INTEL, AMERICA’S semiconductor giant, has had some notable bosses. Robert Noyce, its first, invented the silicon chip that gave Silicon Valley its name. Gordon Moore, who came next, etched his place in...
AND THEY’RE off! Well, some of them. One weak-kneed participant collapsed before the starting line. Another did so a few steps later. A third quickly ran into a railing. Still, the remaining...
Times are bleak in Toyland. So bleak that Bratz dolls’ flowing locks are at risk. “There is no American factory anywhere that can make hair for dolls,” fumes Isaac Larian, boss of...
Volkswagen’s days of producing a “global icon” may have seemed behind it. But last month Gunnar Kilian, who sits on the management board of Europe’s biggest carmaker, gushed on LinkedIn that vw...
“This is where people of today’s world hang out,” explained Bill Preston, a student, to Socrates. Mr Preston was not your typical member of the Socratic circle. The year was 1988 and...
“The future of Tesla is brighter than ever.” So declared Elon Musk during an earnings call on April 22nd. According to the carmaker’s boss, Tesla remains on course to become the world’s...
For countries worried that their trade surpluses with America put them in the firing line for tariffs, Donald Trump has a solution: buy American fuel. This month Mr Trump declared that his...
Peter Thiel is obsessed with atoms. The prescient venture capitalist has said that the Manhattan Project, which created the first atomic bomb, epitomised how America’s government used to “get things done”. He...
