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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Delaware Board of Trade operates three business lines from offices in the Hercules Plaza in downtown Wilmington. (photo via Delaware Business Now)
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Delaware

Seven Stars, citing potential of blockchain, buys large stake in Delaware Board of Trade

Beijing-based Seven Stars Cloud Group bought a 27 percent stake in the Delaware Board of Trade for an undisclosed amount.

9 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017
PBS
Economy
Income Inequality
Taxes

Watch live: Trump to celebrate GOP tax overhaul

9 years ago

FILE - In this April 3, 2013 file photo, Mike Caldwell, a 35-year-old software engineer, holds a 25 Bitcoin token at his shop in Sandy, Utah. As Venezuela’s national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world of cryptocurrency to salvage what little value remains from their increasingly worthless bolivars. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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The rise of Bitcoin

The price of the Bitcoin has been skyrocketing lately, with people around the world clamoring to invest in the mysterious digital currenc ...

9 years ago

FILE - In this April 3, 2013 file photo, Mike Caldwell, a 35-year-old software engineer, holds a 25 Bitcoin token at his shop in Sandy, Utah. As Venezuela’s national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world of cryptocurrency to salvage what little value remains from their increasingly worthless bolivars. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Puerto Rico update / The rise of Bitcoin

Guests: Dánica Coto, John Collins, Joshua Ashley Klayman, Angela Walch Puerto Rico is still str ...

Air Date: December 18, 2017

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Job seekers line up to enter a career fair in Los Angeles, on Dec. 1, 2010. At the peak of the recession, the unemployment rate hit 10 percent. It's now 4.1 percent. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
NPR
Economic Development
History

Unhappy 10th anniversary, Great Recession. You still hurt us

Ten years ago this month, you may not have noticed the cracking and crumbling under you.

9 years ago


The Trump administration has proposed a new rule that would give owners of restaurants and other service businesses more control over workers' tips. (Francis Dean/Corbis via Getty Images)
NPR
Business

Rule change could give restaurants more control over workers’ tips

Restaurant owners are promoting the rule change as a way to address long-standing inequities in pay between servers and kitchen staff.

9 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

How six House bills could change the way Pa. budgets

The proposals would largely come into play during impasses, like the ones the state has faced repeatedly in recent years.

9 years ago

Budget Secretary Randy Albright gave an update on the state's mid-year fiscal position Thursday. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Wolf admin reports fiscal turnaround, contradicts IFO projections

After several years of shaky finances, Governor Tom Wolf's administration says Pennsylvania's fiscal health is now the best it has been since the Great Recession.

9 years ago

The former Revel casino in Atlantic City (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Business
New Jersey

Report: Firm buying Revel casino for $200M; Straub denies it

A Wall Street ratings firm said Monday that a Colorado company is buying Atlantic City's former Revel casino for $200 million.

9 years ago

President Trump points out a supporter of Roy Moore, the embattled Alabama Republican Senate candidate, as he speaks at a campaign-style rally in Pensacola, Fla., Friday
NPR
Economy
Taxes

The myth of Trump’s economic populism, as proven by the tax bill

The tax bill might not be the kind of populist piece of legislation Trump promised during the campaign, but it does have a lot in it to make conservatives happy.

9 years ago

The Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Business
New Jersey
Politics

Could online gaming cafes be coming to New Jersey race tracks?

A new bill requires race tracks to work out a deal with a casino located in Atlantic City or an online affiliate of those casinos in order to offer online gambling services.

9 years ago

Pennsylvania's capitol dome against the blue sky
Economy
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Stable credit rating for Pennsylvania might not last

Fitch Ratings has taken the commonwealth off its rating watch negative list, but it still has a negative outlook.

9 years ago

New Jersey Sen. Joe Pennacchio says a plan to end the limit on property tax deductions on state returns will give New Jerseyans some tax relief. (AP file photo)
Business
New Jersey
Taxes

Seeking way to soften U.S. tax bill blow, N.J. lawmaker calls for change on state tax rules

The legislation would eliminate the $10,000 limit on property taxes New Jersey residents can deduct on state income tax returns.

9 years ago

Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Robert Taub speaks during a news conference in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Federal regulators are moving to give the U.S. Postal Service more freedom to raise stamp costs beyond the rate of inflation. The commission's proposal would allow the beleaguered Postal Service to increase the price of a first-class stamp by an additional 2 percent above the rate of inflation to avoid bankruptcy and improve mail and package delivery. ( Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)

Postal regulators move to let stamp prices jump higher

Seeking to bolster the ailing U.S. Postal Service, federal regulators moved on Friday to allow bigger jumps to stamp prices beyond the rate of inflation.

9 years ago

A small plane flew this message around Seattle Friday afternoon as the the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council attempted to increase Philadelphia's chances of being chosen for the new headquarters. (Joshua Morgan)
Business
Economic Development

Plane speaking: Philly unions launch plea for city to be new Amazon headquarters

The Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council paid for a plane to fly around Seattle for three hours, at times right opver Amazon's headquarters.

9 years ago

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