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By Jon D. Markman On August 3, 201802:52 PM Eastern
It is Economics 101. The best business model involves strong sales and high profit margins. Sadly, the combination almost never happens.
Apple (AAPL) almost got there in the past quarter. The...
By Jon D. Markman On August 1, 201804:59 PM Eastern
Big Pharma is in a rut. The industry keeps spending more and yet making fewer scientific breakthroughs.
But help is on the way.
Last week, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced a radical change in...
By Juan M. Villaverde On July 27, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I’m worried.
With each passing day, I see more signs of central governments around the world working in concert to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, the use of physical cash.
Their goal: To...
By Jon D. Markman On July 23, 201803:35 PM Eastern
Prototype flying cars are everywhere. It would seem our “Jetsons”-esque future is just around the corner.
Last week, Rolls-Royce wowed the crowd at Hampshire, England’s Farnborough International...
By Jon D. Markman On July 20, 201801:55 PM Eastern
Corporate earnings are set to rise more than 20%. Productivity gains in excess of 5% of global GDP are possible. And $650 billion of new industrial spending is likely.
That’s all according to...
By Jon D. Markman On July 11, 201802:37 PM Eastern
Imagine cities without places to park.
Stop gasping. In the future, there will be no need.
Tomorrow’s megacities will bear only a passing resemblance to today’s. This transformation starts...
By Sean Brodrick On July 10, 201811:55 AM Eastern
Last year, there was no hotter metal than cobalt. It roared higher by about 270% since the start of 2016, and it kept on running for the first part of this year, too. Whoo-hoo! Cobalt party!
But...
By Jon D. Markman On June 29, 201803:03 PM Eastern
Hong Kong researchers have successfully developed a 3D-printed nanoscale robot that can maneuver at a cellular level.
This week, Science Robotics, a leading robotics technical journal, published...
By Jon D. Markman On June 20, 201801:58 PM Eastern
Corporations fear Amazon. They should. That’s because the online pioneer thrives on disruption. It often steamrolls over its wide-eyed competitors.
Just look at what happened to FedEx Corp....
By Jon D. Markman On June 15, 201804:50 PM Eastern
About once every three months, a fever erupts over fears of a robot apocalypse. It usually coincides with new images of scary robotic dogs, or talk of autonomous killer drones.
This week...