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Walmart is done trying to buy small retailers to compete with Amazon

Marc Lore, CEO of Walmart’s e-commerce group, speaking at the 2019 Code Commerce conference. | Keith MacDonald for Vox Media…

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Branding is the real reason Schick’s parent company bought razor upstart Harry’s for $1.4 billion

Harry’s co-founder and co-CEO Jeff Raider is trying to make an old brand new. | Keith MacDonald for Vox Media…

5 years ago

“My heart cries”: For one Rohingya refugee, a dream of home that may never be fulfilled

Mawlawi Harun, 90, is Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group that has fled Myanmar en masse as the government there…

5 years ago

Here’s the finalized lineup for the September Democratic debate

Getty Images Ten candidates have made the cut. Democrats aren’t letting just anyone onto their presidential debate stage anymore. Just…

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The Trump administration’s new plan to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, explained

Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images The Treasury Department has a new blueprint for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could…

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Michigan has a smart idea for fixing gerrymandering. Conservatives want to crush it.

Michigan state Rep. Dan Kildee speaks outside the Supreme Court against partisan gerrymandering on Oct. 3, 2017. | Olivier Douliery/Getty Images…

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How to follow (and listen to) Recode’s Code Commerce conference in New York City

Keith MacDonald Leaders from Walmart, The RealReal, Birkenstock, Uber, and more join us next week. Recode’s annual Code Commerce conference…

5 years ago

Ride-sharing services refuse to serve underage kids. Teens still use them.

Data from Current, a debit card company that caters to teens, found that Uber and Lyft combined are the second-most…

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Dozens of Google employees say they were retaliated against for reporting harassment

Google employees (from left to right) Sam Moreno, Katie Slavin, and Keny Cueltar listen to speakers during the Boulder Colorado…

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6 winners and 3 losers from Succession’s best episode yet

Team Waystar gets ready to buy the entire Pierce family. (Okay, just their news operation, but still.) | HBO “Tern…

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