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As unions take on Elon Musk, a small Swedish strike has big stakes By Anders Melin and Jonas EkblomSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Criminal gangs are posing as flirty girls on Instagram and Snapchat to torment high school boys, drain their bank accounts and push them to the edge.By Olivia CarvilleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At Streit's matzo factory, production follows strict Jewish law. But the meaning of the Passover staple is still up for debate.  By Deena ShankerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian kids' show has swept the world. But its future is in doubt By Devin LeonardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

General Electric was in dire straits. The only way to save America's quintessentialconglomerate was to break it up.  By Brooke Sutherland & Ryan BeeneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thirty years of providing the world's finest wool to the fashion house Loro Piana has done almost nothing for the indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes. By Marcelo RochabrunSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A24 has an indie cult following and a $2.5 billion valuation. Can the film company scale its brand of hipster cringe? By Felix GilletteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Almost 2,000 years ago, a volcano preserved Herculaneum's vast library of scrolls but left them unreadable. A volunteer army of nerds has been racing to decipher them. By Ashlee Vance and Ellen HuetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fresh off his historic victory in Detroit, UAW chief Shawn Fain is taking on  Elon Musk, Donald Trump and labor's green future. By Josh Eidelson and Gabrielle CoppolaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scientists and startups are trying to figure out how to control a woman's biological clock. If they do, it could also unlock the key to aging.  By Kristen V. BrownSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On New Year's Eve 2020, young women from a Long Island town were horrifiedto learn their photographs had been manipulated and posted online. When the law failed them, they tracked down the culprit themselves.   By Olivia Carville and Margi MurphySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years the world's greatest deep-sea shipwreck hunter has battled governments and rivals over the ocean floor's riches. He's kept his identity a secret, until now. By Kit Chellel, Olivia Solon and Jonathan BrowningSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world's richest person, boldest entrepreneur and most controversial CEO is moving forward with his grand ambitions for neural implants. Is he the one we want messing with our heads?  By Ashlee VanceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can the company that makes most of the world's iPhones pivot to building electric cars in Ohio? By Reed StevensonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sergio Ermotti is back at the helm of UBS—and looking to capitalize on the deal ofa lifetime. By Marion Halftermeyer, Myriam Balezou and Alessandro Speciale, with Max ReyesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With K-pop's biggest boy band on hiatus, the South Korean music mogul behind the group is turning to the US to find its successor. Or something close to it. By Lucas Shaw & Sohee KimSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How a murder in a nondescript Canadian suburb triggered an international crisis. By Matthew Campbell, Ari Altstedter, Brian Platt and Sudhi Ranjan SenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How a certain search engine became an investigative tool of first resort.By Julia Love and Davey AlbaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No one has more US stores than Dollar General. There are costs.  By Josh Eidelson and Brendan CaseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mom and Dad are renowned legal scholars. Their son is on trial in one of the world's biggest fraud cases. By Max Chafkin and Hannah MillerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lyme disease has grown explosively in the two-plus decades since the last vaccine was pulled from the market. How enthusiastic will the reception be for a new one? By Kristen V. Brown and Nacha CattanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hackers ripped off Michael Terpin with a textbook SIM swap. When he went to war to get his $24 million back, the thieves' friends were unusually happy to help. By Margi Murphy and Drake BennettSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Almost six years after pharmaceuticals magnate Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey, became two of the wealthiest people ever to be murdered,police still haven't identified the killers. But they have turned up no shortage of potential suspects—and a family drama worthy of Succession.  By Matthew Campbell and Ari AltstedterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI has turned a business dispute between Hollywood studios and writers and actors into an existential crisis—one that probably only money can solve. By Lucas ShawSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WeightWatchers is going all-in on trendy new anti-obesity drugs. The gamble might save the company—if it doesn't kill it first. By Emma Court and Ellen HuetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A $500 million catalytic converter theft ring—and the effort to bring it down.  By Evan RatliffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At TDC in Copenhagen, all of senior management was under suspicion. Its computer network was compromised, people were getting trailed. And then there were the drones … By Drake Bennett and Jordan RobertsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fall of startup A123 still haunts the US decades later—and reveals everything that's wrong with this country's approach to innovation. By Gabrielle CoppolaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remember when Yeezy made Adidas the hottest shoe company in the world? How the biggest collab since Nike met Jordan went so wrong. By Kim Bhasin and Tim LohSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Japan reconsiders decades of pacifism, Hiroshima is becoming an unlikely defense hub. By Yoshiaki NoharaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shannon You was a good chemist, a bad colleague—and a thief. She planned to use the IP she'd stolen to start a company in China, and it might have worked if she herself hadn't been duped.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Those ubiquitously marketed new meds? They work. And they cost at least $10,000 a year. By Emma Court and Robert LangrethSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After giving up his Comedy Central show, Dave Chappelle returned to his Ohio hometown and began living a low-key life. Then he started buying properties, complained about his neighbors on Saturday Night Live and waged an epic battle over development. By Tyler J. KelleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For decades, casinos scoffed as gamblers devised elaborate systems to gain an advantage over the house. That changed after an unassuming Croatian won more than £1 million over several nights at a London club. The question—for casinos, cops, and a Bloomberg Businessweek reporter—was how, exactly, he did it. By Kit ChellelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Honor Among Thieves hitting theaters, Hasbro tries to overcome 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons business disasters without enraging its fan base.  By Felix Gillette and Thomas BuckleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People who grew accustomed to sexting with Replika's AI-powered companions were heartbroken when the company blocked its bots from engaging in racy chats. By Ellen HuetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Washington, politics will shape the narrative surrounding any company that doesn't seek to write it itself. By Alex Barinka and Anna EdgertonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Culture warriors, foodies and affluent homeowners are clutching their gas stoves. Can Americans finally be persuaded to switch to induction? By Aaron GellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inside the US government's effort to unravel a giant financial fraud, with some help from the celebrities who got paintings and bags of cash via a friendly future fugitive named Jho Low. By Anthony Cormier, Jason Leopold and Matthew CampbellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How rapper Pras Michél got entangled in one of the century's great financial scandals. By Jason Leopold, Anthony Cormier and Matthew Campbell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When explosives were found outside Mukesh Ambani's home in Mumbai, the cops blamed terrorists. The truth—and the rot it exposed—was far more alarming. By Chris Kay and P.R. SanjaiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tony Khan's All Elite Wrestling wants to unseat WWE, if its chairman, Vince McMahon, doesn't do it first. By Kim BhasinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.