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Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.
Lisa Girion Reuters Dec 2018 25min Permalink
Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed.
Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia, Nicholas Confessore New York Times Dec 2018 20min Permalink
The rise and fall of fraudster John DeLorean.
Alex Pappademas The Outline, Epic Dec 2018 50min Permalink
Inside the maze of an Amazon scam storefront empire.
Jenny Odell New York Times Nov 2018 25min Permalink
A secretive hedge fund used the British court system to punish an IP thief‚ even though he was already in jail.
Kit Chellel, Jeremy Hodges Bloomberg Businessweek Nov 2018 20min Permalink
How an obscure legal document turned New York’s court system into a debt-collection machine.
Zachary R. Mider, Zeke Faux Businessweek Nov 2018 20min Permalink
On the lengths Mark Zuckberberg and Sheryl Sandberg have gone to protect their power.
Sheera Frenkel, Nicholas Confessore, Cecilia Kang, Matthew Rosenberg, Jack Nicas New York Times Nov 2018 25min Permalink
The company has been battling its store owners for years, using tactics that include planting hidden cameras and and tailing franchisees in unmarked vehicles. It seems to have found a new tool: U.S. immigration authorities.
Lauren Etter, Michael Smith Businessweek Nov 2018 15min Permalink
Inside Tesla’s factory, a medical clinic designed to ignore injured workers.
Will Evans Reveal Nov 2018 30min Permalink
Last December, a Canadian pharmaceuticals executive and his wife were found strangled in their home. No one knows who did it or why, but everyone has a theory.
Matthew Campbell Businessweek Oct 2018 30min Permalink
Known abroad primarily for its stunning Pacific Coast setting and athletic lifestyle, the city [Vancouver] has since become one of the world’s largest sluices for questionable funds moving from Asia into Western economies.
Matthew Campbell, Natalie Obiko Pearson Bloomberg Businessweek Oct 2018 20min Permalink
Inside the ongoing argument over whether Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the blockchain are transforming the world.
Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Oct 2018 20min Permalink
Damilare Sonoiki and Mychal Kendricks made a very bad team.
Max Abelson, Felix Gillette Bloomberg Businessweek Sep 2018 10min Permalink
A year after the tragedy of Hurricane Maria, the 51st state has become the favorite playground for extremely wealthy Americans looking to keep their money from the taxman. The only catch? They have to cut all ties to the mainland (wink, wink).
Jesse Barron GQ Sep 2018 20min Permalink
The invention of offshore banking.
Oliver Bullough The Guardian Sep 2018 15min Permalink
“We need a new language for talking about poverty. ‘Nobody who works should be poor,’ we say. That’s not good enough. Nobody in America should be poor, period.”
Matthew Desmond New York Times Magazine Sep 2018 20min Permalink
More than 50 foreclosure stories have one word in common: Nightmare.
Desiree Stennett, Lisa Rowan The Penny Hoarder Aug 2018 30min Permalink
How Washington left students to drown in debt.
Ryann Liebenthal Mother Jones Aug 2018 25min Permalink
How Viagra went from a medical mistake to a $3 billion industry.
David Kushner Esquire Aug 2018 15min Permalink
A few Silicon Valley executives are experimenting with mortality. “I don’t want death to be such a downer,” says one.
Jon Mooallem California Sunday Mar 2015 25min Permalink
A dispatch from North Carolina.
Nick Martin Splinter Aug 2018 50min Permalink
How an activist investor does business (and ruins lives).
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Aug 2018 40min Permalink
“Success for us will be determined by our ability to move faster than everyone else in this space.”
Robert Safian Fast Company Aug 2018 25min Permalink
Inside the growth of Goop — the most controversial brand in the wellness industry.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner New York Times Magazine Jul 2018 35min Permalink
JD.com is expanding its consumer base with drone delivery and local recruits who can exploit villages’ tight-knit social networks to drum up business.
Jiayang Fan New Yorker Jul 2018 30min Permalink