Economy

The number of older Americans with student loan debt quadrupled between 2005 and 2015.

More People Over 60 Are Struggling To Pay Off Student Loans, Report Finds

3:47pm January 17, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found the number of people 60 and older with student loan debt has quadrupled in the past decade. Most loans were taken out on behalf of a child or grandchild.

China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland. The global elite have begun a week of earnest debate and Alpine partying in the Swiss ski resort, in a week bookended by two presidential speeches

China's Xi Jinping Defends Globalization In First-Ever Speech At World Economic Forum

10:53am January 17, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

"No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war," the Chinese president said in Davos, Switzerland. He responded to statements by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, without mentioning his name.

Economy

British American Tobacco Agrees To Take Over Reynolds

9:46am January 17, 2017

by Danica Kirka, Associated Press

British American Tobacco Plc has agreed to fully take over Reynolds American Inc. in a deal that will create the world's largest publicly traded tobacco company.

2 Economists With Opposing Views Weigh In On Trump's Economic Plan

7:41am January 17, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Jared Bernstein, a former chief economist to Vice President Biden, and Peter Morici, a professor and columnist, about Trump's picks for commerce and treasury secretaries.

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Congressional Republicans Take Aim At Taxes On Imports And Exports

7:41am January 17, 2017

by Charles Lane

Big box retailers and advocates for the poor are teaming up for what could be a fight with congressional Republicans who want to change the corporate tax code. At issue is the border adjustment tax.

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After The Brexit Vote, Why Has The U.K. Economy Proved So Resilient?

6:24am January 16, 2017

by Frank Langfitt

British politicians warned a vote for Brexit would damage the economy of the United Kingdom. Six months after the referendum, its economy is doing much better than predicted. Why?

Civil Rights Museum Receives Grant From National Park Service

2:09am January 16, 2017

by Bethany Chafin

The Greensboro-based Civil Rights Museum is among two North Carolina institutions receiving a grant from the National Park Service.

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Customers at Puzzles Bakery & Café in Schenectady, N.Y. More than half the staff at the café has a developmental disability.

For People With Developmental Disabilities, Food Work Means More Self Reliance

1:50pm January 14, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Finding a job and building a life of their own can be a monumental challenge for people with developmental disabilities. But food work can be a good fit for many of them.

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A Mix Of Factors, Not Just Mexico, Cause Decline In U.S. Manufacturing

8:08am January 14, 2017

by M.L. Schultze

President-elect Trump has said American auto workers are losing their jobs because auto companies like General Motors are making cars in Mexico instead. GM says that it's about supply and demand.

The House Always Wins. Then He Came Along

11:29am January 13, 2017

by Jacob Goldstein

Ed Thorp used math to become the first person to beat the casinos at blackjack. Then he changed the way Wall Street thinks about investing.

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