Nike Inc.’s sales slump in China is capturing attention. But it’s the slowdown in North America that should worry investors. The world’s largest sportswear company reported a 20% fall in sales, excluding currency movements, from greater China in the three months to May 31, as Covid-related disruptions affected 60% of its business in the country. Even as Nike announced a ...

  The most important work-related debate of our time is stuck on repeat. Many senior executives continue to believe that working from home is tantamount to pretending to work, with Elon Musk saying out loud what his more restrained colleagues say in private, while many remote-work enthusiasts continue to believe that they have an absolute right to work where they ...

  Once upon a time, long before Donald Trump began fabricating narratives about his prowess and personal history, he wanted to be a movie producer. He admired old-school Hollywood producers such as Darryl F. Zanuck and Cecil B. DeMille, and considered attending film school at the University of Southern California. Trump’s father marched him into the family real estate business ...