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Issue of the week: Sexism in the tech industry
feature Silicon Valley's “persistent problem with women” surfaced when a female developer called out male colleagues for making sexual puns.
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Wall Street discourages drug R&D
feature When Pfizer announced this year that it was slashing spending on research and development, its shares rose more than 5 percent, said Dan Primack at Fortune.
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Viewpoint: Kevin Drum
feature From MotherJones.com: “The Internet makes dumb people dumber and smart people smarter. If you don’t know how to use it...
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Issue of the week: The ‘real’ unemployment rate
feature The Labor Department’s latest jobs data look deceivingly positive.
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Issue of the week: BlackBerry’s chances for survival
feature Is BlackBerry finally dead?
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Issue of the week: What does Black Friday really tell us?
feature Black Friday “wasn’t a bust,” but for many retailers, it was a disappointment.
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A generation keen on selling
feature Their “ideal social form” is the small business, and they aspire to launch food carts, techie startups, and socially responsible companies, said William Deresiewicz at The New York Times.
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The myth of strategic defaults
feature The threat of “walkaway” homeowners has been vastly overblown, said Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times.
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Issue of the week: GM’s recall disaster
feature Mary Barra is facing “her first big test” since she took over as GM’s new CEO in January: a recall of more than 1.6 million vehicles.
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Viewpoint: Geoff Colvin
feature From Fortune: “Wall Street has to change in painful ways. The major firms, gloriously profitable just a few years ago, are not earning their cost of capital. They’re failing...
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Why I’ll never go to Davos
feature As long as leaders are unwilling to “give up control of their narratives,” collaboration on major global problems will remain impossible, said Mohamed El-Erian at Reuters.com.
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The BRICs can’t save the West
feature Even if they could settle their disagreements, the BRICs “remain ill-suited to seize the global economic lead,” said Joshua Kurlantzick at Bloomberg Businessweek.
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In praise of the introvert
feature Brainstorming sessions have been shown to be “one of the worst possible ways to stimulate creativity,” and the bigger the group, the worse the performance, said Susan Cain at The New York Times.
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When 401(k)s make us poorer
feature For the many who can’t afford to defer a portion of each paycheck, 401(k)s are a raw deal, said Stephen Gandel at Time.com.
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