Business

A profile of legendary L.A. crack dealer Freeway Rick Ross, now out of jail and trying to sell everything from weaves to his own biopic, written by a journalist who has known him for decades.

On the blurry ethical lines in the part-time Texas state legislature, where politicians and CEO’s are one and the same.

How Wall Street won.

How the former CEO of McKinsey, who was indicted in the largest insider trading case in United States history, got played.

Caterpillar’s CEO made $22 million last year. Some of his employees are on food stamps.

Inside New England’s thriving arms industry.

An investigation into widespread criminal fraud at a generic drug company.

Rethinking mobile homes as senior housing.

In Cyprus with those who lost big by simply depositing their savings with Laiki.

Adventures in the cosmetics department of a Neiman Marcus in Dallas.

A financier and his wife build a mansion in the jungles of Costa Rica, set up a wildlife preserve, and appear to slowly, steadily lose their minds. A spiral of handguns, angry locals, armed guards, uncut diamonds, abduction plots, and a bedroom blazing with 550 Tiffany lamps ends with a body and a mystery: Did John Felix Bender die by his own hand? Or did Ann Bender kill him to escape their crumbling dream?

A profile of the almost-president.