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The Mom-and-Pop Metal Business of the Kashmir Valley
Photographer Will Warasila profiles a family-owned company in India that sells small steel and iron parts to local merchants and builders.
The Dark Web Gun Trade May Be Bigger Than You Think
The first study into the dark web gun trade finds tens of thousands of dollars worth of transactions every month.
This Device Aims to Encrypt Online Shopping End-to-End
PocketKey would encrypt transaction data before it reaches a merchant, to prevent payment information being stolen in a breach.
Bitcoin Had Its Own Black Friday
On November 9th, 65 Bitcoin-accepting merchants all got together, tossed their logos onto a website, and offered discount rates on products as diverse as bars of gold, chocolates, and automobiles.
Coal Every Day
Steve Brierly is a coal merchant with a business on Ilkeston Road. We met him outside the chip shop when he was knocking off for the day. The next day we went back to his yard and talked about how the whole industry was screwed.