ECONOMY

Orrin Hatch On TPP: Despite Concerns, Fast-Track Authority Was 'Essential'

6:43pm October 08, 2015

Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah has reservations on where the Trans-Pacific Partnership landed on patent protection. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to the senator about the GOP reaction to the trade deal.

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Tracking A Rollercoaster: Sotheby's Offers Clues About Survival Of Tech Bubble

6:43pm October 08, 2015

One of the surest signs of an economic bubble that is about to pop is a surge in the stock price of Sotheby's. The global art dealer's stock resembles a rollercoaster, and it has predicted every up and down of the global economy since the company went public. So with talk of big bubbles in the tech sector, Planet Money went poking around.

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Volkswagen Group of America President and CEO Michael Horn testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal Thursday.

'It Was Installed For This Purpose," VW's U.S. CEO Tells Congress About Defeat Device

10:40am October 08, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Volkswagen has "withdrawn the application for certification of our model year 2016 vehicles," CEO Michael Horn says, adding that the company is still working with U.S. agencies.

Now in tenth grade, Mulando is already planning how to negotiate her tuition for 11th grade. She's also trying to figure out how to get to medical school.

Can't Afford School? Girls Learn To Negotiate The Harvard Way: #15Girls

9:51am October 08, 2015

by Gregory Warner and Laura Starecheski

Madalitso Mulando needed help. She didn't have the money to pay for her 10th-grade tuition. Then she learned the art of negotiation from the gurus at Harvard Business School.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in his office at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 2015.

Treasury Secretary Keeps Up Pressure To Raise Debt Limit

8:48am October 08, 2015

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke about the debt ceiling, raising wages and the new potential faces of the $10 bill.

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Justice Department Called On To Investigate Alabama Voter ID Issue

8:15am October 08, 2015

by Andrew Yeager

Alabama closed 31 part-time driver's license offices last week due to budget cuts. That leaves many rural residents without a place to obtain driver's licenses — licenses that double as voter IDs.

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Clinton Breaks With Obama To Oppose Asia Trade Deal

6:08pm October 07, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

"What I know of it, as of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it," the Democrat said, breaking with President Obama on his signature trade deal he hopes to push through Congress.

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Pakistani Entrepreneur Draws Migrants To Pop-Up Internet Cafes

4:36pm October 07, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

It's not just shady smugglers profiting off the misery of refugees pouring into Europe. A Pakistani entrepreneur is tracking the flow of the human river, looking for spots to set up all-service cafes.

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Kickstarter Launches Drive To Raise Funds Supporting Refugees

4:36pm October 07, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Julien Schopp, director of humanitarian practice at InterAction, about how the White House called on members of the private sector to aid UN refugee agency efforts.

Kamala Rani sorts vegetables at the market in Kapasia, Bangladesh.

Saving For A Wedding When You Make 53 Cents A Day

11:05am October 07, 2015

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Even people who tread the line between deep and extreme poverty can manage to pull off a wedding. For one woman in Bangladesh, it took clever planning and seizing every opportunity.