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Right now, America is facing a traffic safety crisis unlike anything we've seen in decades. And it's only accelerating: 2023 was the deadliest year for pedestrians and cyclists in 45 years. Crashes are rising in nearly every state. The National ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. Earnings season has an important new element this quarter: President Donald Trump. Wall Street is hungry for clarity from big consumer brands about ...

What does it really cost to manufacturer products in America? And will high tariffs on Chinese goods bring those jobs back to the U.S.? These are questions that have been swirling since Trump announced a 145% tariff on Chinese products last month,

The first time I met with a financial adviser who wasn't my dad, I told him that I wanted to avoid fossil fuels, weapons manufacturers, and health insurance companies in my retirement investment portfolio. The adviser paused, sighed, and said, "I've ...

Within their first moments of stepping inside Universal's newly opened Epic Universe theme park in Orlando, Florida, visitors will realize there is something different about the space. Rather than the typical onslaught of gift shops and pavement that ...

For decades, corporate leadership has been dominated by analytical prowess. Ascending the corporate ladder often meant demonstrating value through meticulous spreadsheets, precise forecasts, and detailed execution plans. Vision was acknowledged, but ...

President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) bill was a landmark move for the economy. One year after it was signed into law, it had already created more than 170,600 clean energy jobs and spurred private companies to announce at least 210 ...

Four years ago, GM set an audacious goal: By 2035, the automaker planned to go all-electric. The company says it's still aiming for that target. But it simultaneously lobbied the Senate to end California's ban on new gas car sales--which was also ...

In December 2022, Matthew Boyer hopped on an Argentine military plane to one of the more remote habitations on Earth: Marambio Station at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, where the icy continent stretches toward South America. Months before that,

Business leaders love to talk about innovation. But for all the energy poured into frameworks and strategy decks, most teams rarely experience what innovation actually feels like. Real innovation is uncertain, emotional, iterative, and profoundly ...