A New Look Inside TheranosÕ Dysfunctional Corporate Culture
The story of the much-feted healthcare startup where things went very sour. http://bit.ly/wired-theranos
Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox
A searching piece about Amazon and monopoly, published in a newspaper owned by Amazon’s CEO. If you have the time, it’s also worth dipping into the elegantly wrought 28,000 word ‘note’ in The Yale Law Journal that inspired the piece.
The endless reign of Rupert Murdoch
A profile of Rupert Murdoch, fittingly epic in length given its subject’s lifetime spent “in the business of speaking power to truth”.
When Rio Tinto Met China’s Iron Hand
The story of how the mining giant got badly burnt when they came up against the Chinese government.
How the sandwich consumed Britain
If you have been looking for a deep dive into the macroeconomics, microeconomics, design process, supply chain, and key players of the sandwich industry, then this is for you. A surprisingly engaging piece looking at a phenomenally successful £8bn industry, that will also teach you the meaning of the term “goblin caves”.
Inside James Dyson’s all-or-nothing quest for an electric car
While Elon Musk and Tesla are making all the noise, vacuum billionaire James Dyson is making his own huge bet on the electric car, investing billions of his own money in an attempt to launch his first commercially available vehicle by 2021.
China’s Robot Revolution
A look at the rise of industrial robots in China, a trend that will have a major impact on the global economy.
Manchester City’s plan for global domination
A look at City Football Group’s ambitious plans to build a global network of clubs and radically reshape football’s business model.
How E-Commerce Is Transforming Rural China
While Amazon and many of their US based competitors are seeking growth by diversifying beyond retail (movies, music, television), for their counterparts in China there is a huge amount of growth still to be had simply by spreading outside major urban centres. This piece looks at the impact on local communities, by examining the experience of Xia Canjun, a regional manager for JD.com covering the rural community he grew up in, and the CEO’s strategy back at HQ in Beijing.
Hot Mess
The story of how Goldman Sachs took on Libya as a client, and subsequently allegedly lost $1.2bn of their money.