Former Federal Reserve Board Governor Weighs In On Trump's Attacks NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former Federal Reserve Board Governor Donald Kohn about the President Trump's attacks on the Federal Reserve.
The Trump Administration's Tariffs On China Are Not Having The Desired Effect So Far China's trade surplus with the U.S. was up in September to a new high of $34.1 billion. Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration are not having the desired effect, at least not so far. Jim Zarroli
The Cost Of Corn Is Down, So Why Did The Cost Of Fritos At The White House Go Up? NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator, sets out to solve a market mystery: why has the price of Fritos gone up in the White House press corps vending machine, despite a decrease in the cost of corn? Cardiff Garcia
Puma Hits The Court In An Attempt To Get Back Into The Basketball Business Puma is getting back into the basketball sneaker business after 20 years. The brand has signed a mix of NBA rookies, established players and Skylar Diggins-Smith of the WNBA.
Poaching in Seattle's tech industry creates 'virtuous cycle' of employees But it could all go away. Joshua McNichols
A Look At Why Stocks Plunged On Wall Street Stocks plunged on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 800 points, about 3.1 percent. The Nasdaq composite was down more than 4 percent at the close. John Ydstie
Why People Take A Gamble On Mother Nature With Catastrophe Bonds Among the people keeping an eye on damage from Hurricane Michael are investors who hold billions of dollars worth of catastrophe bonds. Jim Zarroli
With $1 Million, Exxon Mobil Corp Helps Fund Carbon Tax Campaign Exxon Mobil pledges to support passage of a carbon tax. Analysts say the company would rather face a single, overarching tax than a patchwork of taxes and regulation to address climate change. John Ydstie
Starbucks now serving baristas subsidized childcare Starbucks baristas can now get backup child-care for as low as $5 a day. Paige Browning
Google Hid Data Breach For Months, 'Wall Street Journal' Reports David Greene talks to Douglas MacMillan of The Wall Street Journal about how Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users and then opted not to disclose the issue.