FortuneMore from FortuneBusiness Strategy AlignmentMcDonald's Is the Latest Restaurant to Ban Plastic StrawsMcDonald’s is jumping on the plastic ban train.April 2, 2018AutomotiveIs Globalization a Double-Edged Sword in Healthcare?The world is flat, make that flatter, compared to just a couple of decades ago. That has both positive and negative implications when it comes to managing disease and care on a global level.March 28, 2018All LogisticsIBM Built a Computer the Size of a Grain of Salt for Logistics IndustryIBM has unveiled what it claims is the world’s smallest computer — the size of a grain of salt. The computer will cost less than $0.10 to manufacture, and is intended for logistics applications.March 26, 2018All TechnologyTech's Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets BiologyIt began in December, with CVS’s proposed $69bn buyout of insurer Aetna. In January, three more corporate behemoths — Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway — said they were forming a joint venture aimed at reducing health care costs and improving outcomes for their combined 1 million or so employees.March 22, 2018All TechnologyTablets, Lasers and Time to Market: How Levi Strauss Reinvented the Way It Makes JeansOn a quiet street at the very edge of San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill neighborhood is a red-brick building bursting with blue. This 88-year-old structure, which carries no external signage of any kind, is what Levi Strauss & Co., the 165-year-old inventor of the blue jean, calls its Eureka Innovation Lab.March 20, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementBottled Water May Contain Tiny Particles of Plastic, Research ShowsA lot of bottled water contains tiny bits of plastic, known as microplastics, according to research conducted by a non-profit journalism organization called Orb Media.March 16, 2018Logistics OutsourcingApple Says Workplace Violations Rise Among Its Suppliers, but Overall Compliance ImprovesApple has reported an increase in the number of serious violations of working conditions at factories where its products are manufactured, but says that overall conditions improved.March 14, 2018All TechnologyWhy McDonald's Is Switching to Fresh BeefYour Quarter Pounder may taste a little different in the coming weeks.March 8, 2018Global LogisticsWhy Corporate America Hates Trump's Tariffs ProposalPresident Donald Trump has proposed tariffs on aluminum and steel that he says will put the country first. But a broad swath of corporate America strongly disagrees, saying the levies will boost prices on everything from cars to beer and force companies to cut jobs.March 6, 2018Sustainability & Corporate Social ResponsibilityRenewable Energy Surges to 18 Percent of U.S. Power MixEighteen percent of all electricity in the United States was produced by renewable sources in 2017, including solar, wind, and hydroelectric dams. That’s up from 15 percent in 2016, with the shift driven by new solar and wind projects, the end of droughts in the West, and a dip in the share of natural gas generation.February 28, 2018Previous PagePage 6 of 22Next Page
