June 1, 2017 / Fortune Asia / Volume 175 / Number 7

SECTION

FEATURES

Riding Shotgun With Travis Kalanick
By ADAM LASHINSKY
In this exclusive excerpt from Wild Ride: Inside Uber’s Quest for World Domination, the author prowls the streets of San Francisco with the pugnacious CEO and learns how he feeds on adversity.
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MIDYEAR INVESTOR’S GUIDE
18 Stocks and Funds to Buy Now
By JEN WIECZNER
Politics is the elephant in the room in every conversation about the markets these days. But here you’ll find the best investments for riding out any news cycle.
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General Mills Loses the Culture Wars
By JOHN KELL
The company’s Yoplait yogurt brand has gone completely sour-just one of many problems facing the packaged food giant. Can a new CEO settle investors’ stomachs?
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Where Does the Algorithm See You in 10 Years?
By JENNIFER ALSEVER
Artificial intelligence has come to hiring, and could change staffing and careers forever. Should we be cheering熔r afraid?
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Coach Thinks Outside the Bag
By PHIL WAHBA
Three years ago, the luxury retailer watched its sales plummet as Americans lost interest in its iconic handbags. Today, it’s in the midst of a remarkable recovery. Here’s how Coach is climbing out of purse purgatory.
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DEPARTMENTS
BRIEFING
5 Can China Save Hollywood?
The movie industry’s obsession with Chinese growth in the face of weak U.S. attendance is changing American cinema.
By MICHAL LEV-RAM

8 Investors Go Long on Slime
A look at the business impact of 2017’s hottest (and weirdest) plaything.
By JEN WIECZNER

9 Macron Economics
Can France’s new 39-year-old globalist President banish the country’s economic ennui?
By GEOFFREY SMITH

10 The Puzzle Page
Write your own corporate apology! Match the tycoon to the NBA team! Enter the Oval Office influence maze! And more ...

11 Rise of the Room-Service Robots
As the hotel industry faces headwinds, hospitality tech comes into its own.
By CHRIS MORRIS

12 Brainstorm Health 2017
Highlights from our second annual conference on the revolution in digital health care.
By CLIFTON LEAF and DAVID B. AGUS, MD

14 Executive Read
Three witty titles with more pictures than paragraphs. Perfect for summer.
By ANNE VANDERMEY

FOCUS

TECH

15 The iPhone Decade
One of the tech industry’s biggest innovations celebrates a major milestone.
By AARON PRESSMAN

18 When Your Stuff Spies on You
An increase in Internet-connected devices in homes is causing privacy problems.
By JEFF JOHN ROBERTS

FORUM

19 We Changed the World! (Oops.)
Technology’s most powerful companies are learning that making a big impact can come with adverse side effects.
By ERIN GRIFFITH

PURSUITS

20 The City on the Harbor
An expert concierge shows us why Hong Kong is a vacation destination in its own right.
By ADAM ERACE

BACK PAGE

LAST BYTE
64 Piling Up CO[subscript 2] Savings
The future of U.S. climate change policy may be uncertain, but Fortune 500 companies continue to embrace clean energy.
Text by BRIAN O’KEEFE; graphic by NICOLAS RAPP

ON THE COVER: TRAVIS KALANICK IN 2013, PHOTOGRAPHED BY JEFFERY SALTER

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COVER: REDUX PICTURES

Rexy, a dinosaur made of 400 bags, at Coach’s New York flagship store.

Former Vice President Joe Biden at Fortune Brainstorm Health.
BIDEN: STUART ISETT FOR FORTUNE BRAINSTORM HEALTH

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