Global Game
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How Sharing and Renting is Creating a New Economy in the West
Consumers are building multi-billion-dollar marketplaces for sharing cars, homes, bicycles, driveways and tools. In looking for a better deal and extra income, they’re reshaping business
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Private Equity Giant KKR Goes Gentle
The barbarians who made billions pioneering Wall Street’s hostile leveraged buyouts now want to be Main Street’s go-to investor
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Starlight Runner's Transmedia Storytelling in Hollywood
Consulting firm Starlight Runner helps movie directors like James Cameron—and big brands from Coca-Cola to Mattel to Pepperidge Farm—keep their stories straight
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Xander's Masterstrokes in a Slumping Market
With his realty fund and his conviction to back it, Sid Yog has bucked the slump
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Will Sailfish Take on Android in China?
After Nokia canned them and their open source mobile platform, a group of engineers decided to relaunch, and looked East. Good luck
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GVK's Big Australian Bet
GVK has to raise $7 billion in debt to succeed in its venture to mine coal Down Under and fight off stiff competition
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Auto Parts Giant Dana Holding is Changing Gears
Here’s a surprise: After a decade of debacles, auto parts titan Dana Holding is finally turning around, thanks to a new CEO with global ambitions
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One Woman, a hair dryer and a $20 million business
How Alli Webb turned her Drybar salon into a $20 million operation
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The Real Value of Reddit
The web’s anti-bullying, meme-spawning, porn-flecked link forum may go down as one of the shrewdest buys in the media business
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How Solar Panels Work Without Human Force
Solar panels have gotten so cheap that installlers are seeking new ways to push down the cost per clean kilowatt. One answer: Get rid of the humans
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Wall Street Wakes Up to New Sleeping Drugs
Merck’s potential rival to blockbuster Ambien is big medical news, but Wall Street’s reaction has been snoozy so far. That’s a big, big problem for drugmakers