Wailin Wong
Stories
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Politics
Trump's picks would make his new administration the wealthiest in U.S. history
President-elect Donald Trump's administration picks are shaping up to be a very affluent bunch. If all are confirmed, Trump's incoming administration would be the wealthiest in the nation's history.
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Economy
Bond vigilantes could influence economic policies during Trump's second term
The incoming Trump administration has its eyes set on serious economic changes. But one group has unique power to influence fiscal and monetary policies and they're keeping watch: Bond Vigilantes.
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A meteorological arms race is shaping up about privatizing the weather
The federal government has been tracking the weather for more than 150 years. Yet over the last few decades, the rise of the Internet and big tech have made weather forecasting a more crowded space.
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Business
'The Indicator from Planet Money': Why the publishing industry is hot for romance
Romance is one of the few profitable genres in the self-publishing industry. How romance writers turned e-books into a publishing juggernaut.
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National
Social Security is expected to run out. What does the future hold?
As a record number of people retire, social security won’t be around for much longer either. We look at the origins of social security and some new ideas to tackle new retirement challenges.
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National
Losing GPS would cost the U.S. $1 billion a day. So why is there no backup?
A total outage of GPS could cost the country at least $1 billion a day. And there's no backup. Russia and China have backups, but the U.S. doesn’t.
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Law & Courts
A look at the DOJ's lawsuit against Apple for violating antitrust laws
The Department of Justice thinks Apple has violated an antitrust law, accusing the tech giant of making it harder for consumers to switch software and hardware and even stifling innovation.
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Business
The rise of endless vacation
Over the last decade, more companies have adopted endless leave policies that allow employees to take as much vacation time as they want.
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Business
'The Indicator From Planet Money': A food fight over free school lunch
It costs more than $20 billion a year to feed kids in schools. Some 70% of lunches were served free or reduced but there’s a political divide on whether all school lunches should be free.
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Economy
This is why it's still so expensive to rent a car
Renting a car has never been more frustrating for a lot of customers. The industry started to see cracks during the pandemic due to supply chain backlogs, but those problems persist.