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tech
19 The Dilemma
of “Green China Inc.”
U.S. businesses can
profit from China’s
clean-energy boom—
if trade tensions don’t
disrupt their flow.
By JEFFREY BALL
23 TikTok Is on
a Te ar
The video-sharing app
has gained a massive
following of young
users. The challenge is
turning that popularity
into a moneymaking
business. By EAMON
BARRETT
venture
27 Equal to the Task
Leah Busque made
outsourcing small
jobs easy by creating
TaskRabbit—a web
platform that helped
spawn the gig
economy. Interview
by DINAH ENG
invest
35 The Biggest
Burners
Today’s hot tech stocks
may seem to have a lot
in common with their
now-huge forerunners.
But those titans never
burned cash like this.
By SHAWN TULLY
focus
11 Automation’s
Shifting Fortunes
Technology didn’t
depress wages—
until it did. Here’s why.
By GEOFF COLVIN
14 Temperature
Rises on Digital Health
Health care is headed
for the cloud. Digital
health tech investment
is nearing the moon.
By SY MUKHERJEE
15 Selling
Seychelles for
the Seashore
“Blue bonds” could
play a big part in saving
the world’s oceans.
By ERIKA FRY
16 Small Loaves
and Forever Rolls
Consumer packaged
goods are catching up
with a big societal shift
toward single living.
By LYDIA BELANGER
17 Can Barnes &
Noble Turn the Page?
Why the soon-to-be
private bookseller
could look more like
the local bookstores
it nearly killed off.
By PHIL WAHBA
briefing
8 Follow the Money
In business, nothing
bursts the conventional
wisdom quite like math
does. By CLIFTON LEAF
foreword passions
38 A Diamond
Takes the Rough
The Rolls-Royce of
yesteryear was built
to sparkle on the
driveways of great
estates. The marque’s
new SUV is built to
change that.
By JACLYN TROP
last byte
96 Screen Shots
What does Tinseltown’s
output say about the
psyche of moviegoers
across the globe?
Te x t by CLIFTON LEAF;
graphic by NICOLAS RAPP
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