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Barbie wants to make it big in Bombay

Toy makers see huge potential in China and India, but sales numbers there are still relatively small.  More

Netflix bulls vs bears: Who has the upper hand

Few stocks are as divisive as Netflix.  More

China's brilliant, macabre newspaper

There's nothing like the two columns called China Briefs in the South China Morning Post.  More

The problem with newspapers' social efforts

The social-media-like products being planned by Dow Jones and Bloomberg are not attempts to take on the social media giants.  More

Will the housing rebound crush the job market?

Most people believe the reason high homeownership creates stubbornly high unemployment is because the out of work can't afford to sell their house. That's not the whole story.  More

One reason people love to hate Zynga

Zynga has only its CEO to blame for some of its schadenfreude.  More

Is Cerberus still indirectly supporting the NRA?

Cerberus says it has nothing to do with gun policy. Is that really true?  More

5 questions surrounding Apple's new streaming music platform

"iRadio" is reported to launch next week. What we know (and don't), and what we should be asking.  More

The right answer to the IRS debacle

The real lesson of recent scandals should be this: Civil service reform is desperately needed in Washington.  More

Meet the OS Google and Apple should worry about

Microsoft and Blackberry are desperate to cement themselves as the No. 3 mobile software maker. Don't look now, but here comes Firefox.  More

TOMS goes to the 'Thrift Shop' in company video

Do your employees have this much fun?  More

Enterprise names Pamela Nicholson CEO

Nicholson becomes the first non-family member to head a thriving private company determined to stay that way.  More

The real reason behind Shanghui's purchase of Smithfield

It's not just a combination of property rights and market demand -- environmental factors are the impetus behind the deal.  More

The DOJ is arguing the facts. Apple is arguing the law

The outlines of each side's case were clearly laid in Monday's opening arguments.
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Straight talk from Bob Lutz on 6 auto CEOs

The auto legend grades his former bosses on leadership in his new memoir, Icons and Idiots.  More

Pre-Marketing: Wall St. boosts home prices

Plus: Zynga lays off 18% of staff; Frank Lautenberg's lesser-known biz legacy; and, Dunkin' Donuts vs. Starbucks.  More

The hottest trend in games? Free

The business model formulated to attract Chinese consumers is taking over around the world.  More

The DOJ's antitrust case against Apple Inc. in 81 slides

The best ones, curiously, had nothing to do with Apple.  More

PC makers push back against mobile devices

Embattled computer manufacturers are making new machines they hope can keep pace with phones and tablets.  More

3-D game system you wear on your head

Fortune's Matt Vella demos the Oculus Rift, a 3-D virtual reality headset designed for gaming.  Play

What markets are saying

Volatility is on the rise, liquidity is getting tougher in certain places, and anxiety is on the rise.  More

Exclusive: Ex-head of U.S. clean energy loan program breaks silence

It's been nearly two years since Jonathan Silver stepped down as head of the U.S. Department of Energy's loan program. Now he's talking about it.  More

U.S.A. v. Apple Day 1: Calling Eddy Cue

Apple's vice president for internet services emerges as the key witness for both sides.

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Trouble at Porsche as the 911 turns 50

The iconic car company is facing lawsuits.  More

Jamie Dimon's $5 billion bet against bonds

Most of the big banks say they will make money from rising rates. They can't all be right.  More

How Panasonic learned to love Newark

The electronics manufacturer is abandoning suburban Secaucus for a brand new, environmentally friendly building in downtown Newark.  More

Wall Street's version of LinkedIn raises $30 million

Relationship Science has now raised nearly $90 million.  More

Where electric cars have no future

All-electric cars are being shunned in favor of hybrids.  More

The best commencement speakers are...

What makes a great speech? Persuasion.  More

Pre-Marketing: Microsoft restructuring?

Microsoft mulls major restructuring; how Bloomberg's snooping was uncovered; and, crowdfunding's 30% rule.  More

Low-cost iPhone could raise Apple margins

Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty has done the math.  More

Has Europe given up?

By saying it's officially OK to skirt debt ceilings, Europe is abandoning austerity and reigniting the risk of another sovereign debt crisis.  More

Big League Baseball

...is owners saying s-s-sh, the bleachers going nuts, games at 9:00 P.M., men in short pants, radio, chattel ownership, Dizzy Dean. Sounds screwy. Maybe it is. But 8,000,000 people paid to see it last year.  More

Icahn: Our Dell offer is coming soon

Rival bid for Dell coming "in the near future."  More

Goldman Sachs: M&A and IPO activity should increase

Goldman Sachs president says investor confidence has weighed on deal-making.  More

Number of problem banks isn't shrinking fast enough

The regulations meant to strengthen our big banks may be leaving the U.S. with more troubled small banks.  More

Chicago Sun-Times fires its entire photo staff

The Sun-Times explains that jettisoning its professional photographers and having reporters take pictures with their iPhones will help the newspaper appeal to its "digitally savvy customers."  More

Tequila! But not for spring breakers

It's $90 a shot, it turned down a celebrity spot, and it's one of the fastest growing luxury liquors in America. An inside look at a booming market.  More

Did arena football team owner really run a private equity fund?

More questions than answers about "private equity fund manager" who owned Chicago's arena football team.  More

Fortune Brainstorm Podcast: Is Google a force for good?

This week, we turn to a conversation between Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and venture capitalist Peter Thiel on the merits of Google's massive reach and of technology in general.  More

Battle for control of Sprint turns ugly

Softbank's bid for third-player in US wireless has run into harsh criticism.  More

3 best features of the new Gmail

Changes are coming to Google's popular email service -- and they're good.  More

Hi, It's Ari @#$%ing Emanuel, and I plan to shake up Hollywood

The superagent is also arguably the most powerful person in the entertainment business today. And he's not following the old script.  More

Strange bedfellows: Apple and the far right

Tea Party Senators and a conservative newspaper came -- briefly -- to Apple's defense.  More

Pre-Marketing: Neiman Marcus rejects Saks

Also: What CEOs could learn from comedians. And the rising economy has shifted the 2014 political landscape.  More

Why this is Elon Musk's moment

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO takes a victory lap, builds a nationwide charging network, and alludes to a new mind-blowing form of rapid transit.  More

Is a target-date fund for you?

Hands-off investors love them, and money is flooding in. But the easy-to-use funds aren't all created equal.  More

Houzz's unconventional route to the big leagues

Hot interior design startup didn't have the usual beginnings.  More

Companies are on the hunt for superfans

Firms from LEGO to Sephora are co-opting their most ardent fans for their own purposes.  More

SAP's Lars Dalgaard joins Andreessen Horowitz

SAP star will join venture firm.  More

Amy Shecter out as C. Wonder president

Shecter is transitioning to new role within Chris Burch's fashion empire.  More

Apple's new environmental VP was inspired by Love Canal

Shell Oil's money sent Lisa Jackson to college. An oil pipeline drove her from the EPA.  More

YouTube runs a reform school for copyright violations

And it's a little like traffic school for the Internet.  More

Exclusive: Silver Lake exec joins HP after working on Dell deal

Todd Morgenfeld has worked for 8 months on Silver Lake's buyout offer for Dell. Now he's joining the PC maker's chief rival.  More

How a burlesque host keeps the peace

World Famous *BOB* on how to keep a room full of people happy and respectful of performers, clothed or not.  More

A new way to get to Macau: Seaplane

Peter de Kantzow has big plans for Waterfront Air, the startup airline that will shuttle passengers from mainland China to Macau via seaplanes.  More

Investors cast doubt on Spain's rosy economic picture

There are signs that Spain's economy isn't performing as well as Spain's government is saying. If it's true, it's bad news for the EU.  More

Why your teen loves Wanelo

Website Wanelo became a hit with fashionistas by borrowing from twitter and Pinterest. Better yet? It's already turning a profit.  More

Pre-Marketing: Buffett's energy expansion

MidAmerican: Buffett expands energy footprint. Also: SEC fines Nasdaq for Facebook IPO failures.  More

Unilever's CEO has a green thumb

Paul Polman embraces sustainability, and the consumer products colossus grows like crazy.  More

10 Mary Meeker Apple slides

Apple figured prominently in the Queen of the Net's 2013 presentation of industry trends.  More

David Petraeus joins KKR

Former CIA director joins private equity firm.  More

Brad Garlinghouse: How to make it in tech

YouSendIt's CEO on what it takes to be successful.  More

Waste Management vs. unions

CEO David Steiner talks about why union membership has dropped 10 percent inside his company.  Play

Meeker report: Mobile surging, wearables will be huge

Mary Meeker, of Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, presented her annual tech trends report.  More

Pinterest CEO is cautious about making money

Ben Silbermann says that the startup isn't making money -- yet.  More

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook has its head on straight

Sandberg, better known these days for her blockbuster book Lean In, reminded the audience at the AllThingsD conference that she's still helping run Facebook too.  More

The amazing movie company behind 'Sharknado'

And the films Snakes on a Train and Nazis at the Center of the Earth.  More

Joe Paterno's family brings new suit against NCAA

The family of the late, disgraced Penn State football coach is filing a new lawsuit, this one against the NCAA, centered around what it believes was a faulty investigation by Louis Freeh.  More

What Gene Munster heard Tim Cook say about an Apple TV set

Were we listening to the same AllThingsD interview?  More

It's not too late for teens to find summer jobs

Most employers have already hired their seasonal help, but teens who are still looking for work may find that persistence pays off.  More

A startup tries to hack the law

Why Khosla Ventures believes Judicata can finally move legal research into the digital age.  More

Apple hires former EPA head to boost its green cred

CEO Tim Cook announced on Tuesday that Lisa Jackson would soon head the tech giant's environmental efforts.  More

Apple TV's market share

Tim Cook said at D:11 that Apple has sold more 13 million units. That was news.  More

Microsoft stages nebulous Chinese comeback

China has long been a piracy trap for Microsoft. It hopes it can change that with new product launches and thousands of new employees in the country.  More

Where Waste Management can't collect trash

CEO David Steiner talks to Adam Lashinsky about the few places in the U.S. where Waste Management is not able to pickup garbage.  Play

A day in the quiet life of a NYSE floor trader

It ain't what it used to be, says floor trader Kenny Polcari: "technology everywhere" but "a computer doesn't get it."  More

The online MBA comes of age

As top schools continue to move into the online market, the quality of the students opting to earn degrees on the web is increasing as well.  More

Tech desperately needs something new to talk about

Mobile? Old news. The free-fall of the PC? Yawn. It's been ages since Silicon Valley had some really exciting to gab about.  More

Pre-Marketing: Ron Johnson, desperate DJ

Ron Johnson's internal JC Penny broadcasts. Also: EU eases up on austerity.  More

Turning trash into dollars

Waste Management CEO David Steiner is trying to find new ways to turn garbage into profit.  More

What's driving one of China's richest men?

Wanda Group founder Wang Jianlin wants to build a global real estate and entertainment empire -- and elevate China's reputation in the process.  More

Tim Cook at AllThingsD: What the critics are saying

The reviews on Twitter were especially harsh.  More

It's time to rethink recycling

Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart are refining the ideas they set out in their seminal work, Cradle to Cradle.  More

Apple Maps is still struggling

The company's mapping switch was widely decried.  More

How valid are car brand rankings?

Another day, another list of the world's most valuable auto brands. With so many rankings, who do you believe?  More

81 min. with Apple's Tim Cook

The full video of Cook's appearance at AllThingsD is now available online.  More

Barbara Corcoran: From waitress to real estate queen

Barbara Corcoran's career is the epitome of a dramatic climb to success and prominence.  More

In U.S. energy boom, a growing tax dodge

More energy companies are converting to a tax-free status that was once reserved for a small segment of the industry.  More

If Foxconn sneezes, does that mean Apple caught a cold?

The world's largest electronics manufacturer does have other clients.
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China's economic reform: Don't hold your breath

The breadth of China's recently released economic agenda has led some observers of China to call it radical. But it's too early to celebrate. Here's why.  More

3 big questions General Motors needs to answer

Despite a recent spate of good news, GM has important unfinished business.  More

Apple, Samsung and the 'profit share trap'

The current state of affairs, writes an analyst from Hyderabad, is untenable.  More

Ex-IRS commish vs. financial 'bad guys'

Before Douglas Shulman ran the IRS, he ran FINRA.  More

Meet the Indian billionaire who works for Disney

Bollywood pioneer Ronnie Screwvala is Disney's point man in India.  More

The next huge upset in online music

As digital delivery eats away at music royalties, artists have found a way to fight back.  More

Google's gorgeous new maps

The search giant has boldly redesigned its well-known mapping interface.  More

Short interest: How Apple got mugged in April

Shorts swarmed the stock just before the March quarter earnings report.  More

Why the march on genetically modified food hurts the hungry

It's fashionable among the left to loudly condemn genetically modified crops -- and the evil corporations that produce them.  More

Pre-Marketing: What Yahoo bid for Hulu

Also: Larry Summers to head Fed? Valeant buying Bausch & Lomb.  More

Cigna's unlikely partnership to change Chinese health care

U.S. insurer Cigna has teamed up with China Merchants Bank to bring insurance and reliable health care to the country's rising middle class.  More

Yahoo: Still searching for profits on the Internet

Back in 1996, before "Google" was a ubiquitous verb, four search companies battled to win back Wall Street.  More

About that Apple 1 that set a new auction record

It was not owned by a professional ball player. It was not sold by Sotheby's. It did work.  More

Exclusive: Better Place to file for bankruptcy

Electric car network runs out of gas.  More

Horace Dediu has four questions for Apple's Tim Cook

In advance of Cook's appearance at D11 next week, a deep dive into Apple's business.  More

P&G goes back to the future in CEO shakeup

In a sudden shakeup, Bob McDonald is out as CEO, and former CEO AG Lafley is in. Bill Ackman is pleased.  More

What job cuts really mean for ESPN

The Disney-owned sports media giant is laying off 300 to 400 people. But it won't affect its fiscal future.  More

Lessons from the best commencement speakers

College commencement speech season may be the best time to learn how to communicate powerfully.  More

Did Microsoft stretch the truth in tablet ads?

Apple's defenders count the errors in Microsoft's anti-iPad ads.  More

Web-like analytics are coming to brick-and-mortar stores

A company called Placed is applying some of the methods used online to the real world.  More

Automattic nears Tumblr valuation

WordPress.com parent company raises $50 million.  More

In denial: Corporate America's blindness to gender discrimination

How can a company expect to survive, let alone thrive, if half of its talent pool is excluded from key positions? Most companies can't even recognize they have a problem with gender discrimination.  More

The definitive sign GM is firing on all cylinders

The Detroit giant is moving its treasury staff to the Midwest.  More

Fortune Brainstorm Podcast: Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman

This week, we take a look at Caterpillar, a manufacturing titan with a history of conflict over worker wages.  More

New Apple TV ad series: Every day, more people ...

First, take photos. Second, enjoy their music. What's next?  More

How companies must change

To attract and retain the next generation of talented individuals, companies must develop effective ways of living their values.  More

Why Texas is creating jobs

Banking analyst Meredith Whitney says that conservative-leaning 'fly-over' states are attracting more jobs than tax-heavy states like California.  Play

The uneven recovery

Meredith Whitney's new book explains why The U.S. comeback isn't happening where you think.  More

Oculus Rift: Virtual reality 2.0

With Oculus Rift, Palmer Luckey wants to give virtual reality a second life.  More

U.S. judge in e-book trial says Apple is likely to lose

It doesn't start until June 3, but the judge is already working on a draft of her decision.  More

What tummy tucks can teach us about health care reform

The conventional wisdom is that market forces don't apply to pricing for medical care. A new study of the cosmetic surgery industry shows how wrong that belief is.  More

Beware that hedge fund in the window

When hedge fund managers advertise, performance dips.
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Cheap energy will bring back U.S. jobs

Analyst Meredith Whitney says that the flood of cheap, natural gas will ultimately bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.  Play

Apple, Android and a truckload of watermelons

Looking at market share vs. profit share every which way to Sunday.  More

Barclays aims for redemption

Culture changes at banks come and go, but many fail. How Barclays plans to pull this off.  More

Watch out. The mortgage securities market is at it again.

Instead of loosening standards to appease the industry, regulators should make it virtually impossible for securitizers to escape having skin in the game.  More

The 4 hedge funders losing big in the Japan rout

There's one big winner, too.
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Mercedes is perfecting the autopilot

The German car giant's new S Class sedan drives itself. Starting price: $100,000.  More

Disaster recovery turns to crowdfunding

A new outlet for one of technology's fastest-growing sectors.  More

Jon Stewart on Tim Cook, Apple's taxes, and the subcommittee

"Who are those people? What is the opposite of a Genius Bar?"  More

6 things you don't know about the Xbox One. (Really)

What you can and can't do with the new Microsoft device.  More

6 extreme employee excursions

These employers are boosting retention by sending workers across the globe, where they help communities in remote parts of Nepal, Africa, and Brazil.  More

PayPal is bullish on Bitcoin

President David Marcus tells Fortune why he embraces digital currency, how he thinks the trend will play out, and when Americans can reasonably expect to go wallet-less.  More

Why Big Law needs to hire odd ducks

At a time when their very survival seems up in the air, how can firms spot and hire the few candidates that will thrive in Big Law?  More

Feel guilty for taking leave? You're not alone.

Federal law entitles you to unpaid time off for family health issues (or your own), but how do you answer coworkers who resent it?  More

The iPad is getting a major upgrade

Users are flocking to a new email program.  More

Solar subsidies don't merit costly trade war with China

Who will win a solar trade war? Coal, gas, oil, and rival green energy sources.  More

What I learned working for Martha Stewart

Beatrice Mwasi, Martha Stewart's mentee from Kenya, shares the business lessons she picked up while working for the lifestyle guru.  More

Why Andreessen Horowitz gave a $60 million Lyft

Ride-sharing service Lyft today is announcing $60 million in new venture capital funding.  More

Apple caught 'flat footed' in Asian smartphone race

An analyst says current iPhones are "poorly aligned" with the factors driving smartphone growth.  More

Can KKR dance the Saks two-step?

Merging Saks with Neiman Marcus may make sense, but it won't be easy.  More

The latest to claim fraud at Ranbaxy: Its owners

Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo has quietly stood by its decision to purchase Ranbaxy in 2008. Now, the company is publicly suggesting it was defrauded in the $4.6 billion acquisition.  More

Pre-Marketing: Too big to jail?

Why does the Department of Justice believe in "too big to jail?" Also: Global shares stumble on Bernanke comments.  More

U.K.'s Cameron to China, India: We're open for business

Prime Minister David Cameron says openness to foreign investment is competitive advantage for Britain (and Ratan Tata is always welcome at Downing Street).  More

Inside Amazon's tax fight

Fortune goes behind Amazon's tax war.
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Fear the weaker

The greatest danger to our world isn't from those economies at the top -- but those at the bottom.  More

6-step guide to dodging taxes just like Apple

Tax avoidance works beautifully -- and legally -- for Apple and other multinationals. Why not make it work for you?  More

Working glass at Corning

Inside Corning, where a brittle material is pushed to its limits.  More

Guess which senator asked Apple the smartest questions?

To the surprise of many, it was the Tea Party candidate from Wisconsin.  More

Bloomberg: Apple stuck bond buyers with a '$280 million loss'

As if Apple's bonds the only ones whose price fell as interest rates climbed.  More

It's been 10 years: Google is officially a New Yorker

The search giant opened its New York City office a decade ago. Time flies.  More

New York City loses its private equity boss

Head of NYC private equity investments heads to private firm in which NYC pension invested.  More

3 surprising reasons to cheer falling commodities

Prices of everything from gold to oil to corn are falling fast. Here's how you can benefit.  More

Tim Cook's testimony on Apple's taxes: The reviews are in

Reporters wrote two kinds of second-day stories, with two very different takes.  More

How much did Tumblr's VCs really make?

Reports of VC returns on Tumblr have been greatly exaggerated.  More

Why nuclear is still a booming business

URS CEO Martin Koffel tells Fortune how his business still profits from nuclear power plants despite very few new plants being built.  Play

Even small business is bigger in Texas

Bolstered by biotech, a building boom, and a business-friendly legislature, fledgling companies have recently found growth -- and growing pains -- in the Lone Star State.  More

Move over Mr. Mayor, cities are getting chief innovation officers

Towns are taking a page from the corporate world in an effort to make strapped municipal governments more efficient.  More

Women are breaking through the 'concrete ceiling'

Women-owned construction firms are on the rise, and have made it onto this year's Inner City 100 list of the fastest-growing urban businesses in the U.S.  More

The Xbox One has one major problem

Microsoft's Xbox One is being touted as the only peripheral your TV needs—except for your cable box, the only thing it apparently can't work without.  More

Car Wars: A smoother road ahead

Influential auto analyst John Murphy sees some stability for the world's automakers in the next few years. But don't look for any significant shifts in market share.  More

Questions for Nathan Myhrvold

He's a paleontologist, master chef, modern-day polymath, and author of a 2,438-page book on Modernist Cuisine.  More

Pre-Marketing: Public company, public tax filing?

Food truck economics; debunking 7 conventional VC wisdom; and, 3D printed food?  More

Goldman pushes hedge funds for your 401(k)

Wall Street is rolling out low-minimum mutual funds that will let you lose money like a high roller.  More

Mr. Cook came to Washington, and escaped unscathed

No one laid a glove on Apple's CEO, not even the subcommittee's hostile chairman.  More
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