Articles Tagged with #money
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Video
Con Art
Today’s art market is out of control, and auctions are where emotions trump sound investing.
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Video
The Man Who Put the Pee in Phosphorus
In the 1660’s, German alchemist Hennig Brand intended to turn urine into gold. Instead he discovered phosphorus.
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Profiles
Powerlifter
Traditionally ostracized in the weight room, women who dare to lift weights discover strength they were previously denied.
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Money Money Money
The New Town and Gown
As colleges proceed to charge more and more, real-estate developers in the neighborhoods around them look to cash in.
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Video
In the Last Ditch
Don’t bully yourself over your career. Just redefine “success.”
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Newsplain
The Winds of Cyberwar
This week many important American things were shut down by major technology issues, from United Airlines to the New York Stock Exchange, which isn’t without a Hollywood precedent. ...
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Personal Essays
The Problem of the Flying Puppies
Catfishing is usually part of an online romance scam—not the world of expensive French bulldogs.
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Growing Up
Silicon Valley High
No one’s surprised in Silicon Valley when a 12-year-old runs the family e-commerce store. But going to the same high school as Steve Jobs and liking it are two different things.
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Breaking the News Cycle
White Guys (Friendship Never Ends)
An alphabetical update to important stories that have fallen off the front page, from the existence of Atlantis to the Spice Girls’ decline.
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News From America
Voices of the Walmart
There are eight million stories in a city. How many are there at Walmart? Random telephone calls made to hear about life inside.
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Guides
Ars Erotica
What one woman labels kinky, another person calls a crime against cake. Offering a taxonomy of erotic fixations.
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Gallery
The Emerald Triangle
A photographer earns the trust of marijuana farmers in California’s “Emerald Triangle,” as the clandestine world of cannabis cultivation begins to open up.