If China is such a powerhouse of intellectual-property (IP) theft, why doesn’t Beijing do it any better? Take the auto industry. This would seem a sector ripe for forced technology transfer, industrial espionage and all the other sharp practices causing such tension in China’s trade relationship with the US. China is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of vehicles, and ...

The way we eat is going to have to change — that is, if we are to preserve a livable climate on Earth. A new international study makes this clear. Over the next three decades, the food system’s impact on the environment stands to at least double if humanity carries on eating the way it does now. The negative effects ...

Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Vision Fund has been described as a “big stack bully” because of its ability to throw money around at the poker table of venture capital funding. The fund doesn’t appear to have done any net new deals in the September quarter. According to data in its fiscal first-half filing, the fund had investments totaling $28.1 billion on ...