Category: Business
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Is the Future Faraday?
Ok, tell me if you’ve heard this one before. A billionaire founder has the ambitious dream to make autonomous electric vehicles and has named the company after a 19th-century scientist. You would be right to assume it’s Tesla but in fact it’s China’s reply, meet Faraday Future. Named after the founding father of motor technology,…
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Bike-Sharing Startup Bubble Finally Deflates
What do Amsterdam and Beijing have in common? The two could not be more starkly contrasted, except for one small overlapping love – the bicycle. While their histories are wildly different the need – or even the desire – to have the city planned around the humble bike is central to their collective lure. Holland…
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The Case of the Missing Startups
American businesses are employing more people than ever, the stock market has soared – even with the ten per cent correction – and consumer optimism is growing. Given this spirit, it remains a puzzle as to why productivity is lagging behind in the United States, and why are wages still stagnant. It has been 10…