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Tesla’s feat of (financial) engineering
The car company’s stock has risen ever higher as chief executive Elon Musk woos investors and sells additional shares.
Disability rolls swell as jobs vanish
Many workers first take jobless benefits, but later seek shelter on federal disability rolls, which can pay out for decades.
Fingerprint scanner for iPhone 5s raises concerns
Lawmakers and privacy groups want to know how Apple plans to handle highly sensitive fingerprint data.
Debunking myths about Lehman’s role in Great Recession
Although the collapse of the firm signaled an enduring financial crisis, Lehman didn’t cause the crisis.
Our looming long-term-care crisis
As Americans age, more will be pinched by a lack of long-term-care insurance.
A showdown to try to shut down Obamacare
House GOP is threatening the new law; AARP wants young adults to opt in; and tips for what to do on Oct. 1.
Mental-health coverage to get a boost under Obamacare
COLUMN | In the wake of the Navy Yard rampage, a look at the services that will be extended for many.
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Joy Covey, CFO of Amazon.com, dies at 50
Ms. Covey, who died in a bicycling accident, helped take the Internet retailer public.
The best cancer care isn’t always the most expensive
Too many patients are subjected to punishing and futile treatments. Too much costly imaging is performed for too little therapeutic benefit.
Why Larry Summers lost
For all the talk of Summers’s outsized personality and polarizing past, he really lost because he was a stand-in for Obama.
Is seizing mortgages even legal?
The ins and outs of using eminent domain to keep people out of foreclosure.
Why are some airlines better at saving fuel than others?
The least efficient airline in the U.S. uses 26 percent more fuel than the most efficient. That’s fairly surprising.
For JPMorgan investors, London Whale fines add ‘injury to injury’
Bank’s shareholders suffer $6.2 billion in trading losses and $920 million in regulatory fines.
Daniel Pink, former Gore speechwriter, on selling and life
One in nine Americans earns a living in sales and the president is the salesman in chief.
Volume stressed USIS employees
Former worker says deadlines at security firm, which vetted Edward Snowden and Aaron Alexis, were merciless, with as many as 10 cases due in a single day.
Fingerprint scanner for iPhone 5s raises concerns
Lawmakers and privacy groups want to know how Apple plans to handle highly sensitive fingerprint data.
BlackBerry to lay off 4,500 or 40 percent of global workforce; posts nearly $1B 2Q loss
BlackBerry said it will lay off 40 percent of its global workforce, as it reports a nearly $1B second-quarter loss a week earlier than expected.
The best sentences we read today
“It’s a moment of extreme cognitive dissonance when the most patriotic thing you have ever seen in your American life is actually super-French.“
BlackBerry posts $1 billon loss; laying off 40% of workforce
The company is looking to shift its position in the competitive smartphone market.
Disability rolls swell as jobs vanish
Many workers first take jobless benefits, but later seek shelter on federal disability rolls, which can pay out for decades.
BlackBerry was killed when employees started buying their own devices
BlackBerry was great at selling to corporate IT departments. It’s not so good at selling to individual consumers.
The demise of BlackBerry in one chart
Every major mobile OS from early 2007 is practically dead now.
What critics miss about iOS 7
Critics are complaining about design changes in iOS 7. But they’re overlooking some of its major improvements.
The 113th Congress is a train wreck
He’s the guy in charge of the worst-performing part of one of the worst-performing Congresses in history
Why banks say commodity markets need them
The Fed is nearing a decision on whether to end investment banks’ game with physical goods. Banks say everything would fall apart without them.
Creating a class of ‘do good’ companies
More and more leaders are adopting a new legal structure for their businesses--it’s called the benefit corporation.
Panera Bread isn’t just hungry for attention
CEO Ron Shaich is putting his money where his mouth is and trying to eat off $4.50 a day.
Online drug market closing for ‘security reasons’
Shocker: Online drug blackmarket with very public marketing campaign closing for “security reasons.“
A guide to freaking out about the newest Obamacare glitch
Two important questions for Obamacare right now are how well are the the marketplaces working? And how much will that matter for the law?
Fed officials on when to taper
This is why Fed-watchers have been confused on when the end of QE will happen.
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