Economy

Former elected official found guilty of murdering Las Vegas veteran reporter

4:11pm August 28, 2024

An elected official in Las Vegas blamed his 2022 primary defeat on negative stories in the local newspaper. Now a jury has found him guilty of murdering the journalist who wrote them.

Chip Spann driving Kai Ryssdal through rural Kentucky

In national broadband rollout, rural landscapes pose a challenge

12:43pm August 28, 2024

by Kai Ryssdal and Sarah Leeson/Marketplace

This story originally aired on “Marketplace” on Au

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov indicted in France

12:18pm August 28, 2024

The Russian-born tech billionaire was arrested by French authorities on Saturday. Prosecutors in Paris had been questioning him in connection with an investigation focused on drug trafficking

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What Biden’s tariffs on Chinese EVs and other products mean for U.S. consumers, jobs

11:24am August 28, 2024

by Michel Martin

President Biden and former President Donald Trump have both embraced tariffs on foreign imports. We asked economist Sanjay Patnaik of the nonpartisan Brookings Institution what tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other products mean for the U.S.

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Economy

Chipmaker Nvidia will report quarterly earnings and the data will be closely watched

4:46am August 28, 2024

by Maria Aspan

The chip company Nvidia is the darling of the AI boom. Can its closely-watched earnings live up to the hype?

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Quiz: Do you know your economic history?

11:45pm August 27, 2024

Time to show your economic history skills based on what we’ve covered in Planet Money Summer School 2024: An Incomplete Economic History of the World. Make it through the quiz, and receive a — and we cannot stress this enough — totally fake (yet well-earned) diploma.

Kai Ryssdal, left, wears a neon vest and points to a large spool of cable with Tracy Overcash, right, wearing a blue button-up and chinos.

Economy

The U.S. is investing billions of dollars in fiber internet. Here’s how one North Carolina fiber plant is playing a role.

10:38pm August 27, 2024

by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban/Marketplace

This story originally aired on “Marketplace” on Aug.

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Economy

An abortion can affect a woman’s financial future -- and the broader economy

7:03pm August 27, 2024

by Scott Horsley

Choosing whether and when to have children is one of the most important economic decisions a woman can make. That decision can be shaped by whether or not a woman has access to abortion. Access has shifted in the two years since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, and the economic consequences are still playing out.

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Boeing faces hard questions about Starliner and its future in space

4:54pm August 27, 2024

by Joel Rose

Boeing’s Starliner will return to Earth as soon as next week — but the crew will stay in space into next year. It’s another blow for Boeing, and could have major implications for its space business.

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Leonard Riggio, who built Barnes & Noble into a bookselling empire, dies at 83

4:46pm August 27, 2024

Leonard Riggio transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.