Life Kit: How To Make Budgeting A Successful New Year's Resolution NPR's Life Kit podcast tackles budgeting and how it might even be an enjoyable New Year's resolution. Chris Arnold
U.S. Airstrike That Killed Iranian General Sent Shock Waves Through Financial Markets Oil prices rose and the stock market fell Friday, as investors reacted to rising tension in the Middle East. Fallout from the killing of a top Iranian military leader was more muted than expected. Scott Horsley
Amazon Refuses To Deliver Wine To 92-Year-Old Woman The Amazon driver in England declined to deliver the bottle of sherry to the grandmother because she lacked a photo ID to prove her age. The gift giver says he'll deliver the order himself.
Married Subway Employees Buy The Shop Where They Met Jordan and Jennifer Olsen were teenagers in 1997 when they met working at a Subway in Kaysville, Utah. Nearly 20 years later, the couple now married, decided to buy the shop from the retiring owners.
Lebanese Reaction To Nissan's Ex- Chief Fleeing Japan For Lebanon NPR's Noel King talks to Chloe Cornish of the Financial Times about former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn arriving in Lebanon after fleeing financial misconduct charges in Japan.
Michigan Waitress Benefits From Generous 2020 Tip Danielle Franzoni, 31, was left an end-of-decade tip: 2020. She was given a tip of $2,020. The restaurant bill was $23. The bill payer left a tip of 8,700%.
Sonny Mehta, Publishing Industry Giant, Dies At 77 Sonny Mehta, editor in chief at publisher Knopf, died on Monday at the age of 77. He published books by John le Carré, Toni Morrison, Pope John Paul II and Patti Smith. Rose Friedman
FDA To Prohibit Most Flavored E-Cigarettes Except For Tobacco, Menthol The Trump administration plans to ban most flavored e-cigarette pods. NPR's Noel King talks to Jennifer Maloney of The Wall Street Journal, who was one of the first reporters to break the story.
Looking Back On Some Of The Economic Highs And Lows Throughout 2019 The U.S. economy continued to grow in 2019 despite the trade war with China. Unemployment remains at historic lows, wages are up and the stock market soared. Trade agreements reached at year's end brightened forecasts for 2020. Scott Horsley
It's been a tough year for Boeing. And the future is grim, too 2019 was a tough year for Boeing. KUOW's business reporter Carolyn Adolph talks with Morning Edition host Angela King about the crisis and what the new year looks like for the aerospace company. Angela King