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Why Costco is so loved

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.In the nearly 40 years that The Economist has served up its Big...

China is quietly reducing its reliance on foreign chip technology

From consumer gadgets to cars, China has time and again shown a knack for emulating cutting-edge foreign technology. Yet the semiconductors that power the digital economy have proven trickier to master. That...

Vladimir Putin wants to catch up with the West in AI

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.SIX YEARS ago, before anyone had heard of ChatGPT, Vladimir Putin said that...

Fairness: the hidden currency of the workplace

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Some videos are almost certain to go viral: wild animals that pilfer food...

Can Giorgia Meloni reinvigorate Italia SpA?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Prominently displayed at a bookshop at Linate airport in Milan is the cover...

Media companies club together for a joint sport-streamer

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.MORE THAN 100m Americans will tune in on February 11th to the Super...

Samsung’s boss avoids prison, again

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IT HAS BEEN a while since Lee Jae-yong did not have a court...

Musk v Zuckerberg: who’s winning?

The playground rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk dates back years—and in who-is-cooler-than-whom terms, Mr Musk usually wins easily. As an innovator, Mr Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and boss of Meta,...

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