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Businessweek

Business Crime

The Strange Story of a Murdered Banker in Puerto Rico

Maurice Spagnoletti was hired to clean up one of the island’s largest banks. He found fraud, waste, and executives performing Santeria rituals in the conference room. Then he was killed on his way home.

Zeke Faux Businessweek Jul 2016 20min Permalink

Business Tech

How Intel Makes a Chip the Size of a Postage Stamp

Microprocessors cost billions to develop. They take three times longer to build than an airplane, in an environment 1,000 times more sterile than a hospital. Throughout the entire process, nobody ever touches them.

Max Chafkin, Ian King Businessweek Jun 2016 15min Permalink

Politics

How to Get Trump Elected When He’s Wrecking Everything You Built

Reince Priebus was about to go down as the most successful GOP chairman in party history. Then Trump happened.

Joshua Green Businessweek May 2016 20min Permalink

Business

Even the World's Top Life Coaches Need a Life Coach

Meet Martha Beck.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Businessweek May 2016 20min Permalink

Business Science Food Health

Nestlé Wants to Sell You Both Sugary Snacks and Diabetes Pills

Medicine, the company says, can also be a tasty snack.

Matthew Campbell, Corinne Gretler Businessweek May 2016 15min Permalink

Business

A Leak Wounded This Company. Fighting the Feds Finished It Off.

The Federal Trade Commission has brought more than 60 cases related to data security against businesses. Only one has refused to settle.

Dune Lawrence Businessweek Apr 2016 15min Permalink

Media

The Art of the Smear

A journalist on the troll who tried to destroy her.

Dune Lawrence Businessweek Mar 2016 20min Permalink

Business Crime Tech

What Happens When the Surveillance State Becomes an Affordable Gadget?

Your local police department probably has a $400,00 device that listens in on cellphones. Soon your neighbor will be able to buy the same thing for $1,500.

Robert Kolker Businessweek Mar 2016 15min Permalink

Business

The Incredible Rise and Final Hours of Fracking King Aubrey McClendon

He made billions. He lost billions. He was fired as CEO of the company he created. And on March 2, just hours after he was accused of rigging oil deals, he died in a one-car crash.

Bryan Gruley, Joe Carroll, Asjylyn Loder Businessweek Mar 2016 15min Permalink

Business

How Two Guys Lost God and Found $40 Million

They were raised Hasidic in Brooklyn. Now Abe Zeines and Meir Hurwitz live a decadent, booze-filled life in Puerto Rico. They are in their early 30s and rich enough to retire, while Wall Street is busy adopting the shady loan scheme they pioneered.

Zeke Faux Businessweek Oct 2015 15min Permalink

Business Tech

How Much of Your Audience Is Fake?

For online advertisers, probably most of it. An investigation.

Ben Elgin, Michael Riley, Joshua Brustein Businessweek Sep 2015 15min Permalink

Business Tech

Thirteen Months of Working, Eating and Sleeping at the Googleplex

Meet Ben Discoe, a programmer who did it from October 2011 to November 2012.

Joel Stein Businessweek Jul 2015 10min Permalink

Sex Media

Cheating, Incorporated

On the adultery website AshleyMadison.com.

Sheelah Kolhatkar Businessweek Feb 2011 20min Permalink

Business Politics

This Is How Uber Takes Over a City

The ride-share company has 250 lobbyists and 29 lobbying firms registered in capitols around the nation, a third more than Wal-Mart Stores. Among other things.

Karen Weise Businessweek Jun 2015 15min Permalink

Business Tech

Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla

When Elon Musk went to Russia to buy some rockets.

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Excerpted from Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future.

Ashlee Vance Businessweek May 2015 35min Permalink

Business World Travel

The People’s Republic of Cruiseland

The author boards the Costa Atlantica for several days of line dancing, burlesque and buffets as part of the cruise industry’s new foray into China.

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Cruises</i>

Christopher Beam Businessweek Apr 2015 20min Permalink

Business Science Sports

The Trader in the Wild

Kate Matrosova was a classic overachiever and, at 32, had everything to live for. Still she set out alone into the mountains of New Hampshire—and a deadly storm.

Chip Brown Businessweek Apr 2014 15min Permalink

Can the U.S. Ever Fix Its Messed-Up Maternity Leave System?

The U.S. is one of only two countries that don’t guarantee paid maternity leave. As a result, women across the country are rushing back to work after C-sections and losing their positions in order to take care of newborns.

Claire Suddath Businessweek Jan 2015 15min Permalink

Business World

The Chinese Government Is Getting Rich Selling Cigarettes

How the China National Tobacco Corp., which manufactures 2.5 trillion cigarettes per year, came to make more money than Apple.

Andrew Martin Businessweek Dec 2014 15min Permalink

Business Tech

The Gaming Industry's Greatest Adversary Is Just Getting Started

A profile of Anita Sarkeesian, who has recieved death threats as she exposes misogyny in the $25 billion video game industry.

Sheelah Kolhatkar Businessweek Nov 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Business

The 350,000 Percent Rise of Christopher Wool's Masterpiece Painting

A story of regret and the contemporary art market.

Vernon Silver, James Tarmy Businessweek Oct 2014 10min Permalink

Business

Gary Barnett, Controversial Master of New York City Luxury Real Estate

The developer responsible for the tallest residential building in New York—the penthouse just sold for $90 million—lives in a two-story house in Queens.

Devin Leonard Businessweek Oct 2014 15min Permalink

Business World

How to Get Into an Ivy League College—Guaranteed

Tony Ma will bet you as much as $600,000 to train your student for college acceptance. If the student gets into their top choice school, Ma takes the cash. Rejected? He gets nothing.

Peter Waldman Businessweek Sep 2014 15min Permalink

Business World

The Hedge Fund and the Despot

The Wall Street firm that bailed out Robert Mugabe.

Cam Simpson, Jesse Westbrook Businessweek Aug 2014 15min Permalink

World

How Libya Blew Billions and Its Best Chance at Democracy

Following Muammar Qaddafi’s death in 2011, Libya had hundreds of billions of dollars. This is the story of how it was erased.

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Previously: David Samuels on the Longform Podcast.

David Samuels Businessweek Aug 2014 25min Permalink

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