Global Game
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The Brewing of Sierra Nevada
Decades before the boutique beer boom Ken Grossman tasted opportunity. Sierra Nevada is now a juggernaut—and he might be worth $800 million
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Can PayPal Win the Wallet Wars?
PayPal is in the centre of two battles: One for control of every transaction on the Planet, the other for control of its own destiny
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Teaching English and Minting Money
Duolingo teaches English to millions for free, as the non-profit Khan Academy does with math. But its founders want to make real money so the service lasts
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Brooklyn's Billionaire Is Betting On The Borough, Again
Cash crises, political grudge matches, suicide. None of it stopped David Walentas from forging a 10-digit fortune by creating an entire neighbourhood in New York's underdog borough. And he's about to do it all again
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Can An NBA Team Reinvent A City?
We've seen time and again that it can't. But that isn't stopping Big Data pioneer Vivek Ranadivé from using the NBA to bet $1 billion on Sacramento
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In An Ad-mad World, Google Wants It All
Forget wearable computers and self-driving cars. The search giant will continue its dominance by sticking with its roots—taking $20 billion out of the hides of some very familiar companies
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How To Trick The Hackers
Backed with $26 million, a startup is using hackers' own tricks against them
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How Snapchat Became the World's Hottest Social App
Evan Spiegel, 23, and Bobby Murphy, 25, have turned Snapchat and its disappearing photos into the hottest app in America for teenagers. Hot enough, in fact, to spurn a $3 billion offer from Facebook. Will they become two of the youngest billionaires ever—or fade quickly into business infamy?
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UBS Chief Sergio Ermotti's Bull Run
Thanks to some fortuitous timing Sergio Ermotti ended up with the top job at UBS, but he really hit the jackpot when he found that his former boss was already transforming the troubled bank into a wealth-management juggernaut
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The Fight Over Online Gambling in the US
George Soros, John Paulson and Leon Cooperman have secretly moved into battle mode against Sheldon Adelson. The stakes: The future of gambling in America