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Business

Getting Plowed

Collusion, sabotage, violence—inside Montreal’s no-holds-barred snow removal racket.

Selena Ross Maisonneuve Apr 2012 20min Permalink

Best Article Business

Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis—and 15

Using several email addresses and a lot of exclamation points, teenager Jonathan Lebed worked finance message boards in the morning before school and made almost a million bucks. Then he made the head of the S.E.C. look like a fool.

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Previously: Michael Lewis on the Longform Podcast

Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine Feb 2001 35min Permalink

Business

How Texas Hunting Went Exotic

Sprawling ranches. Rare animals. Rich folks with guns. Welcome to the state’s booming business of stalking wildlife from around the globe.

Wes Ferguson Texas Monthly Jan 2021 30min Permalink

Business Politics

After Climate-Protection Drift and Despair, A Blueprint for Success Emerges in Cascadia

Washington state’s redoubled climate goals and fresh action plan revive hope to cut emissions. But ongoing fossil fuel development in BC could undercut Cascadia’s progress.

Peter Fairley Investigate West Jan 2021 15min Permalink

Business

Has the Pandemic Transformed the Office Forever?

Companies are figuring out how to balance what appears to be a lasting shift toward remote work with the value of the physical workplace.

John Seabrook New Yorker Jan 2021 30min Permalink

Business

How the Most Hyped U.S. Oil Merger in a Decade Went Bust

As CEO of Occidental Petroleum, Vicki Hollub made the biggest deal the oil business had seen in years. Will it also go down as the biggest failure?

Mimi Swartz Texas Monthly Jan 2021 35min Permalink

Business Sports

Drew Brees Has a Dream He'd Like to Sell You

It’s a multilevel marketing company called AdvoCare. Or maybe it’s a pyramid scheme.

Mina Kimes ESPN the Magazine Mar 2016 20min Permalink

Business

Trolling the Great Outdoors

As the wilderness gets overrun, the most hated man in the Rockies finds an audience of emulators and antagonists.

Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Jan 2021 Permalink

Business Travel

The Man Who Turned Credit-Card Points Into an Empire

Brian Kelly, The Points Guy, has created an empire dedicated to maximizing credit-card rewards and airline miles. What are they worth in a global pandemic — and why are they worth anything at all?

Jamie Lauren Keiles New York Times Magazine Jan 2021 35min Permalink

Business

The Market Value of My Father

When his parents marriage imploded, the author’s mother said his father was worthless, a con man. A bad investment in their lives. But years later, a mysterious book about Wall Street showed up—a gift from his father—that began to change the story.

Joshua Ferris Wealthsimple Magazine Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Business Crime World

Vegas on the Black Sea

A trip to Batumi, Georgia.

Tara Isabella Burton Roads and Kingdoms Sep 2015 Permalink

Business Food

What the Hole Is Going On?

The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.

Rachel Handler Grub Street Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Business Health

How SoulCycle Lost Its Soul

The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.

Alex Abad-Santos Vox Dec 2020 30min Permalink

Business Science Health

“We Are Slowly Being Poisoned.”

How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes.

Kiera Feldman Los Angeles Times Dec 2020 25min Permalink

Arts Business Crime

"Everything Was Completely Destroyed"

What it was like to be a rank-and-file Sony employee after the hack.

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Amanda Hess on the Longform Podcast

Amanda Hess Slate Nov 2015 20min Permalink

Business

How Compass Became the Bane of Real Estate

The high-tech real estate startup boasts SoftBank backing, a $1.6 billion war chest, and plenty of skeptics. Now it’s cashing in on the pandemic real estate boom.

Patrick Sisson Marker Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Business

The Essex Boys: How Nine Traders Hit a Gusher With Negative Oil

Over the course of a few hours on April 20, a guy called Cuddles and eight of his pals from the freewheeling world of London’s commodities markets rode oil’s crash to a $660 million profit.

Liam Vaughan, Kit Chellel, Benjamin Bain Bloomberg Businessweek Dec 2020 20min Permalink

Business

'When Your Work Is Too Much and Exploitative, What Happens?'

Uber made big promises in Kenya. Drivers say it’s ruined their lives.

Amanda Sperber NBC News Nov 2020 30min Permalink

Business Health

Tony Hsieh’s American Tragedy: The Self-Destructive Last Months Of The Zappos Visionary

When the business icon died in a fire last week, questions abounded. The answers seem rooted in a Covid-period spiral, where he turned to drugs and shunned old friends.

Angel Au-Yeung, David Jeans Forbes Dec 2020 Permalink

Business

What My Dad Gave His Shop

For 45 years, , Harmony Audio Video, has been my dad’s life: the reason he left home early every day, the reason he was chronically late to pick me up from school, the reason he didn’t take a single vacation for 25 years.

Francesca Mari The Atlantic Dec 2020 Permalink

Business Politics

On Behalf of the Plutocrats

Kathy Wylde’s winding path from community organizer to “lone defender of the billionaires.”

David Freedlander Curbed Nov 2020 30min Permalink

Business Tech

Sex, Lies, and Video Games

Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry. Instead, everyone played each other.

Amanda Chicago Lewis The Verge Nov 2020 35min Permalink

Business Health

Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks

As the country heads into a dangerous new phase of the pandemic, the government’s management of the P.P.E. crisis has left the private sector still straining to meet anticipated demand.

Doug Bock Clark New York Times Magazine Nov 2020 25min Permalink

Arts Business

Why I Paid Tenfold to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books

“When I’ve had courage, I often lacked the healthy choices. When I’ve had healthy choices, I often lacked courage. Ending unhealthy transactional relationships and opening ourselves to radical possibilities is one way we effectively heal ourselves and others in America.”

Kiese Laymon Literary Hub Nov 2020 Permalink

Business

Times Change

At The New York Times, a reckoning.

Reeves Wiedeman New York Nov 2020 25min Permalink

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