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Just Do It: How the iconic Nike tagline built a career for the late Dan Wieden

10:32am October 06, 2022

by Manuela López Restrepo

Advertising legend Dan Wieden, who created the iconic Nike slogan Just Do It, died last week at the age of 77 — leaving behind a legacy that changed the industry.

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News brief: OPEC and the WTO, Ukraine's Gains in the East, NPR/Marist Poll

8:19am October 06, 2022

The WTO predicts a sharp slowdown in global trade. Ukrainian forces are taking back territory that had been captured by Russia. A new NPR poll shows President Biden's approval rating is up.

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Why worker productivity has fallen in the U.S.

5:12am October 06, 2022

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Productivity is probably the most important economic indicator for the health of an economy, and in the U.S. it's falling. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 5, 2022.)

Politics & Government

The White House has a windfall to spend on semiconductor projects

5:12am October 06, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Officials at the White House are figuring out how to spend more than $52 billion on semiconductor projects. The Biden administration's point person lays out the goals and the pitfalls.

Economy

With global trade expected to slow, the WTO warns of a possible recession

5:12am October 06, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Paul Hannon of The Wall Street Journal about the World Trade Organization predicting a sharp slowdown in trade as nations grapple with inflation and rising energy costs.

Penelope Wingard of Charlotte, N.C., has survived breast cancer, a brain aneurysm and surgery on both eyes. For the past eight years, she's also been battling tens of thousands of dollars in medical debt.

Medical debt ruined her credit. 'It's like you're being punished for being sick'

5:00am October 06, 2022

by Aneri Pattani

New policies to keep medical bills from sinking credit ratings sound good but will likely fall short for many hit hardest by debt — especially Black Americans in the South, such as Penelope Wingard.

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Biden administrations' effort to expose student loan scams

Biden administration steps up protection against student loan forgiveness scams

5:06pm October 05, 2022

by Meg Anderson

The Biden administration is increasing efforts to protect borrowers from student loan forgiveness scams, while still not offering further details about the application itself.

World News

OPEC is trying to prop up oil prices as global demand slows down

4:29pm October 05, 2022

by Scott Horsley

OPEC and its allies plan to slash oil output by 2 million barrels a day to prop up oil prices. Gasoline prices are rising again in the U.S., but the effects vary in different parts of the country.

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Why worker productivity has fallen in the U.S.

4:29pm October 05, 2022

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Productivity is probably the most important economic indicator for the health of an economy, and it's falling. There is a battle over the narrative around worker productivity and the stakes are high.

A man walks past OPEC headquarters in Vienna on Tuesday on the eve of the 45th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee and the 33rd OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting. The in-person meeting of OPEC members led by Saudi Arabia and allied members headed by Russia will be the first in the Austrian capital since the spring of 2020.

Russia and Saudi Arabia agree to massive cuts to oil output. Here's why it matters

11:57am October 05, 2022

by Jackie Northam

The 2 million bpd cut in oil production was backed by Saudi Arabia and could benefit Russia. The OPEC+ meeting took place as much of the world is battling soaring energy costs and rising inflation.

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