UpFront
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Beating slowdown blues with new car launches
The auto market is expected to recover from July up to the festive season
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Subway got too big, and franchisees paid the price
In 2016, for the first time ever, more Subway stores closed than opened. For many owners, Subway's internal workings are a mystery. The chain, which is private, offers far less financial information than other global fast-food peers
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Deutsche Bank, in a last-ditch effort to stop its spiral, could lay off 20,000
With its finances and strategy in disarray and 95 percent of its market value erased, the German bank's executives are putting the finishing touches on a painful restructuring plan they hope will halt the company's downward spiral
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Kim Kardashian West and the kimono controversy
Kardashian West's latest venture, a line of shapewear, ran into trouble for being called 'Kimono', being accused for 'cultural disrespect'
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Why now? A Trump accuser confronts her silence
The writer's friends and confidantes talk publicly for the first time about her sexual assault allegation against the president
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Brian Lara isn't slowing down
As he turns 50, the West Indian legend breaks down his genius and what it takes to make cricketing history
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Talking about 'SHEroes' in this edition, Indian hockey player Lalremsiami's father passed away just before her team went into the make-or-break semifinal in Hiroshima, Japan, that would keep India's Olympics dream alive
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A look at iPhone designer Jony Ive's run at Apple, as he steps down
Ive can be credited for designing the iconic iMac, iPod and AirPods too; CEO Tim Cook says his "role at Apple cannot be overstated"
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Aditya Birla Real Estate Fund heads for liquidation
The firm released a note to investors on June 27, stating that response from prospective buyers to purchase remaining assets has been tepid
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Viral Acharya's premature exit points to deeper trust issues
The RBI's deputy governor resigned six months before end of tenure following other such goodbyes, indicating a troubled equation with the government
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Would you drink water out of a can? Pepsi wants to know
Pepsi said on Thursday that starting early next year, its Aquafina brand of water would be test-marketed in aluminum cans at some retailers and food-service providers