Libor, ISDAfix, and how the big banks do business.

Paul Phua rose from a Borneo numbers runner to being the biggest bookmaker in the world. Then he found poker.

“As a young reporter in Eastern Europe in 2001, I expected to witness the ‘end of history’ and the flowering of democracy. That was just one of the mistakes I made.”

Gaming the lottery seemed as good a retirement plan as any.

Carbanak’s suspected ringleader is under arrest, but $1.2 billion remains missing, and his malware attacks live on.

Decades ago, two parents sued a drug company over their newborn’s deformity—and changed courtroom science forever.

David Johnson’s unrequited correspondence with Jay-Z.

“The first point he makes several times is that his new album will appeal to everyone; the second is that he is a changed man who’s grown up and calmed down. All I can say with certainty is that Brown is a stranger to the concepts of modesty and consistency.”

How Wall Street won.

Gregg Bemis is an 87-year-old retired venture capitalist who owns the salvage rights to the Lusitania. He’s determined to prove an alternate theory as to why the ship was attacked in 1915. Unfortunately, the Irish government isn’t so into his plan.

An 8th-generation Louisvillian on the Kentucky Derby, bourbon and the history of his hometown.

The social network positioned its plan to bring the internet to millions of Indians as a gift. The country saw a catch.

An argument for outing a notorious message board member: “Under Reddit logic, outing Violentacrez is worse than anonymously posting creepshots of innocent women, because doing so would undermine Reddit’s role as a safe place for people to anonymously post creepshots of innocent women. I am OK with that.”

How $100 million in diamonds, gold, and jewelry disappeared from Antwerp Diamond Center’s super-secure vault.

A profile of the designer, who died Sunday at 41.

Even the dumpster divers of America are becoming tech-savvy, well-earning entrepreneurs.

The little-understood history of the whales and how barnacles may be the key to understanding how giant mammals evolved underwater.

Brazilian businessman Zero Freitas has amassed the world’s largest collection of records, the majority of which have never been digitized.

Life as a New York Times reporter in the shadow of the war on terror.

A post-acquisition profile of Tumblr’s David Karp.

A profile of the policy wonk who shone the light and turned the tide on overseas tax havens.

A teenage Florida hacker crew, millions of credit cards numbers stolen by driving by big box stores and entering their networks, $1.1 million in cash buried in a backyard, an FBI snitch,  and how it all fell apart.

A profile of jailed trader Tom Hayes, who was either behind the Libor scandal or became its fall guy.

Most of the men were in their 60s and 70s, with heart conditions, diabetes, and replacement hips. They made off with millions in cash and jewels, only to give themselves up by not understanding how technology works.

“What follows is my attempt, based on a few increasingly hostile exchanges and a close reading of his terrible book, not only to examine why Mariotti is currently jobless but to explain why, in a sane world, he should forever remain that way. I present this as a cautionary tale for other sportswriters, both young and old.”