Business

Lael Brainard speaks as President Joe Biden listens during an announcement in Nov. 2021.

How a top economic adviser to Biden is thinking about inflation and the job market

3:12pm December 08, 2023

The latest numbers show a strong picture for the U.S. economy. Yet many Americans have a pessimistic view. Here's how an adviser to Joe Biden says they're addressing that.

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Economy

Labor Department releases November jobs report

10:37am December 08, 2023

U.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in November, higher than the 150,000 jobs created in the previous month.

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A person works at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Mich. on Sept. 20, 2022. U.S. employers created 199,000 jobns last month, higher than in October, in part as UAW workers returned to work after a strike against the Big Three automakers.

Economy

The labor market stays robust, with employers adding 199,000 jobs last month

10:04am December 08, 2023

by Scott Horsley

U.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in November, higher than the 150,000 jobs created in the previous month, reflecting in part the return of striking UAW and Hollywood workers.

While the economy hums along, consumer sentiment is surprisingly low

5:09am December 08, 2023

by Kenny Malone

NPR's Planet Money team looks into the historic misalignment between how people feel about the economy, and our traditional measures for how the economy is doing.

Trump witness claims no evidence of fraud in civil case

4:47pm December 07, 2023

by Andrea Bernstein

A defense expert witness from New York University testified he saw no evidence of accounting fraud in the New York Attorney General's civil case against Trump.

Activists protest the prices of prescription drug outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in October 2022.

Health & Safety

White House proposes to 'march in' on patents for costly drugs

3:01pm December 07, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

To lower drug prices, the Biden administration is looking to assert its authority to license drug patents that rely on government-funded research to drugmakers that would offer cheaper medicines.

CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago.

CosMc's lands in Illinois, as McDonald's tests its new coffee-centered concept

2:59pm December 07, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The beverage-first McDonald's spinoff, named for a six-handed extraterrestrial, seems to be a grab at markets currently served by the likes of Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.

More than 2,400 fossil fuel representatives and lobbyists have been accredited for the U.N. climate talks in Dubai — a record. Meanwhile, negotiators are wrestling with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb climate change.

World News

A record number of fossil fuel representatives are at this year's COP28 climate talks

10:57am December 07, 2023

by Julia Simon

With a record number of oil, gas and coal representatives at this year's COP28 climate talks, climate scientists worry industry influence could water down language on fossil fuels.

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A lawsuit says a man died, after drinking a highly caffeinated beverage at Panera

5:13am December 07, 2023

Another lawsuit has been filed against restaurant chain Panera after a second person died after drinking its caffeinated lemonade.

The young industry of wind energy has hit economic headwinds in the U.S.

5:59pm December 06, 2023

At UN climate talks, the global community is looking at tripling the amount of renewables coming online. In the U.S., that's meant a push into offshore wind — but it's been met with fits and starts.