AAPI women face a double pay penalty for race and gender Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Equal Pay Day is February 11. It marks the number of days into 2020 that AAPI women have to work…

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is facing one of the largest-ever U.K. class action lawsuits, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing it of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it…

A worker takes orders by telephone in front of stacks of oils stored at a warehouse in Mumbai.  Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled…

Customers walk past a toy section of a Target in Queens on Nov. 28. Photographer: Bess Adler/Bloomberg Photographer: Bess Adler/Bloomberg The shortened holiday shopping calendar between Black Friday and Christmas this year resulted in promotions that started…

The U.K. has been at the epicenter of evidence-based policymaking, where the Behavioral Insights Team — or “Nudge Unit” — has done research and advised governments and institutions on how to put behavioral science to…

If you aren’t listening to a certain style of music by the time you’re in your late 20’s, there’s a 95 percent chance you’re never going to. (Photo: Magni/Pexels) There are a lot of barriers…

After more than 40 deaths, some states and cities have banned vaping products, many of which are used as smoking-cessation devices. Meanwhile, nearly 500,000 people die each year from smoking, and cigarettes are still widely…

(Photo: Create Digital Media) Innovation experts have long overlooked where a lot of innovation actually happens. The personal computer, the mountain bike, the artificial pancreas — none of these came from some big R&D lab,…