There are dozens of ships anchored off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, imperiling global supply chains and holiday gifts. Also imperiled? The safety and well-being of the seafarers working on those ships, many of whom haven’t touched land in more than a year due to pandemic-era restrictions and the backup of vessels vying for berths in clogged ...

Pavlov would be lovin’ it. The man who used metronomes, buzzers and harmoniums to explore involuntary reflex actions would be in his element observing the beeps, chirps, plinks, pulses, tings and swooshes that command us — to say nothing of our faux-friendly commands to Alexa, Bixby, Cortana and Siri. (Hey!) The latest front in branding’s battle for our attention is ...

What exactly do the likes of BlackRock Inc and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board see in the unprofitable Indian payments startup heading for the country’s biggest-ever initial public offering? A simple answer: the raw power of data. Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, has signed up BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and CPPIB together with the sovereign wealth ...