Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him? By Clive Thompson
Half-a-hundred options for cleaning up your business, from the universal (catch that rainwater!) to the specific (lose the plastic bowls!). Mix, match--join in. By Mark Borden, Jeff Chu, Charles Fishman, Michael A. Prospero, and Danielle Sacks
Hire This Guy
In the fast-changing world of corporate sustainability, environmental consultants are the new management gurus. And Mike Brown is the master. By Charles Fishman
With its buyers swamped by a sea of choices--and its growth rate slowing--the online giant gambles on helping shoppers find what they want. By Chuck Salter
Infographic: Counting on the Core
EBay depends on its marketplaces, but other parts of the company are growing faster. Here's where revenue came from in 2006.
Infographic: Marketplace Slowdown
Although the absolute numbers keep going up, overall the annual rate of growth of eBay's core business is slowing dramatically.
Richard Garriott set out to design an online game that would shake up a genre he helped create. It has taken six years--with time off to train as a cosmonaut, hunt shrunken heads, and study magic. By Peter Lewis
Mark Seidenfeld was just another American cashing in on the post-Soviet boom. Then one bad deal in Kazakhstan sent his life into a spiral of extortion, Siberian prison, and frontier justice. A cautionary tale. By Jonathan Green
Are your frontline employees going to save or kill your most important quarter? At Apple, nothing is left to chance. By Alex Frankel
Going Native
Before Alex Frankel found nirvana at the Apple Store, he spent almost two years seeing life through the eyes of a service-industry wage slave. His journey yielded intriguing insights about some of the country's most cherished companies. By Kate Bonamici Flaim
Motorola's high-speed wireless networks give cops slick new tools to fight crime. By Mark Lacter
Infographic: Upward Mobility
Motorola estimates that the total market for large-scale wireless, including government projects, will grow in the double digits year over year for the rest of the decade. By Fast Company Staff
Ten apps for your cell phone that let you finally leave your laptop at home. By Robert Scoble
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