Local Bank Branches: Some Disappear, Most Adapt
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Economy
Fresno Officials Dismantle Homeless Encampments
City officials are planning to remove a large homeless encampment on the outskirts of downtown. The California city, where 1 in 4 people live below the poverty line, has taken down three other large encampments in recent weeks. The moves have been controversial and displaced hundreds of people.
Not All Republicans Embrace Big Business All The Time
The Republican Party in the past has had a close relationship with Wall Street and big business. But lately there's growing tension and disagreement as some Republicans in Congress consider a possible government shutdown. The Tea Party seems to have the strongest criticism of big business.
NCUC Approves Rate Hike for Duke Energy
The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has approved a rate increase for Duke Energy, which serves nearly 2 million customers in North Carolina.
Fake Reviewers Get Zero Stars From New York Attorney General
Nineteen companies agreed to pay more than $350,000 in penalties to settle accusations that they wrote or bought phony online reviews of their products, services or restaurants.
House GOP Group Forces Boehner To Choose Sides
A GOP group in the House is behind an effort to defund the Affordable Care Act through the process of keeping the federal government funded. Speaker John Boehner may have to choose whether to stand by them and force a government shutdown, or makes a deal with Democrats to avert it. Steve Inskeep talks to former Ohio Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette for insight into Boehner's dilemma.
Moroccan Women Have 'Greater Opportunities' In Business
Nezha Hayat is the first woman to serve on the board of directors of a bank in Morocco. She is involved in running the Casablanca Stock Exchange, and she's pushing for more women to play decision-making roles in the country's economy. David Greene talks to Hayat about her experience rising through the ranks of a field dominated by men.
Cashing In On The Fantasy-Sports Economy
People paid $1.7 billion to play in fantasy leagues last year. Real businesses are springing up to try to profit from the fantasy economy.
SNAP Reductions Worry Food Bank Coordinators
Clyde Fitzgerald Jr., executive director of Second Harvest, stands in the food bank's salvage storage room.