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Publications

Bloomberg

Business

Inside the Secretive Swiss Bank for the World’s Richest People

Pictet, a 215-year-old firm rooted firmly in the past, finds tension adapting to the modern world.

Marion Halftermeyer Bloomberg May 2021 20min Permalink

Politics

'No Regrets'

A Capitol rioter tells his story from inside.

William Turton Bloomberg Jan 2021 Permalink

Business

The Only One in the Room

On Wall Street, being Black often means being alone, held back, deprived of the best opportunities.

Max Abelson, Sonali Basak, Kelsey Butler, Matthew Leising, Jenny Surane, Gillian Tan Bloomberg Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Business Tech

YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant

How proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement.

Mark Bergen Bloomberg Apr 2019 15min Permalink

Tech

The Forgotten Legend of Silicon Valley’s Flying Saucer Man

Alexander Weygers and his Discopter.

Ashlee Vance Bloomberg Nov 2018 Permalink

Arts Crime

The Crimes That Fueled a Fantastic Brazilian Museum

At Inhotim, Bernardo Paz commissioned the Jurassic Park of contemporary art. Then the Brazilian government started investigating him.

Alex Cuadros Bloomberg Jun 2018 20min Permalink

Crime

Deadly Chinese Fentanyl Is Creating a New Era of Drug Kingpins

The opioid’s potency has transformed the global trafficking—and policing—of narcotics.

Esmé E Deprez, Li Hui, Ken Wills Bloomberg May 2018 15min Permalink

Business

How an Undocumented Immigrant From Mexico Became a Star at Goldman Sachs

Even for a high-powered “A-Type,” living on forged documentation is an endurance test.

Max Abelson Bloomberg Feb 2015 15min Permalink

Crime World

Monaco Murders Reveal Six Hidden Real Estate Billionaires

Monaco’s richest woman was shot in ambush outside a hospital. Her heirs stand to inherit over a billion dollars each.

Tom Metcalf Bloomberg Oct 2014 Permalink

Business

Mailman at 72 With America’s Longest Route

On the job with America’s senior citizen letter carriers.

Tom Moroney Bloomberg Aug 2013 10min Permalink

Business World

Heirs of Mao’s Comrades Rise as New Capitalist Nobility

How the ‘princeling’ descendants of Mao’s ‘Eight Immortals’consolidated unimaginable power and wealth in the New China.

Shai Oster, Michael Forsythe, Dune Lawrence, Henry Sanderson Bloomberg Jan 2013 25min Permalink