ECONOMY

Hall holding a sign that reads "I deserve a raise" as part of a petition drive organized by his union.

Despite An Economy On The Rise, American Paychecks Remain Stuck

7:21pm May 26, 2015

by Scott Horsley

NPR's "Day 1" series looks at major issues the next president will face in office. One issue is that Americans still aren't seeing big raises, even though the job market is slowly recovering.

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Alan Doan likes the fact that Missouri Star Quilt Co. is following in the footsteps of fellow Hamilton native J.C. Penney, but Doan's never been into an actual J.C. Penney store.

One Family Revitalizes A Small Town With, Yes, Quilts

4:30pm May 26, 2015

by Frank Morris

After launching a quilt company as a desperation move, Jenny Doan and her two savvy kids have shaken up an ancient industry in downtown Hamilton, Mo., thanks in part to popular folksy video tutorials.

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Oil Boom Brings Diversity To States Out West

6:45pm May 25, 2015

by Leigh Paterson

Wyoming has long been one of the whitest states in the country, but over the last few years its black population has more than doubled. African-Americans still make up a tiny percentage of the state's population, but the substantial shift is largely a result of the oil boom of the last few years. But with oil prices so low, layoffs are looming.

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (center) gestures next to Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis (left) and Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Minister Nikos Voutsis. Voutsis says Greece may miss its next debt payment.

Greece Warns That It Will Probably Miss Next Month's Debt Payment

10:17am May 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis says a $1.76 billion payment due next month "will not be given and is not there to be given."

Economy

Takata Air Bag Recall Could Take Years

9:48pm May 23, 2015

The recall of Takata airbags this week was the largest automotive recall in U.S. history. NPR's Scott Simon talks to correspondent Sonari Glinton about how and when companies announce a recall.

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The Bank of England in London in a photograph taken in March. The central bank inadvertently revealed that it was planning for a possible withdrawal of the U.K. from the European Union.

Email Slip Reportedly Reveals United Kingdom Plan For Possible EU Exit

4:33pm May 23, 2015

by Scott Neuman

In the communication that The Guardian says it received accidentally from the Bank of England, officials outlined details of the plan known as "Operation Bookend."

Fast-Track Trade Authority, A Step Toward Asia Deal, Passes Full Senate

9:11pm May 22, 2015

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

The bill still must clear the House. The measure would clear the way for President Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is unpopular with labor groups and some Democrats.

More than 1 million people in Peru earn less than the equivalent of about $450 each year.

What It Takes To Lift Families Out Of Poverty

10:27am May 22, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

New charities pop up all the time. But how do you know which ones work? Economists have come up with a strategy to figure it out. They've used it to tackle one of the biggest problems in the world.

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Players' Costs May Be A Factor In Why Tennis Leads Golf In Diversity

7:32am May 22, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Venus and Serena Williams have inspired thousands of young African-Americans to learn and play tennis, and brought racial diversity to the sport. Has golf benefited in the same way from Tiger Woods?

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Murals on display across the street from the Red Bull House of Art gallery in Detroit, Mich. After the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, Detroit hopes outsiders will focus on the city's potential, not the history of conflict and crisis that ha

#MotorCityDrive: Is Detroit's Economic Engine Roaring Back To Life?

8:29pm May 21, 2015

by Michel Martin

Michel Martin heads to Detroit for a live conversation with some of the creative forces fueling the Motor City's economy. She'll ask: What's driving Detroit's future now?