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In Herat, Afghanistan, farmers swapped opium poppies for saffron — the world's priciest spice — at the cost of Taliban threats and kidnappings.

From McKinsey chief to convicted insider trader: how Rajat Gupta's tips to Raj Rajaratnam ended an exemplary career — and a two-year prison sentence.

North Dakota's 2012 Measure 2 would have abolished all property taxes — voters rejected it 76% to 24%, but the sentiment behind it refuses to die.

How one Oregon woman's absurd $2.1 million fake state tax return sailed through the review process — and what it exposed about refund fraud.

In May 2012 Kaspersky exposed Flame — a massive cyberespionage toolkit aimed at Iran, with 86 fake-identity domains and all the hallmarks of a state operation.

While America fought over Obamacare in 2012, Indian hospitals were delivering world-class surgery at a fraction of US prices.

The '1%' was really a 0.1% problem: the elite whose wealth buys the rules themselves. On inequality, Occupy, and why the policy answers differ.

After the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the 4.5% minority sub-quota within OBC reservation in May 2012, the IITs decided to ignore it for JEE

In 2011 the Gates Foundation launched the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge — a toilet for the 2.5 billion without safe sanitation, no sewer or power needed,

Thomas Langenbach had a $2 million home and a prestigious SAP job — and, police said, a second career stealing Lego sets to resell on eBay.

In May 2012 Ellen Pao sued Kleiner Perkins for gender discrimination — with harassment allegations against partner Ajit Nazre at its center.

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi once played serious cricket for an all-girls team in Chennai. Her career cost her the sport — and she has named what achievement took.

A 2012 study exposed extreme vanity sizing — Armani's '33-inch' jeans measured far larger. Why the clothing industry lies to you about your waist.

In May 2012 IBM banned Siri on company devices — voice data went to Apple's servers, and nobody could audit it. The caution turned out to be prescient.

In 2012 Gina Rinehart became the world's richest woman on iron ore wealth — polarizing Australia with her wages politics, media stakes, and a bitter family

Mark Zuckerberg cashed out 30.2 million Facebook shares in the May 2012 IPO — about $1.15 billion, most of it earmarked for the tax bill on his stock options.

After a flat debut, Facebook's stock fell 11% on its second day of trading in May 2012 — and Wall Street's verdict on the bungled IPO was blunt.

After years of speculation, Nita Ambani gave Vanity Fair its first look inside Antilia in 2012 — and settled the rumors about whether the family had ever

In May 2012 Facebook tested paid 'promoted posts' in New Zealand — charging page owners to reach their own followers. It was a preview of the end of free

Facebook's $16 billion IPO debuted in May 2012 to Nasdaq glitches and a flat close at $38.23 — and the Drudge Report's verdict was brutal: 'IPO gives no