The Godfather of Mexican Manufacturing Couldn’t Care Less About Donald Trump - October 16, 2017 Issue

October 16, 2017 Issue

The Godfather of Mexican Manufacturing Couldn’t Care Less About Donald Trump

The Godfather of Mexican Manufacturing Couldn’t Care Less About Donald Trump

By Lauren Etter

Remarks

Remarks

Xi’s Legacy May Rest on the World’s Biggest Infrastructure Project

By Howard W French

Xi’s Legacy May Rest on the World’s Biggest Infrastructure Project

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Europe’s New Mistake on Failing Banks

By The Editors

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Business

Business

How Tyson’s Chicken Plant Became a $320 Million Turkey

By Megan Durisin and Shruti Singh

How Tyson’s Chicken Plant Became a $320 Million Turkey

Can Neymar Score a $1.4 Billion Payout for French Soccer?

By Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier

Neymar celebrates scoring a goal during the French Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux on Sept. 30.

Irish Whiskey Is Following Scotch’s High-End Strategy

By Thomas Buckley

Irish Whiskey Is Following Scotch’s High-End Strategy

Technology

Technology

Google Has Made a Mess of Robotics

By Mark Bergen and Joshua Brustein

Google Has Made a Mess of Robotics

This Genetics Company Is Editing Horns Off Milk Cows

By Adam Piore

This Genetics Company Is Editing Horns Off Milk Cows

This Company Says Its Software Can Pick Soccer Stars

By David Gauvey Herbert

This Company Says Its Software Can Pick Soccer Stars

This Milk-Jug-Size Device Can Help Newborns Breathe

By Michael Belfiore

The Third Pole.

Finance

Finance

Maria Made Puerto Rico’s Giant Debt Even Trickier for Hedge Funds

By Katherine Burton, Rebecca Spalding and Michelle Kaske

Maria Made Puerto Rico’s Giant Debt Even Trickier for Hedge Funds

Welcome to Crypto Valley

By Hugo Miller

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Distressed Investors Are Already Buying Houston Homes for 40 Cents on the Dollar

By Prashant Gopal

Distressed Investors Are Already Buying Houston Homes for 40 Cents on the Dollar

Economics

Economics

Is Xi a Threat to Foreign Businesses in China?

By Peter Martin and Keith Zhai

Chinese President Xi Jinping.

U.K.’s Gateway to Europe Braces for 17-Mile Brexit Backup

By Thomas Seal

Port Of Dover Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Tim Waggott Interview On The Impact Of Brexit

Private Oil Made a Big Find in Mexico. Now State Oil Wants a Cut

By Adam Williams

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Politics

Politics

The Making of a Millionaire and a Massacre

By Michael Smith and Polly Mosendz

Drawings from patent #8474169 (bump stock) from inventor Jeremiah Cottle, owner of Slide Fire Solutions LP.

A Corruption Trial Splits the Kremlin

By Evgenia Pismennaya, Ilya Arkhipov, Henry Meyer and Irina Reznik

Former Russian Economy Minister Ulyukayev, charged with taking a $2 million bribe, appears at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow.

Paying the Price of Playing With Trump

By Josh Eidelson

Javier Palomarez.

How the Pentagon Spun Hurricane Maria

By Christopher Flavelle

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Command organize food and water deliveries for residents of Utuado, Puerto Rico, on Oct 5.

Focus/Small Business

Focus/Small Business

An App to Help Migrants Phone Home

By Kim McLaughlin

An App to Help Migrants Phone Home

A Chic Alpaca Brand Preserves Peru’s Weaving Heritage

By Catherine Elton

Weaving for Ayni in Cusco, Peru.

This Steak-Sharing Startup Targets Foodies Looking for High-End Beef

By Craig Giammona

Bob Boyce.

Features

Features

The Godfather of Mexican Manufacturing Couldn’t Care Less About Donald Trump

By Lauren Etter

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Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America

By Mya Frazier

Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America

Are Trekkies the Key to CBS’s Future?

By Lucas Shaw

Are Trekkies the Key to CBS’s Future?

Pursuits

Pursuits

Look Inside the Most Expensive House on Earth

By Thomas Buckley

Villa les CÃ¨dres

Here’s One More Reason to Visit Charleston This Fall

By Jon Gluck

A Spartina-grass flat along the Kiawah River.

‘America: The Cookbook’ Is the Must-Have Kitchen Bible for Woke Foodies

By David Kamp

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The Queen Mother of All Handbags

By Ami Kealoha

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How to Prove That LGBT Discrimination Is Really Sex Bias

By Josh Eidelson

How to Prove That LGBT Discrimination Is Really Sex Bias