Businessweek 17_27 - June 26, 2017 Issue

June 26, 2017 Issue

Why Can’t Your Company Just Fix the Gender Wage Gap?

Why Can’t Your Company Just Fix the Gender Wage Gap?

By Claire Suddath

Remarks

Remarks

The World’s Workers Have Bigger Problems Than a Robot Apocalypse

By Peter Coy

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What We Need—and Don’t Need—From Government in the Robot Age

By Michael R. Bloomberg

A robotic arm transports sheets of glass during the manufacturing of photovoltaic cells at SolarWorld AG in Freiberg, Germany.

Business

Business

Target’s Been Talking Food for a Decade. Now Amazon Could Eat Bullseye’s Lunch

By Matthew Boyle

Target’s Been Talking Food for a Decade. Now Amazon Could Eat Bullseye’s Lunch

The Truth About the Gig Economy

By Justin Fox

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How Just 14 People Make 500,000 Tons of Steel a Year in Austria

By Thomas Biesheuvel

The “pulpit” at Donawitz, where just three employees control the plant.

Technology

Technology

Reno Is Starting to Look More Like Silicon Valley

By Karen Weise

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Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook

By Sarah Frier and Gerry Smith

Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook

Finance

Finance

Robots Are Eating Money Managers’ Lunch

By Saijel Kishan

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Wall Street Now Fears the Lawyer Who Used to Defend It

By Matt Robinson

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Chinese Authorities Put the Squeeze on Anbang

By Bloomberg News

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Economics

Economics

‘I Need More Mexicans’: A Kansas Farmer’s Message to Trump

By Michelle Jamrisko

An undocumented immigrant is detained by the U.S. Border Patrol near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Myanmar’s Tourism Destination Dreams Fade Amid Empty Hotels

By Philip Heijmans

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Krakow’s Essential Accessory: A Smog Mask

By Dimitra Kessenides

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Politics

Politics

How Can Trump Get Anything Done With All Those Empty Seats?

By Toluse Olorunnipa

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The Foreign Visa Crackdown Is Putting Americans Out of Work

By Jesse Ellison

The Pentagoet Inn in Castine, Maine.

Saudis Cling to Tradition

By Donna Abu-Nasr

“Vision 2030” also called for a “vibrant society” with more female workers, sports clubs, and entertainment.

The Woman Behind Trump’s Empire of Swag

By John McCormick

The Woman Behind Trump’s Empire of Swag

This Woman Tracks Icebergs for the International Ice Patrol

By Claire Suddath

Commander Gabrielle McGrath entering the aircraft where she and her team conduct their missions to search for icebergs in the North Atlantic. Using HC-130J aircraft, their operations are based out of St. John’s, Newfoundland, for a nine-day period twice a month.

Features

Features

Why Can’t Your Company Just Fix the Gender Wage Gap?

By Claire Suddath

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These Jobs Are About to Disappear: QuickTake

By Mark Whitehouse, Mira Rojanasakul and Cedric Sam

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For Hire: 7,000 Former FARC Guerrillas

By John Otis

Jereda picking pineapples at a plantation that employs former guerrillas

This Economic Model Organized Asia for Decades. Now It’s Broken

By Kevin Hamlin and Dexter Roberts

This Economic Model Organized Asia for Decades. Now It’s Broken

These Truckers Work Alongside the Coders Trying to Eliminate Their Jobs

By Max Chafkin and Josh Eidelson

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Pursuits

Pursuits

Frank Lloyd Wright Is Not Who You Think He Is

By Paul Goldberger

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Is the Best Sport Coupe a Porsche, Jaguar, or Mercedes?

By Hannah Elliott

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The Pro Athlete Workout for Lunchtime Warriors

By Jason Kelly

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Forget Pappy, These Five Whiskeys Deserve Their Own Cult Status

By John deBary

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Broadway’s 1984 Is an Electrifying Fable With a Message for the Resistance

By Jason Zinoman

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The One Kitchen Gadget to Rule Them All

By Matthew Kronsberg

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Game Changer

Game Changer

The ‘Alt-Labor’ Leader Fighting for Fair Pay for Restaurant Workers

By Josh Eidelson

Saru Jayaraman