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How I Learned to cook again: A Culinary Tragedy
I ate at the best restaurants all the time. Then the pandemic happened, and I had to work my kitchen
9 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Trading at The Speed of Shortwave
Companies say they can move data across oceans milliseconds faster than fiber optics
3 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Pandemic in Builders' Way
While politicians in Washington debate trillion-dollar infrastructure packages, states are canceling projects
5 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Meat of The Problem
Workers in this hyper-concentrated, functionally unregulated industry are extremely vulnerable to the pandemic
10+ min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Not Your Grandmother's Milkman
Julia Niiro’s Portland startup takes its inspiration from old-fashioned dairy delivery and prioritizes paying producers
7 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
WELCOME BACK?
Consult this checklist before you ask anyone to head into the office
4 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Case For Quotas
They’ve helped women. Can quotas help change the racial makeup of C-suites and management?
9 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Let Them Bake Bread
King Arthur, a 230-year-old flour company, ramped up production to meet the demands of a baking renaissance
7 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
When Jet Jockeys Get Grounded
Covid-19 has put thousands of pilots out of work and left many facing an earthbound future
5 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Greener Pastures
“Novel farming,” which turns out pricey designer produce, isn’t hurt by shortages of water or migrant workers. It’s seeing a massive jump in demand
8 min |
June 22, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
U.S. Health Care Flunks Its Most Important Exam
We spend $4 trillion a year, yet we were totally overwhelmed by Covid-19
10 min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Trouble With Tracing Apps
From governments to big tech companies—everyone has a system, and no one’s happy about it
5 min |
May 25 - June 01, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Why Drug Reps Are Prescribing Zoom
A business that’s long relied on face-to-face sales adopts social distancing in the Covid age
5 min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Better Cops? Or Fewer Cops?
Sweeping proposed reforms of American policing vie with calls to defund it
4 min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Call Centers Can't Simply Stay Home
Concern about data security, power outages, and poor internet service fuels a return to offices
4 min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
What Are Investors Thinking?
The U.S. stock market has climbed back even with the country in crisis. Psychology is part of the story
4 min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Tweet Storm
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has chosen an interesting time to pick a fight with his most important user
10+ min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Shrimp Are Going Online
Small European companies that have embraced e-commerce have better odds of surviving the crisis
5 min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
THE PARIAH SHIP
The cruise industry was already in a Covid-19 crisis when the MS Zaandam set sail. Yet Holland America was unprepared when people began to fall sick and country after country turned the ship away
10+ min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The New Normal at An Indian Outsourcer
HCL has started bringing its 150,000 workers back to the office. It’s not business as usual
4 min |
June 15, 2020
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Liability Risks Come Back to Work, Too
Without a vaccine, some returnees will get sick, and businesses may end up in court
5 min |
June 15, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Dining Out For Democracy
A “yellow economy” has sprung up to cater to Hong Kongers who want greater autonomy from China
10 min |
May 25 - June 01, 2020
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A Buyout Firm's Four-Legged Future
JAB made billions buying coffee brands. Now it wants to be the vet for the world’s pets
5 min |
June 08, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The World's Most Expensive Sibling Rivalry
Being the brother of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, is harder than you think
10+ min |
June 08, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Woman Who Can Sell Anything
Is Chinese live-streamer Viya, who sold about $425 million of goods in a day, retailing’s future?
8 min |
June 08, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Scanning the Sewers
Startup Biobot Analytics is testing swaths of Americans’ waste on behalf of local governments
3 min |
June 08, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
FALL OUT
The pandemic has sent American workers plummeting into a safety net that wasn’t prepared to catch them
10+ min |
June 08, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Great Debt divide
In an economy hobbled by the pandemic, you can go bankrupt or you can borrow—a lot
4 min |
June 08, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Searching for Secrets In High- Altitude DNA
Variant Bio is hunting for rare genes that its researchers hope to turn into drugs and therapies, including some Covid-relevant ones
6 min |
June 08, 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
The economics of racism
Mainstream economics has many ideas about getting beyond racism. Which lessons apply in real life?
9 min |