The Year Ahead 2016 - November 9, 2015 Issue

November 9, 2015 Issue

Global Economy

Global Economy

China’s Consumers Need to Step Up

By Dexter Roberts

China’s Consumers Need to Step Up

India Wants a Nationwide Sales Tax

By Bruce Einhorn and Kartikay Mehrotra

What Will the U.K. Do in 2016?

By Jill Ward

What Will the U.K. Do in 2016?

Korea Fears It Will Age Into Japan

By Bruce Einhorn

Korea Fears It Will Age Into Japan

Russian Banks Face More Pain

By Jake Rudnitsky and Anna Baraulina

Russian Banks Face More Pain

Sweden Feels the Refugee Strain

By Carol Matlack

Sweden Feels the Refugee Strain

The Growth of a Retirement Complex Outpaces Oil and Tech Boomtowns

By Bill Faries

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Tech

Tech

The Netflix Effect: More Streaming Means Better Shows

By Joshua Brustein

The Netflix Effect: More Streaming Means Better Shows

Cisco’s New CEO Embraces the Cloud

By Ian King

Cutting the Cord, Not the Cost

By Shawn Hasto

Microsoft Just Wants to Be Loved

By Dina Bass

Inside The Microsoft Corp. Windows 10 Devices Event

The Best Places to Build Data Centers

By Dina Bass and Jack Clark

The Best Places to Build Data Centers

China’s Slowdown Won’t Deter Apple

By Adam Satariano

China’s Slowdown Won’t Deter Apple

Chips Aren’t Getting Much Smaller, and That Stinks for Intel

By Ian King

Chips Aren’t Getting Much Smaller, and That Stinks for Intel

Retail

Retail

Why Your ‘All Natural’ Syrup Probably Isn’t

By Andrew Martin

China’s Demand for Cars Has Slowed

By Bloomberg News

China’s Demand for Cars Has Slowed

Retailers Are Rethinking Plus-Size Fashion

By Lindsey Rupp

Retailers Are Rethinking Plus-Size Fashion

How Mobile Buying Went From Many Screens to One

By Lauren Coleman-Lochner and Lindsey Rupp

How Mobile Buying Went From Many Screens to One

Hollywood Studios Wade Into Virtual Reality

By Lucas Shaw

Energy

Energy

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant

By Joe Carroll

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant

Cheap Crude Hasn’t Crippled the U.S. Shale Boom

By Matthew Philips and Evan Applegate and Peter Pulikkan and William Foiles

Cheap Crude Hasn’t Crippled the U.S. Shale Boom

Say Goodbye to Solar Power Subsidies

By Mark Chediak and Chris Martin

Say Goodbye to Solar Power Subsidies

The Making of a Buyer’s Market in Natural Gas

By Ben Sharples

The Making of a Buyer’s Market in Natural Gas

Iranian Oil Goes Back on the Market

By Javier Blas

Iranian Oil Goes Back on the Market

China Gets Its Own Crude Contract

By Ben Sharples

China Gets Its Own Crude Contract

Politics

Politics

Why 2016 May Be the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime

By Joshua Green

Why 2016 May Be the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime

The War for the Senate Will Be Decided in Florida

By Gregory Giroux and Toluse Olorunnipa

The War for the Senate Will Be Decided in Florida

Swing States Are Swinging Left

By Dorothy Gambrell

Swing States Are Swinging Left

Fighting for Fair Maps: This Trial Could Change Voting Districts

By Karen Weise

Fighting for Fair Maps: This Trial Could Change Voting Districts

How Analytics Has Reshaped Political Campaigning Forever

By Sasha Issenberg

How Analytics Has Reshaped Political Campaigning Forever

President Obama Will Spend 2016 Campaigning for His Legacy

By Mike Dorning

President Obama Will Spend 2016 Campaigning for His Legacy

Google Will Tell Us What We’re Thinking

By Tim Higgins

Google Will Tell Us What We’re Thinking

One Justice May Decide the Next Major Abortion Case

By Paul Barrett

One Justice May Decide the Next Major Abortion Case

Putin’s October Surprise May Be a Nightmare for Presidential Candidates

By Mike Dorning and Henry Meyer

Putin’s October Surprise May Be a Nightmare for Presidential Candidates

The Teacher Who Could Gut Unions

By Josh Eidelson

The Teacher Who Could Gut Unions

Data Dive

Data Dive

50 Companies to Watch

By Ira Boudway, Cristina Lindblad, Mira Rojanasakul, Adam Pearce and Stephanie Davidson

50 Companies to Watch

50 Companies to Watch

By Ira Boudway, Cristina Lindblad, Mira Rojanasakul, Adam Pearce and Stephanie Davidson

50 Companies to Watch