Economy

Obama: Keystone XL Pipeline Would Undercut U.S. Leadership On Climate Change

4:30pm November 06, 2015

President Obama announced Friday that he rejected a permit to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The controversial project would have carried oil harvested from tar sands in Canada.

April Thompson makes a purchase at Legacy Team Sales in Ocala, Fla., in September. Economists say October's surprisingly strong job growth will encourage the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates next month. So holiday shoppers may pay more for using cre

Strong Jobs Data Point To Pricier Credit Cards For Christmas

4:23pm November 06, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

Economists are saying that October's surprisingly strong job growth will encourage the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates next month. So holiday shoppers may pay more for using credit cards.

Brazil's Economic Downturn Disrupts Development In Miami

4:21pm November 06, 2015

by Greg Allen

Economic challenges in Brazil and other foreign countries — plus a strengthening U.S. dollar --are having an impact in Miami. Developers are seeing a decline in demand from international buyers that's already led some projects to be cancelled.

Canada's Trudeau Expresses Disappointment In U.S. Decision On Keystone XL

4:21pm November 06, 2015

by Jeff Brady

Canadian Company TransCanada took a blow Friday when President Obama announced he was rejecting its request to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline would have helped transport hundreds of thousands of barrels of Canadian tar sands oil from Alberta to U.S. refineries. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed disappointment.

Release Of Trade Agreement Text Stokes Debate Over TPP

4:00pm November 06, 2015

by John Ydstie

Details of the giant trade deal known as the TPP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership, are finally out. The proposed pact among the U.S. and 11 other Pacific rim nations has been in the works for years.

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New York Attorney General Launches Investigation Into ExxonMobil

3:05pm November 06, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Neela Banerjee of Inside Climate News about the investigation into the allegations ExxonMobil knew more about climate change than it told investors and the public.

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President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and Vice President Joe Biden, announced the Keystone XL pipeline decision Friday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

President Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline Plan

2:59pm November 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Shipping dirtier crude oil into our country would not increase America's energy security," the president said in a statement delivered at the White House.

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Economy

Q&A With The Black Twitter Engineer Who Left Over Diversity Problems

1:06pm November 06, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Leslie Miley says the company keeps an internal list of colleges and universities it wants to hire from — Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon — and says messaging like that is part of the problem.

Economy

October Jobs Report Is Best Yet This Year

12:04pm November 06, 2015

Employers added 271,000 jobs in October. The pace of hiring far exceeded expectations, and may increase chances that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates at its next meeting.

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Economy

What The Rise In Obamacare Premiums Means For North Carolina

10:55am November 06, 2015

by Emily McCord

Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act began Sunday, and we learned this week that consumers are likely to find higher premiums – in some cases as high as 40 percent or more.

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