How GE Went From American Icon to Astonishing Mess - February 5, 2018 Issue

February 5, 2018 Issue

How GE Went From American Icon to Astonishing Mess

How GE Went From American Icon to Astonishing Mess

By Drake Bennett

Remarks

Remarks

How North Korea Managed to Crash the Olympics Party

By Andy Sharp and Kanga Kong

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Take Trump’s Immigration Plan Seriously

By The Editors

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Business

Business

Conglomerates Are Broken

By Rick Clough

Conglomerates Are Broken

Taylor Swift Wants Her Money Back

By Lucas Shaw

Taylor Swift Wants Her Money Back

Can a $1.2 Billion Casino Lure Asian Tourists to the Catskills?

By Bruce Einhorn and Christopher Palmeri

Can a $1.2 Billion Casino Lure Asian Tourists to the Catskills?

Technology

Technology

Air-Taxi Startup Has a Working Prototype and a Fresh $100 Million

By Ashlee Vance and Brad Stone

Air-Taxi Startup Has a Working Prototype and a Fresh $100 Million

For Once, Uber Needs Travis Kalanick to Speak Up

By Joel Rosenblatt

For Once, Uber Needs Travis Kalanick to Speak Up

What It’s Like to Be the Uber of the Middle East

By Adam Popescu

What It’s Like to Be the Uber of the Middle East

This Coating Can Make Streets Cooler

By Adam Popescu

This Coating Can Make Streets Cooler

Finance

Finance

Steve Cohen Needs to Prove Himself to Wall Street All Over Again

By Katherine Burton

Steven Cohen, chairman and chief executive officer of Point72 Asset Management.

Early Word on a Contract May Have Helped Investors Cash In

By Shahien Nasiripour

Early Word on a Contract May Have Helped Investors Cash In

Buy Now, Pay Later Helps JAB Billionaires Build Beverage Empire

By Isis Almeida and Marvin G Perez

Inside The Roastery Lab by Coffee Academics Research and Development Facility

India's Phantom Flats Leave Homebuyers' Dreams in Tatters

By Pooja Thakur, Upmanyu Trivedi and Dhwani Pandya

Jaypee Wishtown Project as Insolvency Case Against Jaypee Infra Stalled by Supreme Court

Davos Elite Eyes M&A Across Europe’s Struggling Banking Industry

By Elisa Martinuzzi, Ruth David and Stephen Morris

German Business Confidence Jumps on Strong Start Into 2018

Economics

Economics

Is the Fed’s Inflation Target Kaput?

By Rich Miller

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Trump’s Trade Tariffs: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

By Peter Coy

Trump’s Trade Tariffs: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Best-Performing Battery Metal of the Past Year Isn't Cobalt

By Mark Burton

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Politics

Politics

The Law and Order Party Has Turned on the Law and Order Agencies

By Jennifer Jacobs, Billy House and Chris Strohm

The Law and Order Party Has Turned on the Law and Order Agencies

Putin Is Grooming a New Generation to Preserve His Legacy

By Henry Meyer and Ilya Arkhipov

Russian President Vladimir Putin on the ice at a night hockey match in Moscow.

A Tale of Two Sanctuary States in the Age of Trump

By Kartikay Mehrotra, Laurel Brubaker Calkins, Lauren Etter and Ben Elgin

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North Carolina Mismanaged Itself Into Electoral Chaos

By Margaret Newkirk

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.

Features

Features

How GE Went From American Icon to Astonishing Mess

By Drake Bennett

How GE Went From American Icon to Astonishing Mess

GE’s Big Appetite for Acquisitions

By Rick Clough

GE’s Big Appetite for Acquisitions

Women Once Ruled the Computer World. When Did Silicon Valley Become Brotopia?

By Emily Chang

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Venezuelan Pirates Rule the Most Lawless Market on Earth

By Jonathan Franklin

Ryan Roberts, kidnapped and robbed by pirates in 2015, is still fishing.

Pursuits

Pursuits

Sales for Tequila Have Never Been Better. But Quality? Not So Much

By Bobby Heugel

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A Hotel for No One Is Patron’s Secret Marketing Weapon

By Jennifer Miller

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Recovery Is the Latest Buzzword in High-Intensity Workouts

By Jason Kelly

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Why Don’t People Want to Buy Manhattan’s Spectacular Mansions?

By James Tarmy

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Queer Eye Is the Woke Makeover Show America Didn’t Know It Needed

By Chris Rovzar

The One Gadget That Terrible Sleepers Should Always Pack

By Ami Kealoha

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Gérard Détourbet Is Renault’s Master of Cutting Corners

By Ania Nussbaum

Gérard Détourbet Is Renault’s Master of Cutting Corners