How Samsung Tripped on Quality Control in Its Rush to Beat Apple
Samsung's unprecedented recall follows a supply-chain issue that brought disappointing sales.
What's Holding Back the Housing Market? Not Enough Construction Workers
Builders can't buy enough workers to get the job done.
Philippine President Declares a State of Emergency Before Heading to Laos
Over a deadly blast in his home city of Davao, and after he called Obama a “son of a b–ch.”
How Samsung Tripped on Quality Control in Its Rush to Beat Apple
Samsung's unprecedented recall follows a supply-chain issue that brought disappointing sales.
What's Holding Back the Housing Market? Not Enough Construction Workers
Builders can't buy enough workers to get the job done.
Philippine President Declares a State of Emergency Before Heading to Laos
Over a deadly blast in his home city of Davao, and after he called Obama a “son of a b–ch.”
Fortune 500 Companies in the News
Indonesia Wants Alibaba Founder Jack Ma to Be Its Ecommerce Adviser
An Alibaba spokeswoman confirmed that Ma was asked, but declined to say whether he had accepted.
General Motors Settles Ignition-Switch Cases
Terms of the agreement were undisclosed.
Musk Calls For Tesla Cost-Cutting
A lean Q3 would be “awesome” for fundraising.


By David Meyer
Tencent Is Now the Most Valuable Company in Asia
It's also one of the top 10 public corporations in the world by market cap.
By Kia Kokalitcheva
Will.i.am Wants Mandatory Computer Science Classes in Schools
Proceeds from the remake of a Black Eyed Peas hit will go to education programs.
By David Z. Morris
The Bizarre Fallout of Ethereum’s Epic Fail
The hack of an ambitious project has opened deep rifts in the blockchain community.