Cross Border
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Luxury's Secret Empire: Hermès and the love of craftsmanship
Quietly and diligently, the family behind Hermès has become one of the world's richest, to the tune of more than $25 billion. They've done it not only by selling beautiful luxury items but also by selling aura as beautifully as any company on the planet
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The Billion-Dollar Dress: Secret behind Rent the Runway's success
Rent the Runway's Jennifer Hyman hooked millennials on catch-and-release couture, but the logistics platform she built is sophisticated enough to dominate the sharing economy
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The Greatest Deal of all Time
Billionaire financier Len Blavatnik's bet on LyondellBasell has netted him a personal profit of nearly $8 billion. He says there's more to come
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What Gave Zippo Its Best Year Ever
Americans don't smoke much anymore, but that hasn't stopped the iconic cigarette lighter maker from having its best year ever
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America's Car Capital Will Soon Be… Mexico
More bad news for Detroit. Wise free trade policies south of the border have quickly created the global auto industry's factory floor. Washington, are you listening?
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The Man Who Knows Too Much
CloudFlare makes itself a juicy target by standing in the way of attacks on popular (and unsavoury) websites
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America's 100 Top Colleges
The most outstanding educational institutions in the country
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Cornell's most daring step: Hoping to find Zuckerberg on new campus
Ranked by Forbes as America's fourth-most entrepreneurial college, Cornell is building a $2 billion campus in New York City, with a singular goal in mind: Be the Stanford of the east
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America's tuition pricing mess
Meet the real gatekeepers of higher education, an unseen army of data-crunching salesmen who dazzle college administrators and perpetuate the arms race that sends tuition prices ever higher
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Born with a silver spoon: America's richest dynasties eye more wealth
Our definitive list of the richest families in the US
