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If you get annoyed that Google has pivoted its way through launching and killing a dozen messaging apps, that open, freewheeling culture is why.

When good ideas make bad business.

Tesla said Friday that it delivered 50% more than last year — a record-breaking figure largely supported by sales of the cheaper Model 3.

What happens to others who hope to turn followers and views into mainstream careers? We talk to a few who tried.

Only now, with the plane indefinitely grounded, are we beginning to see the scale of its effects.

UPS is all about time efficiency, right down to the doors.

Mercedes-Benz took away the title of the world's top-selling luxury vehicle from the German auto company back in 2016. Why has BMW been in decline?

With big brands and niche companies all opting for subtle updates, it's time to wonder: Are major brand overhauls a thing of the past?

They're taking a leaf from free fitness communities everywhere.

A state law meant to protect workers at companies like Uber and Lyft takes effect on Wednesday. Some say it will limit their prospects.

Sonos' attempt to control the aftermarket for its products produces frustration and waste.

From "America" to a "typographic bus crash," and everything in between.

As the Treasury Department prepared to enact the 2017 Republican tax overhaul, corporate lobbyists swarmed — and won big.

Eight years ago, a dentist and a lawyer quit their high-paying jobs to make sweaters.

Record flooding, a delayed harvest, and a trade war with China are hammering US agriculture this year.

Over 30 years ago, a group of friends bought some Christmas trees in New Hampshire and drove them down to NYC, thinking they could join the vibrant street-corner tree market and turn a tidy profit. Things didn't go quite as planned.

There are now 11 French unicorns, and many of them arrived in 2019.

Responding to the customer's demand for instant gratification in the middle of the retail apocalypse.

Louisiana still hasn't finished investigating 540 oil spills after Hurricane Katrina. The state is likely leaving millions of dollars in remediation fines on the table — money that environmental groups say they need as storms get stronger.

How superfans of the band built a private — and far more valuable — version of LinkedIn.

Only half the stuff we take back to the store goes back on the shelves.

Peer-to-peer car sharing seems strange but turns out to be easy, if a bit expensive.

Online shoppers are expected to send back way more purchases this holiday season compared to years past and those returns come with a heavy toll on the environment.

In what one activist calls "an conservation home run," groundfish have recovered enough to reopen a vast swath off the West Coast to bottom trawler fishing.

The owners of a massive new shopping complex are convinced of success. But has America's once-great retail format simply had its day?

Amazon ignored or dismissed safety concerns about its delivery network to prioritize speed and explosive growth, according to new documents and interviews with insiders.

One of the most coveted awards in the restaurant business, a star can elevate a local-favorite to a must visit global destination overnight.

Boeing says it replaced CEO Dennis Muilenburg, effective immediately.

At Princess Garden in Kansas City, serving dinner and take-out on Christmas is an all-hands-on-deck affair.

Drawn into the tech world, a 20-something wonders why she — and the rest of us — didn't wise up to the grandiose myopia sooner.

Here are four solutions cities everywhere could adopt.

A New York woman worried that her sore throat might be strep, so she went to the doctor to have it checked out. Then came the bill — with a price tag similar to a small SUV.

Unfortunately for you, bad customer service is good for business.

The explosion of metrics and algorithms isn't just reflecting what's happening in the music industry. It's transforming it.

Today, two companies control 82% of all casket sales in the United States. But can a new crop of more affordable and sustainable options shake things up?

Boeing's new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, landed safely in the New Mexico desert this morning, bringing a swift end to a very rough debut flight to space.

Once a mighty villain, the bookstore chain looks different in the age of Amazon.

Everlane has branded itself as committed to sustainability and "radical transparency." But remote employees have something to say about that.

Pichai got the promotion of a lifetime this month when company co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin relinquished control of parent company Alphabet.

A merciless new design aims to cut down on the time workers spend away from their desks.

The office-space startup took a tumble when investors tired of its messianic CEO and lack of profits. But why were its backers - the House of Saud among them - so keen to pour billions into it in the first place?

All those tech IPOs this year that were supposed to make people megarich only made them rich-ish.

Grandmothers in particular, perhaps not surprisingly, are a major inspiration.

Speed is not a business strategy in and of itself. And it can be dangerous, especially for big businesses.

Few people would look at this online bookseller 20 years ago and anticipated that it would lead the way in crafting a privately owned surveillance state.

IPO judgment day hasn't been kind to some other tech companies this year.

A California Denny's is currently seeking $1,000 for damages from a very lively punk show put on by a 17-year-old promoter.

From TikTok's rise to WeWork's fall, Recode charted 14 of tech's defining trends of 2019

Our economy has been optimized to the point that only elite workers truly thrive. Where does this leave the middle class?

"No, I won't schedule meetings for Q2, thanks."

Once upon a time, a woman needed a tulip. Not just any tulip: a parrot tulip.

Can the iconic brand rediscover what made it a cultural phenomenon and financial success in the 1990s?

Uber even went so far as to argue in open court that creating an email address for drivers to opt out of an arbitration provision was too technically difficult for it to implement.

Monogramming artists at Away's Brooklyn office reported paint fumes lingered in the air. They've complained about headaches, nausea, and even vomiting, and say their concerns haven't been properly addressed by management.

More than 3,000 journalists lost their jobs in the 2019 media apocalypse, including workers at BuzzFeed, Deadspin, Sports Illustrated and Vice. These are some of their stories.

Research touts the benefits a well-designed office environment can have on physical and mental wellbeing, but design is also a catalyst for strong company culture.

How Pixar's Ed Catmull nurtured wild new ideas by keeping existing franchises alive.

From unopened shampoo to unworn clothes, perfectly good products end up in dumpsters and landfill sites. Why?

Businesses have turned to drastic new toilet designs to stop workers spending almost half an hour on the porcelain throne.

Few $7 billion companies have goals as lofty as Orbia Advance Corp.