The water has been inching closer to Rita Falgout’s house, lapping at the edges of her front yard. Her home is one of 29 in…
THE ANTI-STORE
Apple thinks its stores can thrive while other retailers are dying
To say that this hasn’t been a good year for retail in the US is an understatement. The US retail industry is on pace to…
BUSINESS AS USUAL
Hardly anyone going to business school is becoming an entrepreneur
In a bid to attract applicants in a culture that worships entrepreneurship, top business schools such as MIT’s Sloan School of Business are pushing programs…
EYE IN THE SKY
The US coast guard is deploying drones to catch increasingly tech-savvy drug traffickers
At any time, the US coast guard has just three to five cutters, or large manned vessels, assigned to patrol about 6 million sq miles…
IN THE BALANCE
The countries that are best at conservation are the ones that depend on wildlife tourism
The struggle to conserve wildlife is a real battle. Conservationists are faced with a growing international trade in wildlife parts and rising demand for bushmeat.…
OLD SCHOOL
China’s seniors are lining up to go back to college
China has senioritis. The country is home to 230 million people over the age of 60. Longer life expectancy, coupled with three decades of the…
INCLUSIVE
The few US cities where economic growth benefited everyone
The World Economic Forum in January suggested a new way of measuring a country’s economic growth, one that took into account how widely gains from…
SITTING EMPTY
Autocrats are more likely to build giant skyscrapers—even when their countries don’t need them
There’s a race on to build the tallest tower in the world. Currently in the lead: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, at 828 meters. Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah…
E-SPORT
Move aside football, American college students can now play video games as a varsity sport
The esports industry has boomed in recent years, commanding an audience of nearly 150 million people who are tuning in to watch competitive gamers. Now…
WINNING
The winners of Wimbledon are getting more prize money because of Brexit
The British pound’s sharp fall after the UK voted to leave the European Union has meant higher prices for everything from groceries to gadgets, resulting…
INSTA-SUED
Khloe Kardashian is being sued for posting a picture of Khloe Kardashian on Instagram
One of the pitfalls of being a celebrity with nearly 67 million followers on Instagram is that you might be sued for posting a picture,…
STYLE WARS
Almost all of luxury fashion is now owned by two French families
This week, LVMH announced a $13.1 billion deal (paywall) that would consolidate control over Christian Dior, the 70-year-old Parisian fashion house. It’s merely the latest…
