Economy & Business

When Medical Bills Stack Up, Many Turn To Crowdsourcing Sites

By editor • Jun 18, 2017

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The Call-In: The High Cost Of Summer Child Care

By editor • Jun 18, 2017

(SOUNDBITE OF CORDUROI'S "MY DEAR")

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

Time now for The Call-In. And today we're talking about the child care challenges of summer. We asked you to share your plans.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Hi.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Hello.

Despite Trump's Push, Obstacles Remain For Return Of Apprenticeships

By Blake Farmer • Jun 17, 2017

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Tourism Industry Disappointed In New Cuba Policies

By editor • Jun 17, 2017

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And for American entrepreneurs who looked at Cuba and saw an untapped market of more than 11 million people, Trump's new policy is disappointing. Charles Lane from member station WSHU reports.

Diversifying Stock Photography

By editor • Jun 17, 2017

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After The Amazon Deal: What Will Shopping At Whole Foods Feel Like?

By Allison Aubrey • Jun 17, 2017

When the news broke that Amazon had agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, the retail food sector went a little bananas.

The stock prices of large food retail chains, such as Costco, tumbled a bit.

And this headline from Business Insider helps explain it: Amazon is acquiring Whole Foods — and Walmart, Target, and Kroger should be terrified.

Oneida Highlights How Unconventional Lifestyles Can Lead To Success

By Noel King • Jun 16, 2017

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Amazon Announces Plan To Buy Whole Foods For $13.7 Billion

By Alina Selyukh • Jun 16, 2017

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Amazon said today it's buying the supermarket Whole Foods in a deal valued at nearly $14 billion. This is by far the largest acquisition Amazon has ever made. It also means big changes are ahead for the grocery business. NPR's Alina Selyukh reports.

Southern Lawmakers Push For Easement Of Trade Barriers With Cuba

By editor • Jun 16, 2017

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06/16/2017: What does it cost when the president faces legal action?

By Marketplace • Jun 16, 2017

Amid reports that President Trump is under investigation for obstruction of justice, we talk with a former White House insider about what happens to the business of government when the president faces legal action. Plus: Why street vendors, and not doctors, are the main source for medicine in Haiti. Then: How a trip to a theme park could be the best financial education your child will ever get. And staying with the kids: School's out!

For many Haitians, street dispensaries are the only source of medicine

By Lizzie O'Leary, Hayley Hershman and Paulina Velasco • Jun 16, 2017

What's a street dispensary? It's "a sort of chemical Babel Tower," according to Arnaud Robert, who reported on these Haitian pharmacies for the June 2017 issue of National Geographic. But the street vendors are not pharmacists, and their wares are not regulated. This illegal, ubiquitous medical practice can have serious consequences for the health of many Haitians. But, Robert told us, Haitians have very few choices.

At Yale, Protests Mark A Fight To Recognize Union For Grad Students

By Yuki Noguchi • Jun 16, 2017

At Yale University's commencement ceremony last month, hundreds of graduating students and their supporters staged a labor protest. The dispute pits graduate student teachers who voted to form a union in February against a Yale administration that refuses to bargain and disputes the election's validity.

How does any work get done when the president is sued?

By Eliza Mills • Jun 16, 2017

It's been a busy week when it comes to presidential lawsuits. The attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C., are suing President Trump, alleging that his business interests leave him "deeply enmeshed" with foreign and domestic governments, violating the emolument clause in the Constitution.

Small-scale manufacturing is on the rise in American cities

By Dan Kraker • Jun 16, 2017

Three decades ago, Duluth, Minnesota, was in the doldrums. A steel mill had just closed. Unemployment was more than 20 percent. Someone posted a billboard on the way out of town that read: "Last one out, turn out the lights."

"We were as Rust Belt as they come," recalled Andy Goldfine, who in 1984 rented an old three-story brick building, bought a bunch of used sewing machines and started a company called Aerostich. His vision was to make motorcycle gear for hard-core riders to wear over their work clothes.

My Economy: Battling U.S. immigration bureaucracy from Australia

By Robert Garrova • Jun 16, 2017

My Economy tells the story of the new economic normal through the eyes of people trying to make it, because we know the only numbers that really matter are the ones in your economy.

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