Billionaire Richard Branson's Historic Trip To The Edge Of Space NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to writer Nicholas Schmidle of The New Yorker about the billionaire space race, and Branson's milestone commercial flight to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic.
How Occupational Licensing Rules Affect Military Families NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to Marinelle Reynolds, a licensed social worker, about President Biden's executive order regarding occupational licensing and how it may affect military families.
What Biden's Latest Executive Order Means For Businesses And Consumers President Biden signed a new executive order this week to promote competition in the U.S. economy — we'll take a look at what that means for businesses and consumers. Andrea Hsu
Short Of Workers, Employers Are Getting Creative To Entice People Into Construction Demand for homes has increased dramatically this year amidst a labor shortage in the construction industry. So employers are increasing wages and getting creative to entice people into the trades. Darian Woods
How New Biden Rules Could Make It Easier To Buy Hearing Aids Or Fix Your Phone In a new executive order, President Biden aims to kickstart competition for consumers, workers and farmers in ways both big and small, starting with a list of 72 initiatives. Asma Khalid
Barry Diller Headed 2 Hollywood Studios. He Now Says The Movie Business Is Dead In an exclusive interview with NPR, the IAC chairman laments the state of the movie industry, saying the rise in streaming has upended both the business model and the quality of films being made. David Gura
More Than 30 States Sue Google Over 'Extravagant' Fees In Google Play Store It's the latest government challenge over how Big Tech controls app stores. Officials say Google acts like a monopoly by abusing the power it has over how people pay for apps on Google devices. Bobby Allyn
Oil Prices Are In Turmoil Right Now. Here Are 5 Things You Need To Know Oil prices were surging, but a dramatic meeting of many of the world's crude producers has thrown things into a bit of turmoil. Camila Domonoske
A Tough Summer For U.S. Small Businesses As International Tourists Stay Home If this were a normal summer, tourists from all over the world would be vacationing in the U.S. Travel restrictions are still in place for many visitors, impacting small businesses across the country.
U.S. Job Openings Remain At A Historic High, Giving Job Seekers Options The number of job openings in the U.S. topped 9 million in May, according to Labor Department. The number of people quitting their jobs eased slightly from April but remains high. Andrea Hsu