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The Brand Called Obama

Win or lose, Barack Obama's rise changes business as usual for everyone. Here's why. By Ellen McGirt

Hotbed

A trip to the steaming, bubbling badlands of iceland proves one thing: There is hope for hydrogen. By Michael Fitzgerald

Project Rehab

As an academic renegade, Tim Gunn pushed Parsons the New School for Design to adopt a businesslike curriculum. Now the star of Project Runway is trying to revive Liz Claiborne as its chief creative officer. Can he "make it work" or is it "auf Wiedersehen" for a once-great American fashion house? By Danielle Sacks

Dead Man Walking

On the verge of a revival last year, AOL suddenly imploded. The inside story of a Journey to nowhere. By David Case

Infographic: AOL's Year of Pain

You've Got Problems!

A brief history of aol's misfortunes. By Kate Rockwood

AOL's Greatest Hits

In spite of its litany of failed innovations and squandered opportunities, AOL still delivers some of the Internet's best entertainment and services. Its instant messenger and finance site both lead their categories. Here are four more winners. By Kate Rockwood

AOL's Greatest Hope

With the online-ad market expected to hit $42 billion by 2011, AOL's headlong rush into advertising makes plenty of sense. Following the 2004 purchase of Advertising.com, the company has gone on an acquisition bender, snapping up specialized ad servers with the intention of building the world's largest third-party network, dubbed Platform A. Here's how it all fits together. By Kate Rockwood

Burn This

Insurance giant FM Global doesn't have a single actuary, but when it comes to setting roofs on fire and blowing things up, it has plenty of experts. By Paul Hochman

Fast Talk: Auto Innovation

The Amazing Race

Can the wisdom of crowds design a next-generation car? By Robert Levine

Now

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What's happening this month, from the world's biggest lighting show to, inevitably, Tax Day By Alec Foege, Theunis Bates, David Lidsky, Ellen Gibson, Kate Rockwood, Jeff Chu, Scott Medintz, Tim McKeough

Infographic: Numerology: Tax Time

It’s the day Lincoln died (1865) and Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line (1947). For most of us, though, April 15 is the dreaded tax-return deadline. A look at our moment of reckoning. By Clayton Neuman

MEET: World Retail Congress

Barcelona is the place for executives to talk shop -- from green packaging to worldwide economic worries -- April 9-11. We asked five attendees to tell us what's on their agendas, besides tapas. By Theunis Bates

Journal-ist: Freedom of Choice

From the journals, studies on why we shop online, how clicks-and-mortar stores can build trust, and how negative reviews can be overcome. By James Kuczmarski

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The Napkin Sketch

How Wal-Mart, Microsoft, and others are using the power of images to digest complex ideas. By Kate Bonamici Flaim

The Hot Zone

A Google-backed startup called Meraki thinks it can succeed where others have failed, building citywide Wi-Fi networks. First up: San Francisco. By Kristin Kloberdanz

Whither Municipal Wi-Fi?

Here's a status report on five major public-wireless projects. By Kristin Kloberdanz

Ode To A Burrito

The ingredients that make Chipotle the hottest fast-food chain on the planet. By Arianne Cohen

Infographic: Muy Caliente

Chipotle Mexican Grill, by the numbers By Clay Dillow

Measuring Footprints

A new program at Patagonia tells consumers about the eco-impact of its products -- and helps the company get greener. By Alissa Walker

Second Life

Disgraced stock analyst turned financial writer Henry Blodget talks about index funds, socially responsible investing, and his reputation. By Anya Kamenetz

MLB's Digital Dominance

As the world scrambles to master online video, crusty old baseball already has it figured out. By Will Leitch

Show Me The Video!

The streaming strategies of the other big leagues. By Clay Dillow

The Red Sox Secret Lineup

How a marketing offshoot in Boston is playing the pro-sports business differently. By Chuck Salter

Take Me Out to the Ballpark

The Washington Nationals' colors may be red, white, and blue, but its new LEED-certified stadium, the first in Major League Baseball, is green. A look at a park that's friendlier to both the earth and team earnings. By Jeff Chu

Infographic: Box Score

Columns

Your Boss Is a Monkey

"Managing up" using the tricks of exotic-animal training. By Dan Heath and Chip Heath

A Field Guide to Boss Management

By Dan Heath and Chip Heath

Meet the Press

How to get good PR for yourself in the blogosphere. By Robert Scoble

The Mother Lode

VC god John Doerr explains what it will take to score the untold treasures of the green-tech boom. By Fred Krupp

Library of the Living Dead

Embrace a business best seller at your brain's peril. By Elizabeth Spiers

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