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A Windswept Plain, A Sea Of Oil And A Mountain Of Money via Digg https://ift.tt/32aIZrj A Chevron-led joint venture among several energy companies is spending billions of dollars in Kazakhstan to expand an oil field remarkable for its longevity, promise and risk.

Guys, Blockbuster Wasn't That Great via Digg https://ift.tt/2Zv8hik Nostalgia is a funny thing. Sometimes, when we glance backward through our rose-colored glasses, images can blur.

Peloton Is a Phenomenon. Can It Last? via Digg https://ift.tt/2ZxPZ3R Exercise manias like the Thighmaster and Tae Bo have all come and gone. Peloton is trying to defy that trend.

Amazon Sells Thousands of 'Dangerous' Products On Their Site — How Did They Get There? via Digg https://ift.tt/2HtViHu An investigation by the Wall Street Journal found thousands of unsafe products for sale on Amazon's website.

How Insurance Companies Are Fueling A Rise In Ransomware Attacks via Digg https://ift.tt/2NBALEC Even when public agencies and companies hit by ransomware could recover their files on their own, insurers prefer to pay the ransom. Why? The attacks are good for business.

The Most Popular Supermarkets In America, Visualized via Digg https://ift.tt/2zmv2KJ For many Americans, where they shop for groceries forms part of their cultural identity.

Leviathans In The Harbor via Digg https://ift.tt/342r9Zl More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide?

Uber And Lyft Take A Lot More From Drivers Than They Say via Digg https://ift.tt/2MDoQ9G "This is robbery," one driver said over email. "This business is out of control."

Lambda School's For-Profit Plan To Solve Student Debt via Digg https://ift.tt/2HtvfzY By now, the tagline "free until you get a job" has burrowed deep into not only the subconscious of Silicon Valley investors, but basically anyone who has Googled "how to learn programming" in the past three years. But it’s also, largely, an untested model.

LaCroix Won The Bubble Battle, But It’s Losing The Sparkling Water War via Digg https://ift.tt/2Zj4MQw The early darling of fizzy water is losing ground to big soda, and shareholders are questioning its management.

The Exclusive Inside Story Of The Fall Of Overstock’s Mad King, Patrick Byrne via Digg https://ift.tt/2TX9Ap3 On Thursday, Patrick Byrne, the founder and longtime CEO of former e-tailing giant Overstock.com, resigned, citing his involvement as a federal informant in the investigation of accused Russian spy Maria Butina. That's not the whole story. This is.

Long vs. Short: Has Netflix Peaked? via Digg https://ift.tt/2MzGpYi Has Netflix lost its glow along with its "Friends"? Can it, in the long term, retain its streaming crown? Or is its atypical business model just a house of cards?

DoorDash Is Still Pocketing Workers' Tips, Almost A Month After It Promised To Stop via Digg https://ift.tt/2ZnmopX It's been almost a month since the delivery company promised workers it would offer details about its new tipping policy "in the coming days."

The World's Largest Companies By Revenue, Visualized via Digg https://ift.tt/30ofh1E Which of the mega-Goliath corporations around the world rake in the most money?

Restaurants Are A Risky Business So They Often Use Tricks — Like Reusing Leftover Bread — To Save Money via Digg https://ift.tt/2TQzgDE The vast majority of restaurants — as many as 80% — go out of business within five years. The ones that survive use sneaky money-saving tricks you may not be aware they're doing.

Welcome To McDonald's. Would You Like A Podcast With Those Fries? via Digg https://ift.tt/2MuJHvI With podcasts rising in popularity, it's no surprise that companies are producing their own. What's more surprising is that people are actually listening to them.

The Audacity Of The WeWork IPO via Digg https://ift.tt/30uOq4d It is a document defined by audaciousness, both in terms of the company's vision and also the flagrant disregard for corporate governance norms by its leadership. And, of course, massive losses despite massive amounts of capital raised. I suspect all of these things are related.