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Is a 63-year-old seaplane with an electric engine the future of air travel?
Greg McDougall, Harbour Air's founder and chief executive, is the driving force behind the project, one that would make the Wright brothers proud — and possibly Elon Musk, too
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How to work retail in the middle of the retail apocalypse
As brick-and-mortar stores scramble to justify their continued existence, they're trying to be all things to all customers, to blend instant gratification and infinite selection
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Investors weigh 2020 election: A progressive bet or a 'Trump Wins' portfolio?
Financial firms, keenly aware of the stark ideological differences between the top Democratic candidates and Trump, are creating "candidate baskets"
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Shopping for black-owned brands
Over the years, every prominent figure in the movement for racial equality implored their brothers and sisters to spend money within the community and boycott white businesses
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'Tech alone won't solve a problem': Rohit Jain
Rohit Jain, co-founder, Ufaber, on hiring only women as trainers and the importance of hyper personalisation in the ed-tech sector
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In New York, making ends meet on the 5-cent recycling deposit
The price of Manhattan real estate has forced every dedicated bottle-and-can redemption center off the island, leaving canners to feed their containers one at a time into supermarket redemption machines
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Forget stock market forecasts. They're less than worthless.
Many Wall Street strategists are flagrantly inaccurate and about as reliable as a weather forecaster who always calls for balmy sunshine in a city where it rains or snows a lot
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As 737 Max crisis festers, Boeing fires its leader
Boeing has faced a series of delays as it tries to fix the Max, and the jetliner's return to the air remains months away at best
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'Design is changing engineering education': Sanjay Gupta
When Sanjay Gupta, an alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad, decided to pursue his passion in design rather than follow the herd mentality, he evoked curiosity, and ridicule. A lot has changed over the last few years, says Gupta, vice-chancellor at Haryana-based World University of Design (WUD). Edited excerpts:
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'Builders aren't cheats, buyers aren't saints': Credai's Prashant Solomon
The top official of the builders' apex body in India points out the perils of getting trapped in the popular narrative