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PBS NewsHour

William Nordhaus and Paul Romer win economics Nobel for climate change, technological innovation models

8 years ago

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NPR
Business
International
Technology

China makes a big play in Silicon Valley

There is a serious concern in Washington that China could acquire too much sensitive U.S. technology and transfer it back home.

8 years ago

A worker installs a door on a 2018 Ford F-150 truck at an assembly plant in Dearborn, Mich., on Sept. 27. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September, a nearly 50-year low. (Carlos Osorio/AP)
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National

U.S. unemployment rate drops to 3.7 percent, lowest in nearly 50 years

The economy has now added jobs for nearly eight straight years.

8 years ago

Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Energy
New Jersey
Transportation

Analysts: Current N.J. gas prices ‘more like summer than fall’

Gas prices are on the rise in New Jersey amid an oil price rally and the state's new 4.3-cent gas tax increase taking effect.

8 years ago

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska
NPR
National
Politics
Social Justice

Kavanaugh nomination battle is fought with millions in secret cash

Advocacy organizations on both sides are able to keep donors' contributions secret. But spending on TV ads must be disclosed to the FCC.

8 years ago

Amazon says it will pay all its U.S. workers at least $15. Here, workers prepare shipments at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in California during the early Christmas rush in 2014
NPR
Business
Income Inequality
National

Amazon sets $15 minimum wage for U.S. employees, including temps

The retail giant, run by the world's richest man, was criticized earlier this year after revealing its workers' median pay was $28,446.

8 years ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the electric-car company as part of a settlement to resolve a securities fraud charge lobbed by the SEC on Thursday. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics

Elon Musk settles with SEC, agrees to step down as Tesla chairman

Under the terms of the settlement, Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the Silicon Valley-based company, but will remain in his post as CEO.

8 years ago

Workers at Newark Liberty International Airport are getting a wage boost starting Nov. 1, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners announced Thursday. (Julio Cortez/AP)
NPR
Business
Income Inequality

Airport workers in New York, New Jersey to receive minimum of $19 per hour

Baggage handlers, cabin cleaners and people at concession stands will see their hourly pay rise to $19 by 2023.

8 years ago

United Way's JOIN Workforce Learning Community kickoff retreat at Peirce College. (Julie Zeglen/Generocity)
Personal Finance
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Broke in Philly

United Way’s Job Opportunity Investment Network aims to be a national model for racial equity training

"If we're going to talk about poverty, we have to address racial disparities."

8 years ago

Gas stations display the price of gasoline in Englewood, N.J. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Business
Economy
New Jersey

New Jersey fuel consumption dropped after 2016 gas tax hike, says AAA

After New Jersey hiked its gas tax 22.6 cents a gallon, drivers bought less fuel in the Garden State.

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Politics
Public Safety

Mayor Kenney vows to clean up audit issues over DNC security funds

He's promising all the money will be accounted for.

8 years ago

Uber announced its settlement with 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, paying a penalty and promising to make its data security more robust. Here, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is seen at an event in New York earlier this month. (Richard Drew/AP)
NPR
International
Technology
Transportation

Uber pays $148M over yearlong cover-up of data breach

Instead of reporting the stolen data as required by law, Uber paid the hackers $100,000.

8 years ago

A local church distributes food and clothes to residents in need in the Kensington section in Philadelphia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

‘No vacations from poverty’ for Philadelphia’s poor residents

A new report shows how financial insecurity can affect everything from education to health.

8 years ago

(Illustration by Steve Teare)
Home & Family
Personal Finance
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

The government fee that can cost poor Philadelphians their inheritance

In a city where a quarter of households earn less than $1,000 a month, many surviving family members struggle to pay off these bureaucratic fees.

8 years ago

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. The Federal Reserve has raised a key interest rate for the third time this year in response to a strong U.S. economy and signaled that it expects to maintain a pace of gradual rate hikes. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
National

Fed raises rates for 3rd time this year with 1 more expected

The Fed lifted its short-term rate by a modest quarter-point to a range of 2 percent to 2.25 percent.

8 years ago

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