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Boeing rejected safety system for 737 Max jet, engineer says

A senior engineer said the company had rejected a safety system to minimise costs, equipment that he felt could have reduced risks that contributed to two fatal crashes
It's official: Global trade is deteriorating, sapping the world's economy

The latest sign arrived Tuesday morning, as the World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for trade growth for this year and next
As WeWork slows down, its biggest competitor says it is thriving

International Workplace Group, with brands like Regus, Spaces and HQ, reported an operating profit of $63 million, while WeWork had an operating loss of $1.37 billion; its stock has surged over 60 percent in the last 12 months
Pankti Mehta Kadakia
Gandhi at 150: Icon immortalised in special New York Times crossword, made by Indian

Investment banker Mangesh Ghogre went from a boy with limited vocabulary and no exposure to American culture to becoming the only Indian to have published crosswords in The New York Times—including a prestigious one to mark Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary on October 2, presented with a twist
Geoffrey Jones, Sudev Sheth
What Gandhi believed is the purpose of a corporation

Gandhi had a lot to say about how business leaders should behave
Ruchika Shah, Rajiv Singh
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
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
WeWork IPO is withdrawn as investors grow wary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
Harichandan Arakali
'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
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