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Garret Morgan (center) is training as an ironworker near Seattle and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year. (Sy Bean/The Hechinger Report)
NPR
Business
Higher Education

High-paying trade jobs sit empty, while high school grads line up for university

While a shortage of workers is pushing wages higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor's degree is softening.

7 years ago

A Sky News logo is pictured on a sign outside pay-TV giant Sky Plc's London headquarters on March 17, 2017.
NPR
Business

Comcast’s $31 billion bid for U.K.-based Sky complicates Murdoch plans

Every time Rupert Murdoch gets closer to control of the British-based entertainment and TV giant Sky, new obstacles arise.

7 years ago

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde accompanied by International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Chair and South Africa's Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyagothey speaks during a news conference after the IMFC conference at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington, Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Business
Economy
International

IMF says trade tensions, debt load threaten world economy

The International Monetary Fund's policymaking committee said Saturday that a strong world economy is threatened by increasing tension.

7 years ago

A view of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters on March 24, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Taxes
Technology

IRS computer glitch caused by ‘master file’ issue

The IRS says its system was up and running again by 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

7 years ago

Friends from North Philadelphia faced the cold since 5:30 a.m. to get the best spot they could for the Eagles Super Bowl Champions parade in Philadelphia February 8th 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles victory parade cost Philly $2 million

Eagles organization Don Smolenski estimated the team spent between $2 million and $3 million on the festivities.

7 years ago

(AP, file)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Independent Fiscal Office assesses Wolf’s budget proposal

Most of the revenue estimates check out. If Wolf can figure out how to get his ideas past the GOP-controlled General Assembly.

7 years ago

A woman walks past a Wells Fargo location in view of City Hall, left, in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 11, 2017.
National
Personal Finance

Wells Fargo to pay $1B for mortgage, auto lending abuses

Wells Fargo has been under intense scrutiny by federal regulators for several months.

7 years ago

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
New Jersey
Politics
Visual Arts

Christie commissions $85K portrait

The cost detail was obtained through an open records request.

7 years ago

The Thomas Fire advanced toward Santa Barbara County on Dec. 10, 2017 in Carpinteria, Calif. (David McNew/Getty Images)
NPR
Environment

As climate costs grow, some see a moneymaking opportunity

Predicting how climate change will alter the weather is becoming a flourishing business.

7 years ago

FILE - This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
National

Taxpayers get 1-day extension due to IRS glitch

The IRS is giving all taxpayers an extra day to file after its website went down on deadline day. The agency announced that indivi ...

7 years ago

The Internal Revenue Service's headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2016
NPR

It’s tax day. And the IRS’ online payment service is down

The Internal Revenue Service is experiencing computer trouble on Tax Day, leaving Americans unable to view their tax record or make tax payments as the clock ticks down toward

7 years ago

Starbucks chief executive officer Kevin Johnson and chief operating officer Rosalind Brewer emerge from a meeting with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney that they said was
PlanPhilly

By admitting fault in arrest of two black men at Rittenhouse Starbucks, company may spare itself long-term damage to brand

In the wake the fiasco, Starbucks has scrambled to respond

7 years ago

Sallie Mae Chairman and CEO Raymond Quinlan, center, attends the opening bell ceremony with guests and employees at the Nasdaq MarketSite, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, in New York. The company, which offers private education loans, is headquartered in Newark, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Delaware
Economy

Sallie Mae expands in Delaware, promising 300 more jobs

The student loan company is opening a second office in Delaware, which will be home to more than 500 jobs.

7 years ago

Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Energy
New Jersey

With nuke plant shutting down, N.J. community inherits 1.7M pounds of waste

After U.S. plan to dispose of spent fuel rods fails, Lacey Township wants compensation for holding the radioactive waste from the Oyster Creek plant.

7 years ago

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Daniele Schillaci, head of global sales and marketing and also the Zero Emission Vehicle and Battery Business for Nissan, speaks during the world premiere in Chiba, near Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Nissan's new Leaf electric car goes father on a charge and comes with autonomous drive technology and single-pedal driving. But whether it can catch on with anyone but the most zealously green-minded remains to be seen. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
Environment
New Jersey
Transportation

New Jersey considering offering rebates to boost electric car sales

A New Jersey lawmaker is proposing cash rebates to get more people to buy electric cars.

7 years ago

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