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Business

Arts Business

Sympathy for the Landlord

Renting in one of the most expensive American cities.

Lauren Smiley San Francisco Aug 2013 20min Permalink

Business

Mailman at 72 With America’s Longest Route

On the job with America’s senior citizen letter carriers.

Tom Moroney Bloomberg Aug 2013 10min Permalink

Business

Everywoman.com

On Martha Stewart, business icon.

Joan Didion New Yorker Feb 2000 20min Permalink

Business Tech

Will Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley Finally Get It Right?

A startup’s rocky search for profitability.

Austin Carr Fast Company Sep 2013 20min Permalink

Business Crime

How Much Is a Life Worth?

A profile of Ken Feinberg, lawyer who specializes in determining compensation after tragedies and disasters.

James Oliphant National Journal Aug 2013 20min Permalink

Business Sports

The Sports Cable Bubble

How cable sports channels extort hundreds of dollars per year out of every cable subscriber for programming that less than 10% regularly watch.

Patrick Hruby Sports on Earth Jul 2013 20min Permalink

Business Crime

Life and Death in Assisted Living

An investigation into the big and often troubling business of caring for aging Americans.

  1. "The Emerald City"

  2. "They're Not Treating Mom Well"

  3. "A Sinking Ship"

  4. "Close the Back Door"

A.C. Thompson, Jonathan Jones ProPublica Jul–Aug 2013 55min Permalink

Business Crime

Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer?

Shortly before leaving Goldman Sachs, Sergey Aleynikov downloaded around 32mb of source code from their high-frequency stock-trading system. Even as he was sent away for an eight year bid in federal prison, no one seemed to fully understand exactly what he did.

Michael Lewis Vanity Fair Aug 2013 45min Permalink

Business World

Greece's Unemployed Young

When there are too few jobs for an entire generation.

Stephan Faris Businessweek Jul 2013 10min Permalink

Business

The Last Days of Big Law

The money has dried up, the models are broken and “there are simply many, many more high-priced lawyers today than there is high-priced legal work.” On the end of an era.

Noam Scheiber The New Republic Jul 2013 25min Permalink

Business

A Shuffle of Aluminum, but to Banks, Pure Gold

How Goldman Sachs made $5 billion by controlling supply and manipulating the aluminum market.

David Kocieniewski New York Times Jul 2013 15min Permalink

Business

At Sears, Eddie Lampert's Warring Divisions Model Adds to the Troubles

The story of a risky management style gone bust.

Mina Kimes Businessweek Jul 2013 15min Permalink

Business Politics Science

Special Deal

The shadowy cartel of doctors that control U.S. healthcare.

Haley Sweetland Edwards Washington Monthly Jul 2013 2h Permalink

Business World

What Is to Be Done About the Banks?

On the dangerous state of U.K. banks—“an existential threat to British democracy, a more serious one than terrorism, either external or internal”—and how it can be fixed.

John Lanchester London Review of Books Jul 2013 25min Permalink

Business Crime Sex

Female Workers Face Rape, Harassment in U.S. Agriculture Industry

The dangerous work of harvesting your food.

Bernice Yeung, Grace Rubenstein Center for Investigative Reporting Jun 2013 25min Permalink

Business Crime Sports

Where Did the Hockey Millions Go?

How a financial advisor for NHL players may have orchestrated a massive fraud.

Katie Benner Fortune Jul 2013 15min Permalink

Best Article Business World

Buried Secrets

How a secretive Israel billionaire seized control of an untapped iron ore deposit beneath one of Africa’s poorest countries.

Patrick Radden Keefe New Yorker Jul 2013 45min Permalink

Arts Business Crime Music

Captive Audience

Listening to music in prison.

David Peisner Spin May 2013 10min Permalink

Business

The Expendables

The plight of temporary workers in America.

Michael Grabell ProPublica Jun 2013 20min Permalink

Business

Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization

Inside the growth of intelligence contracting.

Drake Bennett, Michael Riley Businessweek Jun 2013 15min Permalink

Business

Chemically Burned

The battle over safety at chemical plants amidst the death of a worker.

Dianna Wray Houston Press Jun 2013 20min Permalink

Business

America's Worst Charities

A three-part investigation into crooked fundraising.

  1. America's 50 worst charities rake in nearly $1 billion for corporate fundraisers

  2. Lack of regulation and meager penalties allow worst charities to thrive

  3. Intricate family connections bind several of America's worst charities

Kris Hundley, Kendall Taggart The Tampa Bay Times Jun 2013 45min Permalink

Business

Modern Warfare

The bizarre battle over the Call of Duty video game franchise.

Max Chafkin Vanity Fair Jun 2013 20min Permalink

Arts Business Tech

Are Coders Worth It?

On cushy jobs in web development, deeply un-cushy opportunities in writing, and our assumptions about the value of labor.

James Somers Aeon Jun 2013 15min Permalink

Business World Religion

Welcome to Mogadishu

A portrait of the Somali capital.

Katrina Manson The Financial Times Jun 2013 15min Permalink

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