How does a company that sells youth learn to grow up?

Inside Roger Goodell’s troubling (or wildly successful, depending on who you ask) tenure as NFL commissioner.

Nearing the end of his career, a Canadian tycoon named Michael DeGroote went for one last deal, investing $100 million to build a Las Vegas in the Dominican Republic. His partners? Two brothers with a criminal past, a con man and an old friend with close ties to the mob.

A profile of the best-selling author, self-help guru and convicted felon.

It takes a gallon of water to grow a single almond. Yet in drought-ravaged California, hedge funds are racing to plant as many new trees as they can.

A Georgia chicken farmer hoped to find financial independence in ethical foie gras. Things got weird.

The theme-park chain where kids learn to pilot a plane, pay taxes, and pretend to be adults.

Cheryl Shuman has been a coupon queen, an optician to the stars and the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Steven Segal. Now she’s the face of the high-end weed market.

What does it take for heroin to grab hold in the small, remote towns of America? Like any business, it starts with one man and an entrepreneurial dream.

What do we give up when we become freedom-seeking, self-determining, autonomous entrepreneurs? A lot, actually.

The inside story of how Yahoo’s C.E.O. lost her way.

An army of Western luxury-lifestyle purveyors flock to China to teach the country’s new billionaires how to act rich.

Can a company best known for explaining Kanye West lyrics and telling Warren Buffett to do unseemly things actually annotate the world?

The promises and pitfalls of self-tracking devices and apps.

Three years ago, Shell spent millions to send a colossal oil rig to drill in the remote seas of the Arctic. But the Arctic had other plans.

The scientists at Beyond Meat have concocted a plant-protein-based performance burger that delivers the juicy flavor and texture of beef with none of the dietary and environmental downsides.

Inside the multibillion-dollar business of keeping foreigners out of America.

The inside story, involving low ratings, new ownership, suspected leaks, and a mandate that Meet the Press “loosen up.”

The rise and murderous fall of the Harkey family, the scions of a pecan dynasty.

When 16 women live in a house, compete on a UFC reality show, and punch each other in the face.

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

Without fanfare—indeed, with some misgivings about its new status—China has just overtaken the United States as the world’s largest economy.

What the first-sale doctrine means for the future of copyright.

On a 16-year-old Silicon Valley wunderkind.

The old axiom that more is better is no longer true.