Twenty-two years in, E-40 has extended his reign over the Bay Area rap landscape by returning to “making music the way he did back in the late ’80s: completely independently, selling his raps more or less directly to his fans.”

How a brewery became more famous for what’s on its bottle than what’s in it.

Some of the wealthiest people in America are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.

It was a genius piece of technology. But that didn’t mean it was a business.

How the veterinary industry went corporate.

ProDoula wants to revolutionize the touchy-feely doula profession — and make millions of dollars along the way.

“A body is a body, but personal effects are a life.”

How the refugee crisis has made a lot of people very, very rich.

An investigation into America’s largest chain of psychiatric hospitals, where patients are held against their will to maximize profits.

“Oh my God, the NFL is using every trick in the book to market to kids.”

Inside the fall of Village Voice Media’s backpage.com.

When a wealthy businessman set out to divorce his wife, their fortune vanished. The quest to find it would reveal the depths of an offshore financial system bigger than the U.S. economy.

The Medallion Fund, a computer-driven hedge fund open to only 300 people, has produced about $55 billion in profit over the last 28 years. Almost nobody knows how they have done it.

Inside the world of M&A consulting.

How modern slot machines develop a nearly unbreakable hold on the brain, leading around one in five pathological gamblers to attempt suicide.

On the downfall of Deutsche Bank.

The dream of getting from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes has run into a few speed bumps.

Chipotle once fed the equivalent of the population of Philadelphia every day. Then the E. coli outbreak happened.

A profile of Donald Trump’s son-in-law and de facto campaign manager.

The landlord’s guide to gentrifying New York.

The Obama administration was supposed to fight corporate concentration. In the airline industry, at least, it didn’t work out that way.

On the insane business of bottled water.

The business of sound.

Tracing the path of one of the world’s most in-demand minerals from deadly mines in Congo to your phone.

How Dress for Success helps women break through socioeconomic barriers.