Elon Musk Is Really Boring - February 20, 2017 Issue

February 20, 2017 Issue

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

How to Win a Trade War With China

By Michael Schuman

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How the World's Fastest-Growing Economy Went Bust

By The Editors

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Who Will Watch the Banks Under Trump?

By The Editors

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News - Global Economics

News - Global Economics

Should Farmers Fear Trump?

By Alan Bjerga

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Vietnam Shrugs Off the Loss of TPP

By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen and Karl Lester M Yap

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The One Russian Linking Putin, Erdogan and Trump

By Henry Meyer and Onur Ant

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News - Companies & Industries

News - Companies & Industries

How Toshiba Lost $6 Billion

By Jason Clenfield, Yuji Nakamura, Takashi Amano, Pavel Alpeyev and Stephen Stapczynski

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VW’s Comeback Faces Roadblock From Trump Tax on Mexican Beetles

By Ryan Beene and Christoph Rauwald

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America’s Music Festivals Could Use a Boost, With or Without U2

By Lucas Shaw

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Detsky Mir Aims to Prove Toys R Russia With $355 Million IPO

By Carol Matlack and Ilya Khrennikov

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News - Politics & Policy

News - Politics & Policy

Unions Are Losing Their Decades-Long ‘Right-to-Work’ Fight

By Josh Eidelson

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Trump Needs a Strong Lawyer

By Paul Barrett

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How the Kremlin’s Disinformation Machine Is Targeting Europe

By Henry Meyer, Carol Matlack and Stefan Nicola

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Miami’s Mayor Climbs Aboard the Trump Train

By Jonathan Levin

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The Acting SEC Chair Is Using His Temporary Powers

By Robert Schmidt

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News - Technology

News - Technology

One Job the Robots Can Have: Cleaning Nuclear Waste

By Adam Satariano

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Here’s Why This Cat-Spotting AI Is Different

By Ashlee Vance

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Why You Need the Internet to Drill in the U.S.

By Mya Frazier

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This $425 DIY Implant Will Make You a Cyborg

By Adam Popescu

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This Needle Cam Can Diagnose Joint Injuries Without an MRI

By Michael Belfiore

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News - Markets & Finance

News - Markets & Finance

Insurance Bills Rise as Texters Crash Cars

By Lisa Du and Sonali Basak

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Warren Buffett Says Money Managers Charge Too Much

By Noah Buhayar

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Hunting for Dirty Deeds in the $34 Trillion U.S. Futures Market

By Matthew Leising

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Focus On Mobile

Focus On Mobile

Tomorrow’s Cellular Networks Will Generate $3.5 Trillion in Economic Output

By Olga Kharif and Scott Moritz

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‘Smart Mirrors’ Come to the Fitting Room

By Matthew Townsend

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You’re Going to See More Vertical Ads on Your Phone

By Sarah Frier

YouTube Meets Boob Tube as Europe’s Networks Chase the Young

By Stefan Nicola and Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier

Debrief

Debrief

Q&A: Melinda Gates on the World’s Missing Data About Women

By Megan Murphy

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Features

Features

Elon Musk Is Really Boring

By Max Chafkin

Will Trump Rescue the Oligarch in the Gilded Cage?

By Robert Kolker

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Is the Chicken Industry Rigged?

By Christopher Leonard

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Maniac Killers of the Bangalore IT Department

By Ben Crair

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Etc.

Etc.

To Boldly Cruise Where No Couple Has Cruised Before

By Fran Golden

How to Keep Up With the Podcasts: Don’t

By David Sax

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New Office Sensors Know When You Leave Your Desk

By Rebecca Greenfield

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Sonos’s Joy Howard: How Did I Get Here?

By Arianne Cohen

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