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Finance

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

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Succession’s Brian Cox and Sarah Snook

Economics

The Family Business Succession Puzzle

How family businesses navigate succession planning, the rise of private equity, and changing generational dynamics.

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Technology

Taking Swipes At Online Dating

The battle for love and market share is heating up in the US

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Media & Entertainment

Q&A: What AI Means for Digital Media

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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

As the U.S. Speeds Toward Default, Why the Pentagon Matters

The Pentagon leads U.S. discretionary spending – but for more than three decades, it has never once passed an audit.

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Industries

Box Office Reboot: Can Hollywood Revive the Theater Industry?

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International Economics

Windsornomics: The Economic Impact of England’s King Coronation

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Analysis

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

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Electric Vehicles

Selling Sunset: How Solar Power Could Reshape the Autos Industry

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Technology

A.I.’s TikTok Moment: How Washington is Facing Down Two Tech Problems at Once

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Policy & Power

Higher Wages of War: A Look at the Private Military-Industrial Complex

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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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