big Tech

Apple’s Fraught Future in China

Apple’s enjoyed unusual levels of success in China for a Western company, but its future in the country is looking less and less bright.

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International Economics

Britain’s Legacy of Leaving the EU

The UK is heading for its first election since it actually left the EU, but what has Brexit done to Britain’s economy?

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Industrials

Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

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As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

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Economics

Small Town America is Paying for New Residents

Communities are hoping that a handful of incentives might be just enough to tip the scales and create a new generation of residents.

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Technology

For Sale: Your Data

Data brokers are tracking you all over the internet to buy and sell your profile along with millions of other users.

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Media & Entertainment

Wide World of Streams: How Sports is Navigating Media’s Shifting Landscape

The old world of media is collapsing, while a new order is rising. Live sports, meanwhile, are caught in the middle.

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Analysis

Boy, Oh Boycott: Can Canada’s ‘Buy Canadian’ Movement Actually Dent the US?

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Finance

Fund Shops Are Pouncing on Vanguard’s ETF-Mutual Fund Structure

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There are 53 fund shops asking permission from the SEC to tack on classes of mutual fund or ETF shares using a multi-share class structure.

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Media & Entertainment

Did Streaming Kill the Music Industry?

Music streaming services that offer more or less all the recorded music in history. So how is the industry supposed to grow?

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Technology

A Cyberattack Rattled US Car Dealerships. Which Industry is Next?

A single point of software failure can turn entire industries into teetering Jenga towers. Next time could be a lot worse.

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Markets

Weathering the Storm: A Q&A with Vanguard on Market Volatility

The last four years have been head-spinning. Dan Newhall, Vanguard’s head of portfolio solutions, talked us through the volatility.

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