2026-03-27 23:25:24
Whether it’s tariffs or TV, repeating the same ideas rarely delivers better results.
2026-03-27 21:00:06
Going all-in on national capitalism misses where US investment growth comes from.
2026-03-27 20:36:13
Pernod Ricard SA’s talks to acquire spirits rival Brown-Forman Corp., the owner of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, may seem like small beer; the combined company would have annual sales of about $15 billion, still less than Diageo Plc’s $20 billion or so. But the mooted tie-up is an indication that distillers and brewers need to find radical solutions to the pressures on the booze industry. Much like makers of snacks and seasonings, they’re having to get more creative.
2026-03-27 20:00:06
In the early 1960s, the RAND Corporation, a think tank based in Santa Monica, California, popularized the idea of red and blue teams. The red team had to think like the Soviet military and probe the US for weaknesses. The home team, or blue team, had to counter the red team, with the two often engaged in prolonged war games. The idea is simple: To fight a formidable adversary we need to think like the adversary. Think red or be red.
2026-03-27 19:00:04
The viral video of McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Officer Christopher Kempczinski eating the fast-food giant’s Big Arch burger has been memed and roasted across the internet. It surely cost him a little bit of his dignity.
2026-03-27 18:30:04
Earlier this month, as I waited to pick up a prescription at my local CVS, I watched a man leave without his elderly father’s medication. The pharmacist had tried several tricks to lower the cost. It wasn’t enough. When the man heard the bottom line, he stuffed his hands in his pockets and, after a long, awkward silence, walked away.
