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How To Get Tennis Lessons From Serena Williams

Want Serena Williams to come over and troubleshoot your backhand? Sorry, that's probably not going to happen. But a new online education platform lets you come close. Called Master Class, the San...

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Can Uber Win India Without A Native Mobile Wallet?

Uber has been extremely transparent about its ambitions to expand aggressively in Asia, particularly in China and India, where the company plans on investing more than $1 billion in each country.But as...

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The Recommender: What Execs From Shazam, Starwood Hotels, And Ellevate Are...

"I love to cook. For recipes, I'm using Yummly a lot. To get the food, I'm using Instacart. And to fight the weight that I put on when I cook too much: the fitness app Lark."— Sallie Krawcheck Owner,...

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How Luvo Is Bringing The Heat To Frozen Foods

LuvoMeal maven: Luvo's sales have doubled since Christine Day took the reins as CEO.When Luvo debuted on our Most Innovative Companies list in 2014, the startup had just recruited ex-­Lululemon CEO...

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Volkswagen CEO Resigns Following Emissions Controversy

As Pope Francis prepared to speak on Capitol Hill in favor of climate change reform, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn announced his untimely resignation. The decision came after last week's revelations...

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Fingerprints of 5.6 Million Government Employees Stolen In Cyberattack

Since it was announced in June that hackers had breached the U.S. Government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) database, the full breadth of the crippling cyberattack has gone from bad to worse....

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The Recommender: What Execs From Timberland, GoDaddy, and Equinox Are Loving...

"In São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off the west coast of Africa, you can enjoy a lush forest or discover (literally!) completely unspoiled beaches."— José Neves Founder and CEO,...

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"Louie" Presses Pause (To Give His Friends Some Play)

Pig NewtonLouis C.K.'s production company, Pig Newton, appeared on the Most Innovative Companies list in 2013 for pioneering a direct-to-consumer model to sell his comedy specials and stand-up tickets,...

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New York City Wine & Food Festival Founder Lee Schrager On The Future Of Eating

As founder of the New York City Food & Wine Festival (and its sister event in Miami's South Beach), Lee Schrager, a Culinary Institute of America-trained chef and VP at Southern Wine and Spirits,...

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Amazon Web Services Drives Surprising Profit For Amazon

As Amazon dukes it out with the New York Times over whether Amazon is or is not a nice place to work, the tech company reported surprising third-quarter profits.During an earnings call on Thursday,...

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Jeff Bezos's Rocket Company Just Came A Step Closer To Carrying Humans To Space

Between Boeing, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Xcor, and Blue Origin, the private space race is fully underway—and it appears that Jeff Bezos's space company, Blue Origin, is finally making some headway....

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The Recommender: What Execs From Minibar, Glamsquad, and Zady.com Are Loving Now

"Salt of the Earth is the most moving film I've seen in years. It follows the life of legendary photojournalist Sebastião Salgado as he travels the world telling stories. It had me in tears at several...

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SnøhettaModern times: Snøhetta's evocative, $610 million SFMOMA expansion has been six years in the making.Photo: Henrik KamSnøhetta's first project was the 1989 reconceptualization of the Library of...

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Burger King is Selling Hot Dogs Now--With Grilling Tips From Snoop Dogg and...

The Burger King brand seems to exist in a fever dream that, honestly, has kept us quietly entertained for more than a decade. So, it's no surprise that in the year 2016, the company is flirting with...

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PandoraPandora is changing its tune. As more and more music fans sign up for on-demand streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music, the Internet radio giant has lost some momentum, but now the...

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Kickstarter's Yancey Strickler On The Technology He Hates And Why He Loves Kanye

Yancey Strickler has always want­­ed Kickstarter to make a positive difference. But last fall, he took the crowdsourcing company's do-good values a step further, reincorporating the business as a...

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McDonald'sWhat does a fast-food juggernaut do when customers no longer seem to be lovin' it? It listens to what they really want—which, as it turns out, is hash browns and hotcakes.Since launching an...

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Anatomy Of A WeWork Expansion

RIVER NORTH1. 111 W. Illinois Street25,281 square feet When not taking in unrivaled views of the Chicago River and the iconic Merchandise Mart—once the world's largest building—members of this WeWork...

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Meet The Woman Sciencing The S&%t Out Of Lab-Grown Animal Products

"The great thing about animal agriculture," says Isha Datar from her office in New York City, "is that it is offensive in so many different ways."Datar, of course, is being facetious. But with her...

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SHoP ArchitectsHow can great design make a difference when it comes to natural disasters? That's what SHoP Architects is hoping to answer this summer, when the New York City–based firm opens the first...

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