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tech
27 Show Swapping
Is TV’s New Star
Canceled TV shows are
increasingly getting a
second life, thanks to
a ballooning number
of cable channels and
streaming services.
By RADHIKA MARYA
32 Slack Spreads
Its Wings
The popular workplace
chat app recently
made a successful
public market debut.
Now what?
By MICHAL LEV-RAM
focus
13 The True Cost of
the Trade War
Trump’s policies are
creating losses that
could hurt the U.S.
far more than tariffs will
China. By SHAWN TULLY
16 India’s
Wireless Wonder
An Indian telecom
company goes from
zero to 331 million
subscribers in
three years.
By AARON PRESSMAN
18 Capital Offense
In light of the Capital
One breach, should
Big Business fear the
public cloud?
By ROBERT HACKETT
20 A Crimson
Phenomenon
Harvard’s introduction
to computer science
has become more than
a class. By GEOFF COLVIN
briefing
8 Translating
Success
A language-learning
app shows how doing
well financially can go
hand in hand with
doing social good.
By CLIFTON LEAF
foreword
passions
65 Buying Provence
Like the food, wine,
and scenery of south-
eastern France, its
stunning properties
are never out of
style for long.
By LINDSEY TRAMUTA
last byte
136 Building a
Mountain of Debt
A decade after the
Great Recession’s
borrowing binge, U.S.
debt continues to soar.
Te x t by BRIAN
O’KEEFE; graphic
by NICOLAS RAPP
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22 Uber Wants Your
Loyalty—and Cash
The on-demand trans-
portation company
looks to the Amazon
Prime model to stabi-
lize revenues.
By DANIELLE ABRIL
24 From Fringe to
Core: “Green” Grows Up
Convening global lead-
ers to define what it
takes to win in the new
sustainability economy.
By JEFFREY BALL
invest
43 Inside the
Bargain Hunter’s Lab
It’s harder than ever
to find fast-growing
companies with rea-
sonably priced shares.
We spotted four that
fit the formula for
big gains.
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