Business

Schumpeter

What do Joe Biden and the boss of Starbucks have in common?

Both are grappling with gloomy consumers at home and trouble abroad

Marque to market

How not to name a new car

Companies that get it wrong risk both derision and outrage

Hot property

Meet the Swedish firm trying to shake up heat pumps

It sees a big opportunity in an old technology

Bartleby

How to be a good follower

First, realise that it matters

Clocked off

China’s youth are rebelling against long hours

The backlash over a series of viral videos says a lot about shifting attitudes

Through the floor

Can Home Depot’s “amazing era” return?

Americans are yet to recover their enthusiasm for renovations

Storing up trouble

App stores are hugely lucrative—and under attack

Governments want to curb their power

Bartleby

For Gen-Z job-seekers, TikTok is the new LinkedIn

Companies had better start scrolling

Schumpeter

Can Alibaba get the magic back?

China’s e-commerce giant is no longer being stripped for parts. Good

Code for trouble

Will chatbots eat India’s IT industry?

TCS, Infosys and others try to harness the technology first

Back to work

Is America Inc’s war for talent over?

Competition has cooled—for now

How green is your Valley?

Big tech’s great AI power grab

Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft are on the hunt for new energy sources