Simon Willis

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A young boy enters the toddler room with his mother at the KinderCare Child Development Center at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas April 18, 2024. (Jackie Valley/The Christian Science Monitor via AP)

Americans are shelling out thousands per month on childcare. Private equity could be making the crisis worse

By Simon Willis

Photo illustration of the Tesla Cybertruck and Elon Musk over red shapes that represent a two lane road.

Elon, where’s my Cybertruck? Millions are still waiting for Tesla’s elusive product years after reserving it

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Photo illustration of a woman sitting at her desk inside a yellow house with a cane hooked around it ready to pull it away and the ground cracked heavily beneath.

First came the return-to-office policies. Now comes the discipline: How companies are punishing work-from-home holdouts

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Photo illustration of RJ Scaringe, a Rivian truck, a red fever line, and a grid.

Inside Rivian’s year from hell: How the EV-truck maker stumbled despite billions in cash, Amazon’s backing, and the 6th-largest IPO in U.S. history

By Simon Willis

a woman sits at a desk on the beach and points to a white board while looking at a computer

These ‘stealth’ remote workers are working from Bali—and their colleagues have no idea

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – FEBRUARY 11: Iga Swiatek of Poland talks to sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz during practice ahead of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium on February 11, 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images)

Psychologist who helped the women’s No. 1 tennis player avoid burnout says her unorthodox mental health technique could ease the Great Resignation

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People stroll along the skywalk of Senayan Park in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 23, 2022.

Indonesia is building a new, high-tech capital city to symbolize its reformed future. That was the dream, at least

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Pedestrians with umbrellas walk across a cross-walk in the rain in Hong Kongs Central area on Feb. 19, 2022.

Companies are eyeing Hong Kong’s exits. Singapore is the obvious alternative, but moving there isn’t as easy as it seems

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Singapore Daily Life In Covid-19

For two years, Singapore has tried to manage COVID. With Omicron, it’s starting to give up control

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People rest in a seating area with seats marked out for safe distancing to prevent Covid-19 virus transmisson in a shopping mall in Singapore on Saturday, 30 October, 2021. Only fully vacinated adults and teenagers are allowed into shopping malls according to Singapore’s covid-19 virus safety mandates. (Photo by Joseph Nair/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Bloomberg conference attendees are getting special treatment in Singapore—and it’s reigniting a debate over foreign workers

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A migrant worker is seen outside the departure hall of Changi Airport in Singapore on Aug. 19, 2021. Singapore will implement a new Vaccinated Travel Lane VTL to facilitate vaccinated persons to travel into Singapore under reduced border measures. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Singapore is trying to do what no other country has done: pivot away from COVID-zero. Will it work?

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Portraits of Grab CEO Anthony Tan

The ‘Grab effect’ is inspiring a new generation of Asian entrepreneurs

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Southeast Asia’s most valuable company has an edge in the battle of the super-apps: Its gaming business

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Can a country with no livestock become a meat producer? Singapore is going to try

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Crypto millionaires’ love of NFTs is a boon for the aging art market—but galleries may miss out

By Simon Willis