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School for mayors

Harvard is going to offer lessons to mayors in how to run a city.

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Wage outrage

Women are just as likely as men to ask for a salary increase, but are less likely to get the raise. Here three women give their tips and reveal the excuses they were told.

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Divinely digital

From Bible apps to Muslim web directories, faith tech is spreading the word the length and breadth of Africa.

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Bets are off

Why bookies won’t be taking many bets on the Rio Paralympic Games.

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Golden crop

When Filipino farmer Grover Rosit first started growing cocoa trees more than a decade ago he had no idea he would strike “gold” and be able to retire early.

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Born to sell

How Jacyn Heavens went from mobile phone salesman to founder and boss of one of the UK’s fastest-growing technology firms, Epos Now.

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Cruise ship MSC Meraviglia sets sail with augmented reality, Cirque du Soleil

One of the world’s biggest cruise ships took to the sea for a 12-hour operation. The liner will feature augmented reality and Cirque du Soleil.

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Think the Fed will still hike in September? Think again, this analyst says

One top strategist says the Fed has already told Wall Street what’s coming next.

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Op Ed: There’s a low chance of G-20 moving markets—but you never know

The chances of anything market moving coming out of the G-20 leaders’ summit in Hangzhou, China are low, judging by currency strategists’ comments.

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China foments its own start-up boom with cash handouts, subsidized rent

China is trying to engineer its own start-up boom and encourage the next generation of entrepreneurs, The New York Times reports.