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GE's Big City Move Part Of Larger Tech Trend

8:29am January 16, 2016

by Curt Nickisch

This week, GE announced it will move from a 42-year-old suburban campus in Fairfied, Conn., to Boston. Experts say corporations make this sort of move to get access to universities and tech workers.

More Bad News For Coal Mine-Reliant States

8:27am January 16, 2016

by Stephanie Joyce

On Friday, the Obama administration announced a halt to new coal leases on federal land. In Wyoming, most of the federally-owned coal mines and revenue from coal leases pays for school construction.

Looking At Oscar Nominee List As A Symptom Of Hollywood's Racial Bias

8:27am January 16, 2016

For the second year in a row, the Oscar nominees for acting categories are decidedly — white. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with film critic and interviewer Bobby Rivers about the pallid list.

Build It And Fans Will Come: Is There A Market For Two LA Football Teams?

8:13am January 16, 2016

by Ben Bergman

The new stadium planned for the Los Angeles Rams will be among the most sophisticated in the NFL. But what does the deal bring to a city that was without a team for more than 20 years?

Currently, only about 10 percent of egg-laying chickens in the U.S. live in cage-free houses like the one seen in this photo.

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Most U.S. Egg Producers Are Now Choosing Cage-Free Houses

7:21pm January 15, 2016

by Dan Charles

The majority of American egg producers, when they order new chicken houses, are choosing cage-free systems. That's a sea change driven by consumer demand for cage-free eggs.

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Stocks on Wall Street and around the world fell on Friday as concerns about oil prices and the Chinese economy persisted.

Wall Street Traders Get Mauled By The Rampaging Bear

6:45pm January 15, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

Stocks all over the world plunged Friday as investors became even more nervous about China's weakness and oil's collapse. The worries triggered a broad stock sell-off and sent oil below $30 a barrel.

U.S. Stocks Fall Sharply As Oil Prices, China Spook Investors

6:42pm January 15, 2016

by John Ydstie

China's slowdown and plummeting oil prices have investors spooked, and some are heading for the exits. There's concern the selloff in stocks signals tougher times ahead for the U.S. economy.

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Wal-Mart says most of the stores it plans to close will be gone by the end of the month.

Wal-Mart To Close 269 Stores, Including 154 In U.S.

6:08pm January 15, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Most of the American outlets on the chopping block are Wal-Mart Express stores. Those are the company's smallest-format locations. Wal-Mart also said it will open 300 new stores in the coming year.

This photo taken Nov. 3, 2015, shows SoCalGas crews and technical experts attempting to safely stop the flow of natural gas leaking from a storage well at the utility's Aliso Canyon facility in Los Angeles. Efforts to plug the well appear to have destabil

Gas Company Understated Benzene Exposure From California Leak

3:23pm January 15, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

SoCalGas wrote about two air samples with high levels of the carcinogen — but not about 12 others, the AP reports. And the LA Times writes that efforts to cap the well appear to have destabilized it.

Trader Gregory Rowe works at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, as U.S. markets were getting hit with panicky selling.

For Oil Drillers And Retirement Savers, This Is Not A Good Day

2:29pm January 15, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

Stock prices continue to fall as global investors worry about China's slowing demand. At the same time, oil prices are plunging as supplies surge. Together, it's making for a tough day in the markets.