Jeffrey Epstein's Former Business Associate: I Want To Assist Victims Steven Hoffenberg spent 18 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. He says his former business partner Jeffrey Epstein should have been there too. Jim Zarroli
MIT Accused Of Costing Workers Millions In Cozy Deal With Financial Giant Fidelity MIT allegedly stuck its employees with a retirement plan so bad it violated federal labor law, charging them millions of dollars in fees. A lawsuit says the university received millions in donations. Chris Arnold
Graduate Students Are Increasingly Shouldering The Country's Student Debt Graduate students are increasingly shouldering the country's student debt. NPR's The Indicator takes a look at how that came to pass and what it might mean for the economy. Sally Herships
Dow Tumbles More Than 600 Points As Bond Markets Signal Recession Worries that trade war is hurting global economy and 10-year Treasuries yielding less than 2-year, signaling a recession. Uri Berliner
In A $30 Billion Deal, Viacom And CBS Are Joining Forces Viacom and CBS are merging to make an entertainment giant, but it will still be smaller than its competitors. David Folkenflik
Trump Administration To Postpone Some China Tariffs NPR's David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about U.S. plans to delay some new tariffs on Chinese imports until December.
Trump Administration Postpones Tariffs On Some Popular Chinese Imports The Trump administration is postponing tariffs on some popular Chinese imports from Sept. 1 until Dec. 15. The move is a significant retreat in the trade war. Stocks rose on the news. Scott Horsley
Viacom And CBS Agree To Merge In $30B Deal Viacom Chief Executive Bob Backish is to oversee the new company, to be called ViacomCBS. The new chairwoman of the combined company is to be Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements. David Folkenflik
Repentant Thief Regrets Swiping Heinz Ketchup Someone in New Jersey confessed to stealing ketchup. But the thief wrote that bad luck followed — including a car crash. Heinz offered to pay for repairs if the thief comes forward.
Cash Back Guarantee: The U.S. Redeems Damaged Bills Because The Dollar Depends On It The Treasury reviews some 24,000 cases a year and reimburses around $30 million to people whose money has been burned, flooded or otherwise damaged. This service helps underpin the dollar's integrity. Josh Axelrod