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Business Tech

Me Media

A 2006 profile of Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook opened from a college-only site to a public social network.

John Cassidy New Yorker May 2006 30min Permalink

Business

Wells Fargo, You Never Knew...

A just-barred Pakistani-American attorney attempts to save a young family’s home from foreclosure and glimpses the contradiction-rich bureaucracy that has emerged in response to the housing crisis.

Wajahat Ali McSweeney's Mar 2010 40min Permalink

Business

The Great Divergence

A series on the growing income inequality gap in America.

Timothy Noah Slate Sep 2010 Permalink

Business

Bleak Houses

The author joins his father’s work crew, gutting out foreclosed houses in Florida and interviewing their former residents.

Paul Reyes Harper's Oct 2008 Permalink

Business

Inside the Secret World of Trader Joe’s

It makes as much money as Whole Foods while stocking 90 percent fewer products. The Trader Joe’s business model explained.

Beth Kowitt Fortune Aug 2010 Permalink

Business

Covert Operations

The billionaire Koch brothers have declared war on Obama.

Jane Mayer New Yorker Apr 2011 40min Permalink

Business

Emperor du Fromage

Christian Audigier is the man behind Von Dutch and Ed Hardy. The massive succes of his garish and expensive creations may say more about the power of celebrity than about fashion.

Devin Friedman GQ Oct 2009 20min Permalink

Business World

Inside the Knockoff-Tennis-Shoe Factory

The number one item confiscated by U.S. customs for four years in a row: fake shoes. As brands continue to crack down, counterfeiters continue to up their game.

Nicholas Schmidle New York Times Magazine Aug 2010 Permalink

Best Article Arts Business Music

Orientalist Party Music

In the early 1960s, Middle Eastern guys in Brooklyn introduced America to Arabic rock-and-roll.

Saki Knafo The Believer Jul 2010 10min Permalink

Arts Business World Media Music Religion

Islam’s Answer to MTV

A new Egyptian TV channel called 4Shbab—“for youth” in Arabic—aims to get young people interested in Islam through music videos and reality shows.

Negar Azimi New York Times Magazine Aug 2010 Permalink

Best Article Business World

The Billion-Dollar Shack

A reporter heads to Nauru, a tiny island nation in the Pacific, to track down the hub of a worldwide money-laundering operation—a shack filled with computers, air-conditioners, and little else.

Jack Hitt New York Times Magazine Dec 2000 20min Permalink

Business

The Yoga Mogul

John Friend, who founded a new school of yoga, says the practice should be about both exercise and spirituality. Oh, and making money.

Mimi Swartz New York Times Magazine Jul 2010 Permalink

Business

The Patent Troll

Erich Spangenberg is in the business of owning other people’s ideas. He makes a fortune.

Heather Skyler Good Jun 2009 10min Permalink

Best Article Business Sex

‘Baby, Give Me a Kiss’

Inside the bleak world of Joe Francis, the man behind the “Girls Gone Wild” franchise.

Claire Hoffman The Los Angeles Times Aug 2006 25min Permalink

Business

Show Him the Money

A profile of Tom Donohue, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the sixth-highest paid lobbyist in the country. Since Obama took office, Donohue has scared-up tens of millions in new donations.

James Verini Washington Monthly Jul 2010 20min Permalink

Business World

Thoughts on Thailand

What exactly is going on politically in Thailand?

Andrew MacGregor Marshall Reuters Jul 2010 40min Permalink

Business

A Modern Mess

The rise and fall of Design Within Reach.

Jeff Chu Fast Company Dec 2009 Permalink

Business

Shooting Britney

How a French journalist recruited a posse of Brazilian parking lot attendants and pizza-delivery guys and created Hollywood’s most addictive entertainment product.

David Samuels The Atlantic Apr 2008 35min Permalink

Business Tech

Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing

“The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff doesn’t change the world. It really doesn’t.” –Steve Jobs, 1996

Gary Wolf Wired Apr 1996 25min Permalink

Business Crime

Bernie Madoff, Free at Last

What’s Madoff like as a prisoner? According to his fellow inmates, he’s cheap (“You couldn’t get an ice-cream cone off him”), he’s unrepentant (“Fuck my victims”), and he’s eager to dole out financial advice.

Steve Fishman New York Jun 2010 20min Permalink

Business Tech

The Great Check-In Battle

Foursquare and Gowalla are in a VC-funded race to become the dominant location-based social network. But their founders say both companies have a larger purpose.

Neal Pollack Wired (UK) Jun 2010 Permalink

Arts Business Food

Drink Up

Fred Franzia makes a lot of money selling really cheap wine.

Dana Goodyear New Yorker May 2009 Permalink

Business Sex

Desperately Seeking Sugar Daddies

The author wanted to give up her day job but keep her lifestyle. So she turned to Seeking Arrangement, a site that pairs rich, older men interested in “companionship” with 20-somethings interested in “gifts.”

Melanie Berliet Vanity Fair May 2010 10min Permalink

Business

The man behind Abercrombie & Fitch

Profile of the flip-flop wearing 61-year-old ‘dude’ who turned around a dying company by selling all-American sex to teens – and isn’t apologizing.

Benoit Denizet-Lewis Salon Jan 2006 Permalink

Business

Better Off Deadbeat

Craig Cunningham has a simple solution for getting bill collectors off his back. He sues them.

Kimberly Thorpe Dallas Observer Jan 2010 20min Permalink

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