The legal battle that’s starting between Waymo, the self-driving car spin-off of Google’s former “moonshot” unit, and ride-hailing giant Uber appears to be all about trade secrets and patents. But there is a bigger issue behind it: Silicon Valley ethics and employee loyalty. The Waymo lawsuit contends that a former employee, Anthony Levandowski, downloaded 9.7 gigabytes of sensitive data ...

  No one should be surprised about job cuts at Jasper Infotech Pvt’s Snapdeal. The Indian media have chronicled the struggles facing the country’s e-commerce industry, including executive departures and lower equity valuations, and I foreshadowed trouble back in July in looking at rescinded job offers for college students. Shining a light on these valuation hiccups and stumbles is important ...

  A big day is coming for the faithful followers of the Oracle of Omaha. Warren Buffett’s annual letter is due out, and he’s expected to take up the long-simmering debate about active versus passive investing. Buffett has a somewhat complicated relationship with that debate. On the one hand, he is the most famous — and arguably the most successful ...