Bloomberg Businessweek
Let Me Be Your Guinea Pig
Thousands of cruising enthusiasts are volunteering to be the first ones back on the boat. By Fran Golden
5 min |
February 08, 021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Priority Mail
The beleaguered U.S. Postal Service needs a champion. Enter Joe Biden
6 min |
February 08, 021
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Shipping Guru Chases The Middle Mile
After spending years building Amazon’s delivery operations, Scott Ruffin is creating one to offer to its competitors
4 min |
February 08, 021
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Sports Betting Futures Market?
The proposal to create contracts on games faces a high regulatory hurdle
6 min |
February 08, 021
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Virus Is Hitting Carmakers, Too
A shortage of chips —crucial for today’s autos — will cost the industry up to $61 billion in sales
4 min |
February 01, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Battle of GameStop
IRL, the video game retailer has no profits. But its shares became part of a showdown between online stock pumpers and short sellers
4 min |
February 01, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Xi Insists
Improving U.S.-China relations will require President Xi to make real compromises. So far, he’s unyielding
6 min |
February 01, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Surveillance, Censorship, And Profit
Francisco Partners specializes in tech that has both mundane and controversial uses
9 min |
February 01, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Rock's Drumbeat Of Deals
Big-time songwriters are selling all or parts of their catalogs to hungry new buyers
4 min |
February 01, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
NEVER REST
Laugh at him. Shun his business. Sue him. The Pillow King won’t stop his bizarre quest to prove Donald Trump was cheated
10+ min |
February 01, 2021
Entrepreneur
STEVE JOBS INVITED JEFF BEZOS OVER FOR SUSHI.
It was the fall of 2003, which were consequential days for both Apple and Amazon. Only two years earlier, Apple released its first iPod and Amazon turned a quarterly profit for the first time. Now Steve was inviting Jeff, me (Colin), and another Amazon colleague down to Cupertino for a chat.
10+ min |
January - February 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
How the Democrats Won in Georgia
A finely tuned turnout machine, and plenty of cash, led to victory in the Senate runoffs
5 min |
February 01, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
“We do not know yet, but it looks like Covid is here to stay” - Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc.
In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, one of the people most responsible for helping to vaccinate the world against Covid-19 talks about the new virus variants, dosage, and the difference between the Trump and Biden administrations
7 min |
February 01, 2021
Entrepreneur
Stop Working, Start Automating
Why waste your energy on tedious tasks when an app can do them instead?
2 min |
January - February 2021
Entrepreneur
START YOUR YOUTH MOVEMENT
Young franchisees keep brands relevant with millennial and Gen Z customers, and with decades of career growth ahead of them, they can help bring long-term growth and continuity to franchise companies. So why don’t we spend more time courting them?
5 min |
January - February 2021
Entrepreneur
A Bank That Keeps Things Simple
It’s not nuts – The 18-year-old coin bank on Casilimas’ desk.
2 min |
January - February 2021
Entrepreneur
High Hopes For CBD Franchising
Plagued by misinformation and poor regulation, the CBD industry is banking on brick-and-mortar franchise shops to build confidence with cannabis-curious customers.
5 min |
January - February 2021
Entrepreneur
This Year Will Be Great. Really
After months of forced closures and record-high unemployment, the U.S. is ready for an economic recovery—and the franchise industry is uniquely positioned to lead the charge.
4 min |
January - February 2021
Entrepreneur
How to Take Down Goliath
The biggest companies can still be taken down by the smallest startups. Here are four strategies disruptors use to fight their way up.
5 min |
January - February 2021
Entrepreneur
Your Secret Weapon: Great Expectations
The year 2021 may feel uncertain, but set your expectations high anyway. Doing so will become your guiding force.
3 min |
January - February 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
How to Survive A Bubble
No one can be sure if markets are too high—but your emotions probably are
7 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
PELOTON WANTS TO BE MORE THAN A PANDEMIC FAD
In March, a couple of weeks after sweeping stay-at-home orders had brought much of the U.S. to a halt, William Lynch says he realized Peloton Interactive Inc. would fare really well in the year of the pandemic.
5 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
HELP IS ON THE WAY But the world still needs a shot in the arm!
The economic outlook is starting to brighten just about everywhere you look
8 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Drugstores To the Rescue
Pharmacy chains aim to boost the vaccine rollout—and their bottom lines
4 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
China Tightens Its Grip on Fintech
In late 2020, as Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co. prepared for a $35 billion initial public offering, many outside China wondered if the country’s financial technology giants were becoming a global competitive threat to U.S. and European banks and payments companies. Ant’s Alipay app, used for everything from hailing cabs to investing, had already rewired financial services in the world’s second-largest economy. There was just one problem: Inside China, policymakers were growing uneasy about the sudden dominance of their homegrown superstars.
3 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Charging DUES, Making DO
Phil and Erin Lockwood never imagined their family would be traveling more during the coronavirus pandemic. But since joining the vacation club Inspirato last September, the parents of three have swapped one annual trip to a Disney theme park for villa rentals in Cabo San Lucas and Costa Rica.
2 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
China Comes For Its Tech Giants
The Chinese government’s crackdown on the country’s largest technology companies has raised fears that the industry could be paralyzed or cast into disarray as the economy enters a delicate moment. But one contingent within the tech sector is privately cheering on a broad set of anti-monopoly edicts: startups and their investors.
2 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Back-to-Work Blues?
Tech boomed during the pandemic. It may not last
4 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
Asia's Battery Giants Go Global
Leaders of the electric-car era are moving to cement their dominance
4 min |
January 25, 2021
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Carbon Trading Market Perks Up
Sixteen years ago, Europe introduced a market based on what was then a revolutionary notion: forcing companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions by issuing credits that allow them to pollute up to a certain level. If they spew out more, they have to buy allowances from other companies. If they pollute less, they can sell their extra permits and bank the cash.
3 min |