Oil Prices Tumble After OPEC Holds Firm On Output
Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting in Austria could not agree to cut production in an effort to stabilize global crude prices.
Economy
Foreign Dollars Fuel A New Condo Boom In Miami
After the bust of the Great Recession, construction cranes once again tower over Miami. The transformation masks a difficult reality: This flashy city also remains one of the nation's poorest.
For Millions Of Millennials: Some College, No Degree, Lots Of Debt
Noelle Johnson has about $20,000 in student loans and is still working on her degree. Without the higher earnings a B.A. can bring, even a modest student debt load can pose a big challenge.
The Whole World Is Fat! And That Ends Up Costing $2 Trillion A Year
Nearly a third of us are overweight, and some of the worst rates of obesity are in the developing world. All this corpulence takes a huge economic toll.
Black Friday Sales Down At Stores, Surge Online
More shopping on Thanksgiving Day diluted the Black Friday numbers somewhat, according to a ShopperTrak survey. A separate survey by IBM showed a nearly 10 percent increase in online sales.
Black Friday Crosses The Pond
Black Friday has crossed the Atlantic to the UK. Ari Shapiro talks with Rahul Sharma of Neev Capital about how the shopping event took hold there and how it compares to the states.
America's Black Friday Craziness Has Crossed The Pond
The wild discount shopping that once was only a U.S. phenomenon has caught on in the U.K. and elsewhere, thanks largely to online retail giant Amazon.
Experts Predict Low Oil Prices Through Next Year
Following a decision by OPEC ministers not to cut production, crude prices had fallen to a four-year low before rebounding slightly.
Mega-Rich Invest In Works By Living Artists
Renee Montagne talks to art sociologist and writer Sarah Thornton about how the habits of the 1 percent reverberate across the art world. She is the author of 33 Artists in 3 Acts.
AFL-CIO Supports Black Friday Strikes Against Walmart
Since 2012, Our Walmart, an employee labor group, has been staging strikes on the day after Thanksgiving. The group wants workers to get more full-time jobs and make a living wage of $15 an hour.