Meet the Little Toy Company Behind Star Wars’ BB-8 Drone
Until this year, Sphero had been a small tech startup making a very niche product: remote controlled, plastic, robot balls. When Disney...
Short-Term Thinking
From Dealbook: From Wall Street to Washington and in the towers of academia, people are buzzing about what some say is the pernicious...
Buybacks Are Overrated
Why Management Loves Share Buybacks Share repurchases are a backdoor way to pay executives. Bloomberg, November 11, 2015 ...
ESPN & Grantland
We can debate the financial viability of “Grantland” all day long. But we cannot debate the fact that the site was synonymous with...
Forget “Steve Jobs,” Get Ready For “Michael...
Forget “Steve Jobs,” Get Ready For “Michael Dell” – CONAN on TBS
Jamie Dimon, JPM CEO, Interviewed by Stephanie Ruhle on...
Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer at JPMorgan, talks with Stephanie Ruhle about concerns over tech valuations, markets on...
Brief Eight-Decade History of Volkswagen
During the Second World War, the company was almost bombed out of existence, but today its 600,000 employees make roughly one out of...
It isn’t a Lehman Moment if . . .
Awesome column by my BV colleague Mark Gilbert, observing that true ‘Lehman Moments’ must clear certain hurdles — and...
Most Competitive Countries in the World
113 indicators from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2015-16 (via Bloomberg) leads to a not at all...