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Trader Michael Milano (right) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, a day when all the major U.S. stock indexes saw sharp drops.
NPR

Another rout in the stock market, as Dow drops more than 1,000 points

U.S. stock markets fell sharply Thursday, with the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling 1,033 points, or 4 percent, to 23,860.

8 years ago

Trader Frederick Reimer works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 500 points in early trading, bringing the index down 10 percent from the record high it reached on Jan. 26. The DJIA quickly recovered much of that loss. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Business
Politics

Dow Jones in flux

On Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average suffered its biggest one day point drop and Tuesday the markets continued to fluctuate. We’ ...

8 years ago

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On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, trader Tommy Kalikas looks on as stock indexes continued to fall Monday.
NPR

Dow plunges 1,175, the biggest point drop in history

At one point Monday afternoon, the Dow was down 1,579 points — the largest intraday point drop in the history of the index.

8 years ago

According to a recent NPR/Marist poll, 30 percent of Americans do something else for pay in addition to their full-time jobs. (Ilana Kohn/Ikon Images/Getty Images)
NPR

When a full-time job isn’t enough to make it

A new poll finds that 1 in 5 jobs in America is held by a worker under contract. Within a decade, contractors and freelancers could make up half of the American workforce.

8 years ago

Job applicants interact with screening staff during a hiring event for the soon-to-open Hard Rock casino on Tuesday Jan. 30, 2018 in Atlantic City N.J. Hard Rock, which used to be the Trump Taj Mahal, held the recruiting event for former Taj workers. The former Revel casino is reopening around the same time as well as the Ocean Resort casino, adding thousands of jobs to a market that lost 11,000 since 2014 due to casino closings. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Business
New Jersey

Thousands of lost Atlantic City casino jobs are coming back

On Tuesday, the shuttered former Trump Taj Mahal casino began interviewing job applicants for its reincarnation this summer as a Hard Rock casino resort.

8 years ago

A former restaurant will be the site of a medical marijuana clinic in the State College area, Centre County. (Anne Danahy / WPSU)
WPSU
Economic Development
Pennsylvania

Medical marijuana could be good business in Pa.

Bradford is a historic town on the northern Pennsylvania border. An empty storefront will soon be one of the state’s medical marijuana clinics.

8 years ago

A commission of Pennsylvania lawmakers and state officials is working in Harrisburg to come up with a plan to pay down the state's pension debt. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics
Taxes

IFO: federal tax breaks might mean good news for Pa.’s bottom line

After a year marked by lower-than expected income and intractable budget problems, Pennsylvania's finances appear to be on an upswing.

8 years ago

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett (left) in 2017; Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, in 2013; and JP Morgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon in 2013. Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon and JPMorgan Chase are teaming up to create a health care company announced Tuesday that is
NPR
Business
Health Care

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase launch new health care company

The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and boost satisfaction.

8 years ago

BBC's China editor Carrie Gracie speaks to the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in London on Jan. 8. She has resigned her position in Beijing in protest over what she called a failure to sufficiently address a gap in compensation between men and women at the public broadcaster.
(Dominic Lipinski/AP)
NPR
Gender
Politics

After revelations of gender pay gap at BBC, 4 male hosts agree to salary cut

Last July, the BBC revealed the salaries of all employees earning more than $200,000 a year. Two thirds were men.

8 years ago

So far, bids for two mini-casinos have netted the state over $100 million. (AP, file)
Business
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. making more than expected on casino auctions — so far

With eight bids to go, the state has already made $90 million of the $100 million dollars it earmarked in the state budget.

8 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney presents his FY 2019 budget to state lawmakers at the Delaware Public Archives in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
Politics

Delaware Gov. Carney introduces $4.25 billion ‘sustainable’ budget

A pay raise for state employees and a $100 million boost for capital projects show how Carney’s spending plan is very different from last year’s bare bones budget.

8 years ago

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Chris Beatty, 26, works at a Radial warehouse in Burlington, N.J.
NPR
Business
New Jersey
Technology

‘Don’t think a robot could do this’: Warehouse workers aren’t worried for their jobs

Thanks to surging online shopping, retail warehouses are booming, and so are jobs. But the unavoidable buzzword is automation.

8 years ago

Denise Kennedy, a 21-year employee at Garrettford Elementary School in Drexel Hill, says she could use overtime to supplement her $35,000 a year salary. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Business
Pennsylvania
Politics

Wolf proposes lifting cap on overtime pay for low-wage earners

Pennsylvania rule on eligibility for overtime pay is 40 years old, and governor says it's time for a change.

8 years ago

Amazon says the second headquarters will be a
NPR
Philadelphia

Here are the 20 cities still in the running for Amazon’s second HQ

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Newark are among the finalists for Amazon's HQ2.

8 years ago

Shown is an exterior view of the Apple Park Visitor Center during its grand opening Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Cupertino, Calif. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
National
Taxes
Technology

Apple to build 2nd campus, hire 20,000 in $350B pledge

Cities from across the U.S. will likely be offering Apple tax breaks and other incentives in an attempt to persuade the company to build its second campus in their towns.

8 years ago

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