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Why You Can’t Simply Copy Someone Else’s Business Strategy

Replicating another company’s business strategy may seem like a shortcut to success, but it often leads to failure.
Inc. - 1d
Can’t-do attitude: why the real horror of Nightbitch is weaponised incompetence

Women around me in the cinema groaned at what Amy Adams’ character had to put up with in the film – and it was nothing to do with dogs. Nightbitch is not the best film of the year. But if it ...
The Guardian - 2d
Unfree movement — why can’t Africans travel around Africa?

Citizens with local passports have more difficulty moving across the continent than European and American visitors
Financial Times - 2d
Why It’s Harder to Get An Upgraded Seat When You Fly Economy

More airline passengers will pay top dollar for premium seating, leading airlines to expand those sections, squeezing space for frequent flyers using their miles.
Inc. - 4d
Why can’t NFL players hold on to the ball before they score touchdowns?

A rash of embarrassing incidents at the goalline threatened to cost teams dear on Sunday as players failed to master the basics of the game. With 3:16 left in the third quarter of the Bengals’ ...
The Guardian - 4d
Why can’t NFL players hold on to the ball before they score touchdowns?

A rash of embarrassing incidents at the goalline threatened to cost teams dear on Sunday as players failed to master the basics of the game
Yahoo Sports - 4d
Romney: 'You can’t complain' if Trump does what he said he would do

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) argued that the American public “can’t complain” if President-elect Trump does what he said he would do during the campaign. “Donald Trump won. He won overwhelmingly. He ...
The Hill - 5d
Why Democrats Lost More Seats in Vermont Than Any Other State

Even though Kamala Harris easily won the state, voters ousted more than two dozen Democratic legislators, who they felt had not addressed an affordability crisis.
The New York Times - 6d
The Jets are the NHL’s hottest team. So why can’t they fill their arena?

Winnipeg got off to a record-setting start to the season. But balancing corporate demands and human passion is a tough task . “From our standpoint, the game has never been healthier,” NHL ...
The Guardian - Dec. 2