Final clearance: Macy's closes to the public this weekend The department store chain is in retreat across the country. Here, the closure of the store seems to signal something about the way our downtown is changing. Kim Malcolm
Enjoy The Extra Day Off! More Bosses Give 4-Day Workweek A Try The notion of a shorter workweek might sound crazy to overworked Americans, but around the world, companies and even governments are starting to embrace it. The key is fewer meetings and distractions. Yuki Noguchi
Morgan Stanley Buys Online Discount Brokerage E*Trade Wall Street moves a little closer to Main Street with Morgan Stanley's acquisition of discount brokerage E*Trade. The $13 billion deal is the largest by a major U.S. bank since the financial crisis. Jim Zarroli
Forever 21 Filed For Bankruptcy But Will Live On With New Owners Three companies have announced that they are acquiring the retailer aimed at teens and young people, and plan to continue to operate its U.S. and international stores. Merrit Kennedy
The Most Dangerous Economist When the US needed a spy plane and an invasion, it hired the economist Richard Bissell. Greg Rosalsky
Banking Giant HSBC To Cut 35,000 Jobs Amid Restructuring The bank says it will shed nearly 15% of its workforce and $100 billion in investments as it refocuses on growth markets in Asia and reduces operations in Europe and the U.S. Jordan Pascale
Ciao, Italia: Why Italy's Youth are Leaving in Droves Italy's young workers have been leaving for decades. One of them worked for Planet Money last winter. Here's what it's like to leave a stagnant economy in a country you love. Bianca Giacobone
Losing Sleep Over The Quest For A Perfect Night's Rest A boom in technology promising to improve sleep has an ironic side effect: orthosomnia. Thanks to sleep trackers, people get so obsessed with perfect sleep that they are losing sleep over it. Shannon Bond
Warrant-Proof Encrypted Messages Targeted By Trump Administration "End-to-end encryption" has gone mainstream, which means tech companies can't decrypt messages even when law enforcement has a warrant. The Trump administration says that's taking privacy too far. Martin Kaste
Target Near Atlanta Grants Girl's Birthday Wish Brayden Lawrence, who turned 8, wanted to have her birthday party in a place she's obsessed with: Target. Brayden and her friends wore Target uniforms, used walkie-talkies and stocked shelves.