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Bitcoin 'revolution' a work in progress
By Michael D McDonald, Bloomberg News, Published on 03/09/2022
» El Salvador President Nayib Bukele took the stage to fireworks, announcing to a cheering crowd of crypto enthusiasts at a beachside confab that Bitcoin would revolutionise his country.
J&J Split Plan Reflects Change in the Healthcare Industry
Business, Jonathan D. Rockoff & Peter Loftus, Published on 15/11/2021
» Johnson & Johnson plans to break up into two companies, splitting off the $15-billion-a-year division that sells Band-Aid bandages, Tylenol medicines and Johnson's Baby Powder in a shift indicating just how much healthcare has changed since the company helped pioneer the industry.
China Envisions Its Digital-Currency Future, With Lotteries and a Year's Worth of Laundry
Business, Jonathan Cheng, Published on 29/12/2020
» The People's Bank of China on Sunday concluded its second digital-currency pilot program, as the central bank moves closer to a formal rollout that would make China the first major world economy to introduce such a system.
These Firms Are in No Rush to Say 'Made in the U.S.A.'
Business, John D. Stoll, Published on 26/10/2020
» The headquarters of 3D-printer startup Formlabs Inc. is humming.
The Answer to the Electric-Car Conundrum Isn't Elon Musk
Business, John D. Stoll, Published on 21/09/2020
» Electric vehicles have long posed a chicken-or-egg conundrum for auto executives.
Could the 'next normal' emerge from Asia?
Asia focus, Oliver Tonby and Jonathan Woetzel, Published on 20/04/2020
» It is now clear that Covid-19 has presented the global economy with an unprecedented challenge. Efforts to control the virus through lockdowns are likely to lead to the largest decline in economic activity since the Great Depression in the United States and Europe. And while safeguarding human lives is imperative, the toll on human livelihoods will also undoubtedly be significant.
Safe and sane at home
Business, Jonathan Knudsen, Published on 08/04/2020
» Many of us are abruptly and unexpectedly working from home, juggling the demands of a job and family, many of whom are also unexpectedly home.
Peloton, Flywheel Settle Legal Disputes over Fitness Bike Tech
Business, John D. Stoll, Published on 05/02/2020
» Peloton Interactive Inc., the maker of popular at-home fitness bikes, said Tuesday it has settled legal disputes with Flywheel Sports Inc. over alleged technology theft and patents considered important to success in the growing boutique fitness industry.
As Virus Spreads, Isolated Taiwan Risks Being a Loophole in War on Epidemics
Business, Jonathan Cheng & Chun Han Wong, Published on 23/01/2020
» Taiwan's first reported case of a patient infected by a deadly coronavirus spreading across Asia turns a spotlight on Beijing's attempts to exclude the self-governing island from the World Health Organization, which Taiwanese officials say hinders an effective global response to public-health crises.
The end of retirement
Business, John D. Stoll, Published on 11/01/2020
» It took about six years of annual asset reviews with my financial planner, Joe Mackey, to confront a big question. After I spent my entire adult life trying to save enough to quit working by 65, Mr. Mackey wanted to know what my rush was.