Business Story of the Day

Ebola Protective Suits Are In Short Supply

7:09am October 09, 2014

by Jackie Northam

The Ebola outbreak created a demand for personal protective equipment. Clinics can go through hundreds of PPE suits a day. Manufacturers increased production but agencies say there's still a shortage.

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A sign displaying calorie counts is seen in a Subway restaurant in New York City in 2008. A yet-to-be-finalized federal rule requiring big chain restaurants to post calorie counts has likely led eateries to tweak their menus.

Restaurants Shave Calories Off New Menu Items

12:22pm October 08, 2014

by Allison Aubrey

New menu items introduced by chain restaurants in 2013 contained 60 fewer calories, on average, than items on the menu in 2012. And that could be enough to make an impact on the obesity epidemic.

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The details in a homeowners insurance policy are amazing

Economy

Bedbugs, Lava And Bowling Balls: Inside My Homeowners Insurance Policy

9:49pm October 05, 2014

by Jacob Goldstein

What the fine print in my policy says about how insurance works.

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Wouldn't this salad make a healthful addition to your pizza for dinner?

Sayonara To 'Super-Size Me'? Food Companies Cut Calories, So Do We

8:48am October 02, 2014

by Allison Aubrey

Major food companies have cut trillions of calories, and studies show Americans are consuming fewer calories because of it. But some advocates think companies should do more to improve our diets.

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Economy

Tech Firms Chip Away At Credit Cards' Share Of Transactions

8:16am October 02, 2014

by Steve Henn

Companies including PayPal and Apple are competing to convince merchants and consumers to use their swipe-and-go mobile payment systems. Credit card breaches may speed up the use of digital wallets.

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Transcript: Sen. Warren's Full NPR Interview On Financial Regulation

9:17am October 01, 2014

Elizabeth Warren tells Morning Edition that audio tapes made by an investigator working for the New York Fed re-enforce the perception of a disturbingly cozy relationship between regulators and banks.

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European Activists Say They Don't Want Any U.S. 'Chlorine Chicken'

1:46pm September 30, 2014

by Susanna Capelouto

Most U.S. poultry is bathed in a little chlorine on the way to your plate. But that treatment is banned in Europe. Now "chlorinated chickens" are a sticking point in a trans-Atlantic trade deal.

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Exelis is housed in a former warehouse and repair facility for Eastman Kodak.

Rochester Focuses On A New Picture Of American Manufacturing

7:17am September 29, 2014

by David Greene

Rochester, N.Y., was once the imaging capital of the world, home to Kodak, Xerox and Bausch + Lomb. Now, with a drastically cut manufacturing sector, the city is trying to build something new.

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Why Some Federal Agencies Panic This Time Of Year

1:31pm September 24, 2014

by Shankar Vedantam

Analysis finds that federal agencies green-light projects in late September to fund them before the fiscal year expires. And quality suffers, compared with projects approved at other times of year.

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Treasury Announces Steps To Reduce Corporate Tax Dodges

1:20pm September 23, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

They're meant to discourage tax inversions by U.S. corporations. Inversions take place when a company merges with a foreign partner and re-incorporates overseas as a way to avoid U.S. taxes.

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