The Cities Issue - August 14, 2017 Issue

August 14, 2017 Issue

Remarks

Remarks

Sprawl Can Be Beautiful—if Cities Learn to Manage Growth

By Peter Coy

Sprawl Can Be Beautiful—if Cities Learn to Manage Growth

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The Scandalous Persecution of a Greek Whistle-Blower

By The Editors

Just doing his job.

Business

Business

The Diesel Scandal Haunts Bosch’s Hopes to Be a Global Giant

By Dune Lawrence, Kartikay Mehrotra, Christoph Rauwald, Elisabeth Behrmann and Ryan Beene

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Monsanto Was Its Own Ghostwriter for Some Safety Reviews

By Peter Waldman, Tiffany Stecker and Joel Rosenblatt

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Tapped Out at Home, FC Barcelona Woos American Hearts, Wallets

By Eben Novy-Williams

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Technology

Technology

Elon Musk Inspired an Industry of Hyperloop Startups. Now He’s Building His Own

By Sarah McBride

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Horse Clones Start Heading to the Races

By Adam Popescu

Horse Clones Start Heading to the Races

Dropbox Has Whipped Itself Into Shape, but Going Public Won’t Be Easy

By Dina Bass and Alex Barinka

Drew Houston, chief executive officer and co-founder of Dropbox Inc.

Robots Are Cutting Down on the Need for Space Doctors

By Adam Popescu

Astronaut Michael Barratt works the controls at the Canadarm2 robotic workstation in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Finance

Finance

Trump’s Web of Companies May Have a Way to Avoid the Obamacare Tax

By Lynnley Browning and John McCormick

Trump’s Web of Companies May Have a Way to Avoid the Obamacare Tax

Warren Buffett Likes Solar, but Not the Price Tag

By Brian Eckhouse and Noah Buhayar

Massive Solar Electricity Plant Provides Power To California Homes

With ‘Zombie’ Directors, It’s the Board of the Living Dead

By Jeff Green and Alicia Ritcey

With ‘Zombie’ Directors, It’s the Board of the Living Dead

Economics

Economics

As Venezuela Spirals, U.S. Oil Confronts a $10 Billion Threat

By Alex Nussbaum and Sheela Tobben

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A Nafta Win for Trump May Rest on Helping Mexican Workers Get a Raise

By Greg Quinn and Eric Martin

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Abe Tries to Fix His Tarnished Image

By Isabel Reynolds

Abe Tries to Fix His Tarnished Image

China and India Locked in ‘Eyeball-to-Eyeball’ Border Standoff

By David Tweed

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Politics

Politics

Trump’s Legal Team Is No Match for Mueller’s

By Tom Schoenberg

Mueller arriving at the Capitol for closed meetings in June.

Police Push Tracking for Civilian Drones

By Alan Levin

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Australia Pitches Trump on a Plan to Fix America’s Roads and Bridges

By Mark Niquette

Australia Pitches Trump on a Plan to Fix America’s Roads and Bridges

From the FBI to NASA, Here Are Trump’s Research Cuts

By Christopher Flavelle and Paul Murphy

From the FBI to NASA, Here Are Trump’s Research Cuts

Cities

Cities

Moscow’s Makeover Swaps Soviet Grit for Urban Sparkle

By Valerie Stivers

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China Is Burying Its Cities Under Mountains of Extremely Cheap Bikes

By Christina Larson

China Is Burying Its Cities Under Mountains of Extremely Cheap Bikes

Nobody Knows What Lies Beneath New York City

By Greg Milner

Nobody Knows What Lies Beneath New York City

Lyft’s Radical Experiment in Charging for Free Parking

By Joshua Brustein and Dorothy Gambrell

Lyft’s Radical Experiment in Charging for Free Parking

Forced Into the City After 9,000 Years in the Jungle

By David Biller

Warao refugees in Manaus on their way to temporary homes on July 14. About 500 have arrived in the city since December.

What Mayors Are Worried About From Paris to Cape Town

By Marie Mawad, Eleni Chrepa, Niklas Magnusson, Michael Arnold and Paul Vecchiatto

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The Hotelier Who Reinvigorated a New York Neighborhood Heads to Vegas

By Nikki Ekstein

The Hotelier Who Reinvigorated a New York Neighborhood Heads to Vegas