Forget Oakland Or Hoboken. Worcester, Mass., Is The New 'It' Town
Once left for dead, the city outside Boston is seeing its stock price rise so fast that it is outpacing nearly every other small city in America.
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Uber's Online-Only Restaurants: The Future, Or The End Of Dining Out?
Uber has helped create about 800 "virtual restaurants" in the U.S. — eateries that only exist online. Uber says its delivery service helps restaurants grow, but some in the industry see downsides.
Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin
Proponents of the chips say they're safe and largely protected from hacking, but one scientist is raising privacy concerns around the kind of personal health data that might be stored on the devices.
Facebook, Exploited By Influence Campaigns, Tries To Clamp Down With 'War Room'
The social networking behemoth says a new command center at its Silicon Valley headquarters will let it respond more quickly to foreign disinformation operations ahead of Election Day.
Costco Builds Nebraska Supply Chain For Its $5 Rotisserie Chickens
Costco is building a facility in Nebraska to process chickens from hundreds of nearby farms for sale as rotisserie chickens. The warehouse retailer sells 60 million rotisserie chickens each year.
Cramped Legroom On Flights Unlikely To Change, Despite Congressional Mandate
Frequent flyers have often complained of shrinking legroom on flights. Now Congress has ordered the FAA to establish minimum seat widths and pitch — but that's unlikely to result in more space.
Short Shrift For Short Sellers
Short sellers get a bad rap. Sometimes with good reason. But overall, they're an inevitable and useful part of a healthy financial system.
The State We're In: Collective Bargaining
After Janus vs. AFSCME, what proposals involve collective bargaining on the state level?
Taiwan's Foxconn And Wisconsin Farmers Bond Over Ginseng
While Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn builds a factory in Wisconsin, it's also looking to use its resources to modernize the state's ginseng crop, which Wisconsin farmers sell to Asian markets.
Can't Find An Affordable Home? Try Living In A Pod
Co-living projects are popping up in cities where housing costs are too expensive for middle-income residents. It's dorm-life for adults, with shared kitchens and bathrooms, and it doesn't come cheap.