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Is the LA Lakers’ sale a sign of sports investment gone mad?
$12.5bn price tag is highest ever for an American sports team
The world’s biggest fast-food chain is moving into pubs
Why China’s Mixue Bingcheng is serving up beer
The six stages of holiday-making
Two weeks off, but how many days of relaxation?
Japan’s downbeat startups need a lift
Can past success ever be rekindled?
AI agents lie, cheat and steal. That is putting off users
It is time to impose law and order on the frontier
Nvidia’s great silicon showdown
The chipmaker’s biggest customers want a piece of its business. It is fighting back with a $500bn deal
How much would you pay for a smarter baby?
Startups claim they can screen embryos for everything from genetic diseases to IQ. Not everyone is convinced
Americans are losing their appetite for fast food
McDonald’s and other chains are turning to gimmicks to lure customers back
The return of Max Flannel, our workplace agony uncle
He has advice for Gianni in Switzerland, Kevin in Washington and Claude in San Francisco
America’s lack of shipbuilding prowess is a problem for its navy
China’s commercial shipyards provide it with a big advantage
Investors have fresh doubts about Elon Musk’s grandiose ambitions
SpaceX is spending gobs of money to refashion itself as an AI company
A global pipeline-investment boom is under way
New conduits for oil will improve energy security, but come at a cost
Hollywood is entering its AI era
The technology is quietly playing a role in every aspect of film-making
The delights of deadlines
A friend to procrastinators, an enemy to prattlers, a necessity for managers
Forget Airbus and Boeing. Embraer is soaring
Its boss has ambitious plans for the future
The battle for Hugo Boss
A British retail magnate tries to go upmarket
Private equity is coming for the Indian Premier League
The cricket tournament has proved hugely profitable
Selling stakes in the beautiful game. What could go wrong?
FIFA’s plan to tap private investors is causing outrage
South Korea’s stock-market boom is collapsing spectacularly
It may be a harbinger
There’s never been a better time to commit financial fraud
American enforcement has collapsed and conditions are ripe for skulduggery
America has become an entrepreneur’s paradise
Etsy-sellers and small-town accountants are enjoying the fruits of AI
Investors cool on Europe’s old-style defence firms
Blame supply-chain snags, procurement obstacles and the rise of drone warfare
Airplane-engine maintenance is now a money spinner
Manufacturers are earning big bucks as a result
Elon Musk’s vision of the future
The world’s richest man sits down with The Economist
Capitalism’s status hierarchy is being upturned
One of the modern world’s most powerful forces is among its least understood
America’s AI labs are under threat from cheap Chinese rivals
Demand for open-weight models is soaring
Don’t blame supermarkets for your expensive groceries
Saying greedy shops have caused rising food prices is populist nonsense
China’s mysterious new billionaires are conquering the world
And refusing to talk to the press
How SK Hynix became the king of advanced memory chips
Its advantages will not protect it if demand falters
How to sell a kettle
Brand positioning reaches boiling point
Eli Lilly is reinventing the pharma business
The world’s largest drugmaker is betting big on preventive medicines—and learning from big tech
Meet the committee to buy Europe
The continent’s dealmakers deserve much more attention
Demis Hassabis has a plan to harness AI safely
The Google DeepMind co-founder sets out his vision in an exclusive interview
How high can Red Bull fly?
The world’s most formidable marketing machine faces growing threats
The secret to good questions
Consideration, consistency and curveballs
Could a Chinese bike win the Tour de France?
The country’s manufacturers hope that high-performance models will improve their image
Elon Musk and the age of the corporate leviathan
For the world’s largest companies, the normal rules of corporate governance no longer apply
Microsoft’s gaming strategy has misfired badly
A supply-chain crisis for Xbox couldn’t have come at a worse time
China’s semiconductor industry is racing to catch the West’s
But it is proving easier to design chips than to make them
Beware the top-heavy economy
Supersize capital flows are reshaping business—and building risk
Indonesia gives its best-known entrepreneur a decade in jail
The technology giant he built is being yanked around by the state
The Toddyssey: an office epic that would make Homer proud
You could read Homer. You could see the film. Or you could just go to work
Show a liberal a Lime bike and he will show you his soul
Are the e-bikes a paragon of liberalism or an abomination?
Can Bending Spoons thrive as a listed company?
A rare Italian software star uses the private-equity playbook
Donald Trump’s AI regime is opaque, unpredictable—and unsustainable
The administration now controls who gets access to the best models
The rise of vibe lawyering
AI is emboldening people to represent themselves in court. The results are mixed
Big oil’s secretive trading arms are having an extraordinary year
Meet the corporate gamblers who never waste a good energy crisis
Teaching AI how people work is fraught with problems
Tacit knowledge is vital to many jobs
Why easyJet may be heading for a break-up
Its private-equity suitor may be looking to sell it for parts