Friday, October 31, 2014

Wal-Mart's holiday fight, Russia's gas deal, Japan boosts global markets

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Friday, October 31, 2014

Wal-Mart doubles down on deals, tech as holiday fight starts earlier


The discount retailer is betting heavily on early deals and e-commerce to help it win this year's holiday season, and break a streak of six quarters without comparable U.S. sales growth.

How will Tim Cook's announcement affect Apple?


Fortune's Andrew Nusca and Phil Wahba discuss the tech giant CEO's decision to publicly come out as gay.

Russia, Ukraine end gas dispute, averting E.U. supply crisis


Deal will keep Europe warm this winter, and will take the chill of E.U.-Russia relations, officials say.

Start up. Drop out. Welcome to the Garage.


The messy, laborious process of coming up not with lots of ideas, but with the right one, gets little ink in the annals of Silicon Valley entrepreneurship.

As the Fed leaves the QE party, Japan tops up the punchbowl


An expansion of asset purchases to make sure Japan kicks its 'deflationary mindset.'

By Heather Clancy

Your building has secrets to tell. Are you listening?


Intelligent LEDs and sensors are lighting the way to better environmental, occupancy and activity data.

By Caroline Fairchild

Lenovo's secret M&A recipe


Meet the executives working behind the scenes to ensure Lenovo's culture evolves along with its spree of high-profile acquisitions.

By Adam Lashinsky

Why Tim Cook's sexuality wasn't a topic of conversation before now


I certainly had the opportunity to write about Tim Cook being gay. Here's why I didn't.
Most new dads take time off, without calling it paternity leave
What Tim Cook's essay means to me
Stewart Butterfield explains why Slack is now worth more than $1 billion
Ex-Apple CEO John Sculley launches low-cost smartphone brand
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