Merrill Lynch just overhauled client-retention incentives for retiring advisers. An internal memo said it will hike payouts and subsidize handovers starting in 2021.

Rebecca Ungarino | Andy Sieg, the unit's president, told financial advisers in a memo that the handover program is key to providing "uninterrupted" service to clients.

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Investors are placing huge bets on marijuana as more states legalize THC. Here are the top 25 cannabis startups that have raised the most VC cash.

Jeremy Berke | VCs sunk over $3.5 billion into cannabis startups between 2018 and 2019. Here are the startups that received the largest chunks.

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WeWork's coding boot camp Flatiron School has laid off dozens of employees

Becky Peterson,Meghan Morris | The layoffs at Flatiron School come weeks after WeWork's failed IPO and the resignation of CEO Adam Neumann.

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Tesla is starting to ditch Salesforce and replace it with its own software for company salespeople

Mark Matousek | Tesla is set to abandon Salesforce for a proprietary customer-relationship-management system, three Tesla salespeople confirmed to Business Insider.

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Airbnb's 'party house' problem could spoil its public listing. Here's why its new rules to stop the rowdy blowouts may not even work.

Megan Hernbroth | A string of violent parties has forced Airbnb to do something about the party houses that some people use its service for.

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A 35-year-old Palestinian American bootstrapped a $5 million platform matching freelancers with brands and agencies. Here's how she's taking on Accenture, McKinsey, and the biggest marketing companies in the world with independent talent.

Dominick Reuter | After 13 years in advertising, Stephanie Nadi Olson is using an outsider's mentality to build a nationwide network of freelance marketing talent.

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Ray Dalio thinks the dynamics of sound finance have vanished. Here are 3 reasons he sees an unsustainable future for a world that's 'gone mad.'

Christopher Competiello | The founder and cochief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates sees several glaring irrationalities in today's market.

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We asked a 17-year Walmart transportation exec everything about the Fortune 1's massive supply chain network — from increasing sustainability to its trucking fleet that's more exclusive than Harvard. Here's the full conversation.

Rachel Premack | Walmart is the largest retailer in the US. It's also one of the largest transportation companies — topped off with an ultra-exclusive trucking fleet.

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A legendary Harvard Business School professor told us the Boeing mess is 'a template for how not to be trustworthy.' Here's what you should do to build public trust instead.

Sherin Shibu | Muilenburg giving up his bonus is "a completely weird gesture," Sandra Sucher said. Instead, leaders should make good on four key dimensions of trust.

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