Business

Wealth Manager: Consider Stock Market Activity In Context

11:15am February 06, 2018

Barry Ritholtz, chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, says Monday's stock market drop was bad but "really isn't terrible" when compared to other big stock market plunges.

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Taking The Pulse Of The Nation's Economy

10:04am February 06, 2018

To get perspective about what the sell-off in the Dow says about the nation's economic health, NPR's Rachel Marin talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution.

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Dow Experiences Biggest Point Drop In History

8:45am February 06, 2018

The drop on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday was 1,175 points. Put another way, blue-chip stocks lost about 4.6 percent of their value in one day. Foreign markets followed Wall Street.

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Politics & Government

News Brief: Stock Markets Drop, Democrats' Counter Memo

7:44am February 06, 2018

The Dow Jones Industrial average finished the day down 4.6 percent. And, a House panel votes to release the democratic rebuttal to the Nunes memo. The White House must decide if it will block it.

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A man looks at an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, on Tuesday. Shares tumbled in Asia on Tuesday after a wild day for U.S. markets that resulted in the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in six and a half years.

Economy

Asian, European Markets Follow Wall Street, With Stocks Suffering Sharp Losses

4:34am February 06, 2018

by Scott Neuman

After the Dow shed 4.6 percent on Monday, Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng both dipped by about 5 percent. European shares were also down sharply in early trading.

White House Plan Giving Restaurant Owners More Control Over Tips Under Fire

9:56pm February 05, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Monday is the deadline for Americans to comment on the proposal. The Trump administration reportedly suppressed an analysis that found the plan could cost tipped workers billions of dollars a year.

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Longtime Stock Trader Says Record Drop Could Be Result Of Positive Economic News

7:12pm February 05, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ted Weisberg, president of Seaport Securities about Monday's record stock point drop.

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Stocks Take Big Hit As Dow Falls 1,175 Points

6:09pm February 05, 2018

by Uri Berliner

The stock markets went through a whipsaw trading session on Monday, punctured by bouts of panic. At one point, the Dow fell as much as 1,579 points, the largest intraday-point drop in the history of the index.

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On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, trader Tommy Kalikas looks on as stock indexes continued to fall Monday.

Economy

Dow Plunges 1,175, The Biggest Point Drop In History

5:06pm February 05, 2018

by Avie Schneider

The stock market continued to lose ground Monday after Friday's steep drop, with the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 1,200 points — its worst single-day drop.

PepsiCo's CEO, Indra Nooyi, says her company is designing less crunchy Doritos for women.

National

Doritos, For Her

5:02pm February 05, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Men and women eat chips differently, says PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, and her company is working on a version of Doritos specifically for women — designed to be low-crunch and to fit in a purse.