Business

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak exits the Kuala Lumpur High Court in August. He was charged of six counts of criminal breach of trust on Wednesday.

World News

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Charged With Criminal Breach Of Trust

8:50am October 25, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Najib Razak was charged in connection with the 1MDB scandal, involving the alleged misuse of more than $1.5 billion. He pleaded not guilty to the 21 charges he faces.

Economy

Nasdaq Sees Biggest Single-Day Loss In 7 Years

8:14pm October 24, 2018

by Yuki Noguchi

U.S. stocks moved sharply lower in later afternoon trading on Wednesday. The Dow lost more than 600 points. The major U.S. indexes are all negative on the year now.

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World News

Will The Killing Of Jamal Khashoggi Deter Businesses From Investing In Saudi Arabia?

5:46pm October 24, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York Times reporter Alan Rappeport, who is at an investment conference in Riyadh. The killing prompted many Western CEOs to cancel plans to attend this gathering.

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Economy

Home Sales Are Dropping — Could The Housing Market Finally Be Cooling Off?

4:47pm October 24, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Sales of new U.S. homes fell 5.5 percent in September, marking a new two-year low and the fourth consecutive monthly drop. The changes suggest that the housing market is weakening.

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Economy

The Rise Of The Machines

4:43pm October 24, 2018

In just six years, robots could achieve parity with humans in the workplace, with machines working the same number of hours as people.

The Gibson Guitar factory in Memphis, Tennessee in 2016.

Music & Culture

Gibson Guitars Names New Leadership And Exit From Bankruptcy

12:13pm October 24, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Tuesday, Gibson Brands — maker of those iconic guitars — announced a new leadership team who will guide the company through its planned exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Immigration's Impact On U.S. Jobs

7:06am October 24, 2018

How do immigrants really affect the U.S. economy? Ethan Lewis, a labor economist at Dartmouth College, cuts through the rhetoric in a conversation with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

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The Odds Of Winning The Lottery Are Not Good, But This Man Managed To Flip Them

5:26pm October 23, 2018

by Alex Goldmark

Buying a lottery ticket is a bad deal. The odds are against you, even with a giant pot. But there was one time someone figured out how to flip the odds in his favor by buying all the tickets.

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Economy

Of Wages And Warehouses

4:17pm October 23, 2018

by Cardiff Garcia

Warehouse jobs are growing even faster than the rest of the booming labor market. Are they good jobs?

A superior court judge slashed the punitive damages for Dewayne Johnson — a groundskeeper and pest-control manager at a Northern California school district who contracted cancer — by more than $200 million.

National

California Judge Cuts Award To $78.5 Million In Monsanto Weedkiller Case

3:04pm October 23, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The jury had awarded $250 million in punitive damages and $39.25 million in compensatory damages to a groundskeeper who contracted cancer after spraying a powerful version of the weedkiller Roundup.