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The New Corporate Status Symbol: Inner Peace
The new leadership look: serene, self-aware and quietly unraveling under fluorescent lights. Unsplash+ Regardless of status, background, or what we do for a living, we all share a straightforward...
The Silent Ceiling: How Reputation Shapes Power for Diverse Leaders
For underrepresented leaders, reputation isn’t just perception—it’s strategy. Knowing how to be seen, and by whom, is part of the climb. Unsplash+ Reputations are complex, easy to lose and...
Wes Anderson Explains the Genesis of ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Mia Threapleton and Benicio Del Toro on the set of The Phoenician Scheme. Roger Do Minh/Courtesy of TPS Productions/Focus Features The Cannes Film Festival has...
Why Tesla Stock Is Soaring Even As Its Core Business Slumps
Elon Musk recently promised to spend more time running Tesla. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Tesla’s electric vehicle business is slowing fast. In the first three months of 2025, its revenue...
‘Three! Seven! Ace!’: The Met Goes All in On ‘Queen of Spades’
Arsen Soghomonyan and Sonya Yoncheva as Hermann and Lisa. Ken Howard/MetOpera When details of star soprano Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera surfaced, one of the projects planned...
Where to Sip Natural Wine in Los Angeles
Over the last decade, the natural wine movement has gained major traction as consumers continue to shift toward a more organic way of living, eating and drinking. To put...
One Fine Show: ‘Leigh Bowery!’ at Tate Modern
Fergus Greer, Leigh Bowery Session 1 Look 2 (1988). Photo: © Fergus Greer, courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition...
Returns Are the New Revenue: Why Smart Retailers Are Betting on the Boomerang
A growing number of retailers are retooling their supply chains to handle returns with surgical precision—transforming warehouses and reverse logistics into engines of value. Unsplash+ For a long time,...
Teruko Brings Wagyu, Sushi and Subterranean Surrealism to Hotel Chelsea
Teruko at Hotel Chelsea. Courtesy Annie Schlechter It’s Tuesday night at the Hotel Chelsea. Lively coteries loiter on the rosy-hued sidewalk, colored by the white-and-crimson neon sign proudly displayed...
Volkswagen CEO flags ‘massive’ US investments, ‘fair’ tariff talks: report
Volkswagen is holding “fair” and “constructive” talks with the United States government on tariffs and wants to make further investments in the country, CEO Oliver Blume told German newspaper...
