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What Gandhi believed is the purpose of a corporation
Gandhi had a lot to say about how business leaders should behave
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Exclusive: Zomato revenue jumps 225 percent to $205 million in Apr-Sep, says #Logout had little impact
Zomato says it had nearly 6,100 restaurants in India on Zomato Gold at the start of the #Logout campaign; the number now stands at approximately 6,300 restaurants
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Meet the millionaires helping to pay for climate protests
Three wealthy donors formed the Climate Emergency Fund this year to support "disruptive activists," as Trevor Neilson, one of the founders, put it. For years, they have individually given money to more traditional environmental organisations but concluded that the crisis demanded greater urgency
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WeWork IPO is withdrawn as investors grow wary
WeWork's parent, the We Co., aimed to sell enough shares to raise as much as $4 billion, and had lined up $6 billion in a bank loan that was contingent on the IPO. Without a large infusion of capital, the company is expected to slam the brakes on its breakneck expansion
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'I see huge potential for AI as an amplifier': Vishal Sikka
Former Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka on why he sees artificial intelligence as a tool that augments human capability, not something that replaces people, and his new venture, Vianai
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The week the CEOs got smacked
As highlighted this week with platitudes from the departing chief executives of WeWork, eBay and Volkswagen, idealism and high-mindedness does not protect companies from the harsh realities of running a business
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Forever 21, fast-fashion pioneer, to file for bankruptcy
A sign of the shifting tastes of young consumers, the family held company capped months of speculation with the announcement on Sunday night
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Sports (Slow but steady rise of Karnataka’s women's football team), Economy (Alan Greenspan’s unique theory), History (Lost in transition), Statistics (Why you shouldn’t believe in headline numbers), Leadership (Lessons from the wild) and Environment (How financial institutions are adding to the global warming)
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Utkarsh Ambudkar finally gets his broadway shot in 'Freestyle Love Supreme'
Ambudkar has been onstage since a wrist injury in high school derailed him from playing basketball. He grew up outside Baltimore, where his biochemist parents settled after emigrating from India in the 1980s. After struggles with alcohol addiction, he has finally made it to Broadway
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How Cobie Smulders met her new role
Smulders—who recently ended two seasons of Netflix's "Friends From College" after nine on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" and a recurring role as Maria Hill in a string of Marvel movies—wasn't even shopping for a series when "Stumptown" came her way
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SoftBank bet billions on disruptive companies. Many have not paid off
In what may be a reckoning for Masayoshi Son, Wall Street has started running from companies backed by SoftBank and its Vision Fund. The CEO of WeWork stepped down this week; Uber's stock has fallen nearly 30% from its May IPO price; and shares in Slack have tumbled more than 40% from their first day of trading in June