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Marker’s Weekend Reads: 101 Best and Worst Business Moves, the Cost of K-Pop Fandom, Contact Tracing at Work

Some of the great articles on Medium that we’ve been reading and talking about. Happy reading (and highlighting)!

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Everything has changed so much in the past eight months, including the business world. This week, the editors at Marker cataloged the most brilliant business decisions, embarrassing blunders (*cough* Quibi *cough*), inspiring moments, and downright oddities (hello, Sharpiegate). Relive all the wild business moments of the pandemic — from Amazon firing its whistleblower to mask-manufacturing mania to the NBA bubble to the ongoing TikTok drama. —Bobbie Gossage, Deputy Editor, Marker

The 101 Best and Worst Business Moves of the Pandemic

K-pop has been dominating headlines lately. From the recent roller coaster IPO of the company behind BTS, to K-pop stans fighting QAnon on social media, to Bloomberg declaring Korean girl group Blackpink the biggest pop band in the world, no cultural…