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2016/04/21

Office perks are dumb

 
 
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It's Complicated
Amazon Doesn't Consider the Race of Its Customers. Should It?
As Amazon has expanded rapidly to become "the everything store," it's offered the promise of an egalitarian shopping experience. On Amazon and other online retailers, a black customer isn't viewed with suspicion, much less followed around by store security. Most of Amazon's services are available to almost every address in the U.S. Yet as Amazon rolls out its upgrade to the Prime service, Prime Free Same-Day Delivery, that promise is proving harder to deliver on.
 

Today's Top Stories

 
Number 01

Office Perks Are Dumb

The office ping-pong table is insulting to the intelligence of employees. We all want to be happy at work, but nap pods and kegarators don't make work fun or fulfilling. Deep down, we want the same thing: a decent paycheck, solid health insurance, and a nice 401(k).

 
Number 02

Tesla Changed Cars Forever. Now It Must Deliver

The introduction of the Model 3 was unique in the 100-year history of the mass-market automobile. It's both affordable and desirable. These 10 charts show how Tesla's new metal box with wheels may change our world, but they also show how everything else needs to go exactly right if that's going to happen.

 
Number 03

Apple Pay and Bitcoin Are No Match for Harriet Tubman's $20 Bill

Despite hype for Apple Pay, Bitcoin, and other alternative payment methods, cash is still king for the vast majority of Americans. And the twenty is the most important bill, making up 55 percent of the value of notes the typical consumer carries. Harriet Tubman is getting prime billing in the American wallet.

 
Number 04

There's the Wage Gap. And Then There's the Sleep Gap

The biggest fear cutting into a good night's sleep is not having saved enough for retirement. So it should come as no surprise that while just over half of men say worrying about money costs them sleep, nearly 70 percent of women say the same. There's even a gender gap in our sleep.

 
Mr. Everything
The $2 Trillion Project to Get Saudi Arabia's Economy Off Oil
Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the deputy crown prince—second in line to the throne. He has unprecedented control over the state oil monopoly, the national investment fund, economic policy, and the Ministry of Defense. Effectively, Prince Mohammed is today the power behind the world's most powerful throne. He's 31 years old. And he has a plan to completely restructure the country's government and economy for a post-carbon future.
 
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