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How Tide became a black market currency.
How Tide became a black market currency.
Ben Paynter New York Jan 2013 10min Permalink
How the ‘princeling’ descendants of Mao’s ‘Eight Immortals’consolidated unimaginable power and wealth in the New China.
Shai Oster, Michael Forsythe, Dune Lawrence, Henry Sanderson Bloomberg Jan 2013 25min Permalink
How an autocratic CEO made the company billions, alienating almost everyone else in the process.
Caleb Hannan Businessweek Jan 2013 15min Permalink
Profiles of people who live in their car after losing almost everything during the Great Recession.
Jeff Tietz Rolling Stone Jun 2012 40min Permalink
On the future of Britain’s finances.
John Lanchester London Review of Books Dec 2012 20min Permalink
A nationally respected neurologist feeds secrets to Wall Street.
Nathaniel Popper, Bill Vlasic New York Times Dec 2012 Permalink
Ten years ago, Jack Whittaker won the largest lotto jackpot in history. Then he lost everything.
David Samuels Businessweek Dec 2012 15min Permalink
A coffee maven—and Frappuccino inventor—attempts a comeback in the cafe business.
Janelle Nanos Boston Magazine Dec 2012 20min Permalink
How the biker gang makes money.
Andy Serwer Fortune Nov 1992 15min Permalink
How an obscure Australian judge and a hard-charging lawyer put the S&P on trial for the global financial collapse.
Bernard Lagan The Global Mail Dec 2012 20min Permalink
Why is an anti-virus software giant in the Belizean jungle surrounded by gang members?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, profiled.
Elizabeth Kolbert New Yorker Mar 2004 20min Permalink
Working within Andalusia’s impoverished farming communities, a ragtag pair of longtime union leaders have been leading raids on local supermarkets.
Jeffrey Tayler Businessweek Oct 2012 10min Permalink
Frank Firetti, a 54-year-old pool salesman in Virginia, and his fading American dream.
Eli Saslow Washington Post Oct 2012 25min Permalink
On the staff of a Trader Joe’s in New York City.
Arianne Cohen New York Oct 2007 10min Permalink
JPMorgan Chase’s $6 billion mistake and the woman who took the fall.
Susan Dominus New York Times Magazine Oct 2012 20min Permalink
An assessment of the former Secretary of the Treasury.
William D. Cohan Businessweek Sep 2012 20min Permalink
The rise of the “wildly lucrative” herbal incense business, and the downfall of one company.
Chris Sweeney New Times Broward-Palm Beach Sep 2012 10min Permalink
The Buckeye State’s fortunes and the fight for credit.
Matt Bai New York Times Magazine Sep 2012 30min Permalink
How Wall Street got addicted to trading at the speed of light.
Jerry Adler Wired Sep 2012 30min Permalink
When jobs vanish, Southern men find new ways to contribute.
Hanna Rosin New York Times Magazine Aug 2012 30min Permalink
How Mitt Romney made his millions.
Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone Sep 2012 30min Permalink
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A profile of Scooter Braun.
Lizzie Widdicombe New Yorker Aug 2012 30min Permalink
"Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly, I didn’t believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I couldn’t prove a proposition with facts and figures, it was without merit. In the midst of a conversation, she said to me, “Do I understand the thrust of your position? You are not certain you exist?” I hesitated a moment, and I said, “I can’t be sure.” And she then said to me, “And who, by chance, is answering that question?” With that little exchange, she undermined the philosophical structure I had built for myself. "
Alan Greenspan, Devin Leonard, Peter Coy Businessweek Aug 2012 10min Permalink
What one woman spends in a year.
Doree Shafrir Bundle Nov 2010 10min Permalink