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    Reinventing retail: AI’s transformative impact

    Reinventing retail: AI’s transformative impact

    Retailers and consumer product companies are using AI to get ahead of their competitors.

    By Aparna Sharma and Daniel Smythe
    November 3, 2025

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    AI is pervasive. Here’s when we’ll see its real economic benefits materialize
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    AI is pervasive. Here’s when we’ll see its real economic benefits materialize

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    Biden’s EPA could jeopardize his key policies by imposing sweeping new environmental rules on chemicals used for chips manufacturing
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    Biden’s EPA could jeopardize his key policies by imposing sweeping new environmental rules on chemicals used for chips manufacturing

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    March 29, 2024
    The U.S. and its allies want to bring the entire chip supply chain in-house—and that could create an OPEC-style cartel for the digital age
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    The U.S. and its allies want to bring the entire chip supply chain in-house—and that could create an OPEC-style cartel for the digital age

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    March 28, 2024
    The economics of antibiotics are broken and superbugs are on the rise–but a solution inspired by the subscription economy could save millions of lives
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    The economics of antibiotics are broken and superbugs are on the rise–but a solution inspired by the subscription economy could save millions of lives

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    March 28, 2024
    AI Ph.D.s are flocking to Big Tech. Here’s why that could be bad news for open innovation
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    AI Ph.D.s are flocking to Big Tech. Here’s why that could be bad news for open innovation

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    March 28, 2024
    I pleaded guilty to a $3 million fraud charge. This is my advice for Sam Bankman-Fried
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    I pleaded guilty to a $3 million fraud charge. This is my advice for Sam Bankman-Fried

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    March 28, 2024
    1 in 3 Americans who die in hospital had sepsis–and that’s just one of the many areas where AI can improve early diagnosis
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    1 in 3 Americans who die in hospital had sepsis–and that’s just one of the many areas where AI can improve early diagnosis

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    March 27, 2024
    Inside the cockpit at Boeing: Here are the top 5 candidates for CEO as Dave Calhoun exits
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    Inside the cockpit at Boeing: Here are the top 5 candidates for CEO as Dave Calhoun exits

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
    March 27, 2024
    1 in 4 people skip regular checkups–and forgo their chance to benefit from early cancer detection. It’s time to nag the ones you love
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    1 in 4 people skip regular checkups–and forgo their chance to benefit from early cancer detection. It’s time to nag the ones you love

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    March 26, 2024
    There are two kinds of companies–those that strengthen democratic capitalism and those that undermine it
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    There are two kinds of companies–those that strengthen democratic capitalism and those that undermine it

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    March 26, 2024
    For the first time in 50 years, Democrats and Republicans are both embracing industrial policy–but that doesn’t mean it will pay off for workers
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    For the first time in 50 years, Democrats and Republicans are both embracing industrial policy–but that doesn’t mean it will pay off for workers

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    March 26, 2024
    ‘If you don’t disclose, you won’t get the support of international capital’: The backlash against the SEC’s new mandate is a mistake as China closes the gap on climate disclosures
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    ‘If you don’t disclose, you won’t get the support of international capital’: The backlash against the SEC’s new mandate is a mistake as China closes the gap on climate disclosures

    By Edmund Downie, Erica Downs and Yushan Lou
    March 25, 2024
    There is mounting evidence that starting a business reduces stress–and persistent myths that are stopping employees from taking the plunge
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    There is mounting evidence that starting a business reduces stress–and persistent myths that are stopping employees from taking the plunge

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    March 25, 2024
    Housing market data suggests the most optimistic buyers during the pandemic are more likely to stop paying their mortgages
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    Housing market data suggests the most optimistic buyers during the pandemic are more likely to stop paying their mortgages

    By Christos Makridis and William D. Larson
    March 22, 2024
    Glassdoor CEO: ‘Anonymous posts will always stay anonymous’
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    Glassdoor CEO: ‘Anonymous posts will always stay anonymous’

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    March 22, 2024
    The latest sanctions on Russia won’t be sufficient. Here’s what would be, according to the Yale professor who inspired the great business exodus over Ukraine
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    The latest sanctions on Russia won’t be sufficient. Here’s what would be, according to the Yale professor who inspired the great business exodus over Ukraine

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
    March 22, 2024
    Bayer CEO: Corporate bureaucracy belongs in the 19th century. Here’s how we’re fighting it
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    Bayer CEO: Corporate bureaucracy belongs in the 19th century. Here’s how we’re fighting it

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    March 21, 2024
    The agency created after the Great Financial Crisis to protect consumers from lending risks can’t define risk, industry says
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    The agency created after the Great Financial Crisis to protect consumers from lending risks can’t define risk, industry says

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    March 21, 2024
    China may have Asia’s most vibrant companies, thanks to green tech, AI, and EVs—but don’t count the rest of the region out
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    China may have Asia’s most vibrant companies, thanks to green tech, AI, and EVs—but don’t count the rest of the region out

    By Fang Ruan, Ketil Gjerstad, Johann Harnoss, Martin Reeves and Adam Job
    March 20, 2024
    Nelson Peltz is America’s most overrated activist investor. Here’s what the experts missed about his performance
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    Nelson Peltz is America’s most overrated activist investor. Here’s what the experts missed about his performance

    By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian
    March 20, 2024
    Intel CEO: ‘Our goal is to have at least 50% of the world’s advanced semiconductors produced in the U.S. and Europe by the end of the decade’
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    Intel CEO: ‘Our goal is to have at least 50% of the world’s advanced semiconductors produced in the U.S. and Europe by the end of the decade’

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    March 20, 2024
    75 unions and employers have endorsed the Senate’s health care price transparency bill. Here’s why Congress must pass it
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    75 unions and employers have endorsed the Senate’s health care price transparency bill. Here’s why Congress must pass it

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    March 19, 2024
    Finland passed its flexible work act in 1996–and it may partly explain why it’s the happiest nation
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    Finland passed its flexible work act in 1996–and it may partly explain why it’s the happiest nation

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    March 19, 2024
    The future of work isn’t powered by AI. It’s powered by people enabled by AI
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    The future of work isn’t powered by AI. It’s powered by people enabled by AI

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    March 18, 2024
    TikTok is in trouble in the U.S. and Europe–but American social apps could be next
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    TikTok is in trouble in the U.S. and Europe–but American social apps could be next

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    March 18, 2024
    We’ve analyzed 15 years of data for 200,000 founders and employees from the most successful tech companies ever built–and we’re certain a new boom in innovation is around the corner
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    We’ve analyzed 15 years of data for 200,000 founders and employees from the most successful tech companies ever built–and we’re certain a new boom in innovation is around the corner

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    March 18, 2024
    Taylor Swift’s AI porn deepfakes have prompted a wave of proposals to protect women from abuse–but Congress and the states need to take action
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    Taylor Swift’s AI porn deepfakes have prompted a wave of proposals to protect women from abuse–but Congress and the states need to take action

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    March 15, 2024
    Why don’t we trust funeral directors? Transparency and innovation can redefine the industry–if the FTC allows it
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    Why don’t we trust funeral directors? Transparency and innovation can redefine the industry–if the FTC allows it

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    March 15, 2024
    Russia and China are leading in hypersonic innovation. Here’s what’s holding the U.S. back
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    Russia and China are leading in hypersonic innovation. Here’s what’s holding the U.S. back

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    March 15, 2024
    Affordability, reliability, and industrial competitiveness will make or break the net-zero transition. Here’s how
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    Affordability, reliability, and industrial competitiveness will make or break the net-zero transition. Here’s how

    By Mekala Krishnan, Daniel Pacthod and Sven Smit
    March 14, 2024

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