This week’s most-clicked stories + what’s in our TBR pile for the weekend
Among the most-clicked stories in Enterprise in the past week:
- How to get your state-issued smart card for subsidized fuel. (ESP.gov.eg)
- Our nomination for the ultimate Ramadan business story for business owners and PE type: At Tim Hortons it’s not business as usual: Profits are up, but so is franchisee discontent. (Financial Post)
- Some monkey who styles hair with fire. (Facebook video)
- Is China’s economy turning Japanese? (Financial Times)
- List of websites apparently banned in Egypt (Al Mal) (tie)
- Around the World in 30 Steaks: The Best From Las Vegas to Tokyo (Bloomberg) (tie)
Things we’re going to be reading this weekend, for better or for worse:
- The world could enter the climate change “danger zone” if Trump pulls out of the Paris pact.
- Three martini lunches are apparently dying off (we weren’t aware they were even still a thing except maybe on Mad Men)
- North Korea launches its own version of an iPad — which it’s calling an iPad. Complain about copyright infringement, Mr. Cook, and there’s a nuke with your name on it.
- Twelve 30-day challenges that will change your life (you had us a “Just say no.”)
- Online eyeglass retailer Warby Parker really took off in Amreeka when it opened brick and mortar stores.
And last, but not least: “What happened to USD 650 mn? An explosive legal battle between one of Hollywood’s best-paid actors and the business managers he fired has laid bare tumultuous finances, outrageous spending and troubling behavior on Disney’s new ‘Pirates’ movie in a case that could even change how the industry does business.” Read Johnny Depp: A Star in Crisis and the Insane Story of His "Missing" Mns