Season’s Greetings From SoftBank - December 23, 2019 Issue

December 23, 2019 Issue

SoftBank Vision Fund Employees Depict a Culture of Recklessness

SoftBank Vision Fund Employees Depict a Culture of Recklessness

By Sarah McBride, Gillian Tan, Giles Turner, Peter Elstrom, Pavel Alpeyev and Brad Stone

Remarks

Remarks

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Stock Market Record

By Peter Coy

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Stock Market Record

Business

Business

Boeing’s Push to Make Training Profitable May Have Left 737 Max Pilots Unprepared

By Peter Robison and Julie Johnsson

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Why In-Flight Food and Extra Bag Costs Aren’t Going Away

By Dorothy Gambrell

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Long-Haul Emirates Squeezes Profits From One of Its Shortest Routes

By Layan Odeh

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Pirates Now Prefer Human Hostages Over Ships and Cargo

By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

Pirates Now Prefer Human Hostages Over Ships and Cargo

Technology

Technology

A Once-Iffy Form of Carbon Capture Is Getting a Lot Better

By Peter Coy

A Once-Iffy Form of Carbon Capture Is Getting a Lot Better

A Big Law Firm Aims to (Partly) Automate Big Law

By Roy Strom

A Big Law Firm Aims to (Partly) Automate Big Law

The Hottest New Thing in Seasteading Is Land

By Lizette Chapman

The Hottest New Thing in Seasteading Is Land

Finance

Finance

Wall Street Magic Tricks Make Banks Look Safer Than They Are

By Vernon Silver and Yalman Onaran

Wall Street Magic Tricks Make Banks Look Safer Than They Are

Wall Street’s Machine of Silence Stopped a #MeToo Revolution

By Max Abelson and Katia Porzecanski

Wall Street’s Machine of Silence Stopped a #MeToo Revolution

Repo Oracle Zoltan Pozsar Expects Even More Turmoil

By Tracy Alloway, Matthew Boesler and Liz McCormick

Repo Oracle Zoltan Pozsar Expects Even More Turmoil

Green Bonds Are the Fresh Way to Get Germany to Borrow

By John Ainger

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Economics

Economics

Japan Short-Circuits the Tech Exports That Made South Korea Rich

By Min Jeong Lee, Heejin Kim and Sam Kim

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New York City Suburbs Lure Millennials With Luxury Digs, Ax-Throwing Bars

By Prashant Gopal and Vildana Hajric

New York City Suburbs Lure Millennials With Luxury Digs, Ax-Throwing Bars

How Climate Change Primed Chileans for an Uprising

By Laura Millan Lombrana and Sebastian Boyd

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Politics

Politics

Boris Johnson’s Biggest Problem: What to Do Next

By Therese Raphael

Boris Johnson’s Biggest Problem: What to Do Next

The Impeachment Trial Could Be Trump’s Christmas Gift to Biden

By Joshua Green

The Impeachment Trial Could Be Trump’s Christmas Gift to Biden

Merkel’s Paths to Power Don’t Guarantee a Strong Government

By Raymond Colitt

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Canada’s Oil Capital Gets Its Own Separatists

By Kevin Orland

Wexit Co-Founder Peter Downing Speaks At A Separatist Rally

A Slovakian Strongman Is Poised for an Electoral Comeback

By Andrea Dudik and Radoslav Tomek

A Slovakian Strongman Is Poised for an Electoral Comeback

Features

Features

SoftBank Vision Fund Employees Depict a Culture of Recklessness

By Sarah McBride, Gillian Tan, Giles Turner, Peter Elstrom, Pavel Alpeyev and Brad Stone

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son

Giuliani Keeps the Hustle Going, Even as Trump Is Impeached

By Stephanie Baker

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The Hacker Who Took Down a Country

By Kit Chellel

The Hacker Who Took Down a Country

The Volatile Economics of Natural Vanilla in Madagascar

By Monte Reel

The Volatile Economics of Natural Vanilla in Madagascar

Businessweek at 90: Covering Business Through the Decades

By Peter Coy, James Ellis, Paula Dwyer and Joel Weber

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Last Thing

Last Thing

The Bull Market Almost No One Saw Coming

By Lu Wang

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