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Finance

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

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Energy

Can We Solve Climate Change by Suing Polluters?

Climate litigation is rapidly transforming to offer the promise of big victories and big cash prizes for lawyers.

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International Economics

Japan Looks to Leave its Lost Decades Behind

After years of chronic stagnation, prices are rising again, with inflation exceeding the Bank of Japan’s 2% target for two years running.

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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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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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Industries

America’s Passenger Rail has a New Ticket to Ride

The US’ often neglected railways might be on track for better days as the country pumps billions of dollars into outdated infrastructure.

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Technology

Humanoid Robots Have Arrived

Humanoid robots are taking their first tentative steps into the real-world workforce. But will they pass their probation period?

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Consumer

Can Rideshare Giant Uber Sustain its Recent Success?

Uber, finally having achieved sustainable levels of market dominance, may just be facing its biggest roadblocks yet.

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Analysis

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

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Industrials

Deep-Sea DNA Is Becoming the World’s Buried Treasure

Bioprospecting for genes of new species in the world’s oceans has become complex and extremely lucrative.

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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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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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