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Apr 25, 2019
On eBay right now: A baby T-Rex. The price? $2.95 million.
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Apr 25, 2019
The Trump administration is delaying efforts to boost offshore oil and gas drilling in the wake of a recent court setback. The plans have been controversial, even in Republican-held states.
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Apr 25, 2019
The grounding of Boeing's 737 Max aircraft could pinch the economy, some analysts say. But the government reported that aircraft orders were strong enough last month to lift a key indicator.
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Apr 25, 2019
The Pentagon's Inspector General says former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan 'fully complied' with ethics obligations. This clears the way for his potential nomination as defense secretary.
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Apr 25, 2019
Justin Kelley was among the workers who learned their jobs as greeters would be cut. As the Floridian waited 49 days to hear if he could stay with Walmart, he worried he'd have to give up his dream.
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Apr 25, 2019
According to a new NPR/Ipsos opioid poll, 71% of Americans surveyed also say the government should do more to curb the epidemic.
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Apr 25, 2019
Tesla announced troubling first quarter earnings on Wednesday. The electric car company said that it had lost $702 million and its revenue had also dropped 37% compared to the previous quarter.
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Apr 24, 2019
Facebook reported strong profits on Wednesday, but also revealed it is setting aside some $3 billion to $5 billion to pay a penalty to regulators for violating user privacy.
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Apr 24, 2019
The first few months of 2019 looked troubling. But now we seem to be on the upswing.
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Apr 24, 2019
Boeing has released a quarterly earnings report that shows revenue and profit taking a hit from the grounding of its 737 MAX planes. Profits fell 13% compared to the same quarter a year ago. Overall revenues fell much less though, only 2%.
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Apr 24, 2019
The department store is betting that easy returns will drive foot traffic to its stores. Shares of Kohl's stock spiked with the news.
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Apr 24, 2019
The aircraft manufacturer said its profits fell 13 percent in the first quarter as it works through "this challenging time." Boeing said the 737 Max crisis has cost the company $1 billion so far.
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Apr 24, 2019
Facebook's new chief lawyer is tasked with guiding the firm through increasingly treacherous legal woes. Jennifer Gillian was one of the lawyers who crafted the controversial Patriot Act.
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Apr 24, 2019
A component responsible for detecting a crash and deploying air bags has been malfunctioning due to electrical interference, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says.
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Apr 24, 2019
Bloch, along with his brother Richard, started the business as the IRS was phasing out its free tax prep service. They changed the "h" in their last name to a "k" so it would be easier to pronounce
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Apr 23, 2019
A DEA official said the indictments are meant to send "shock waves" through the pharmaceutical industry to remind it of its responsibility to help control prescription medications.
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Apr 23, 2019
The share of people aged 25 to 54 in the labor force has fallen in the past couple of decades. What happened?
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Apr 23, 2019
Wing's drones are made to deliver a wide range of items — including coffee, chocolate and burritos — from local merchants to their customers.
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Apr 23, 2019
Many young people participate in the rental economy. They own less stuff than their parents' generation, and rent or share a lot more. For some it's a choice; for others a necessity.
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Apr 23, 2019
The bill requires large buildings to dramatically cut carbon emissions. Buildings emit about 70 percent of the city's greenhouse gases. The measure is expected to cost billions of dollars.
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Apr 23, 2019
A law — the first in the world — will require retrofits of large buildings, with a price tag in the billions. Buildings are responsible for about 70% of the city's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Apr 23, 2019
Michelle and Ron Peterson met by chance 12 years ago at the Cleveland airport, and that's where they tied the knot over the weekend. The couple stood on a baggage carousel for the ceremony.
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Apr 23, 2019
Does raising the minimum wage kill jobs? No. Not really. But it could. The hunt is on to find the magic number. Here's the evidence.
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Apr 22, 2019
New York will soon charge drivers to enter the most crowded parts of the city. Congestion pricing: Does it work? Who's doing it? And is it coming to a city near you?
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Apr 22, 2019
The Galaxy Fold was due to go on sale this Friday, but reviewers discovered bulges, flickering and other problems with its 7.3-inch screen. Samsung says it plans to run further tests.
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Apr 22, 2019
The nearly $2,000 Galaxy Fold was due to go on sale this Friday. But reviewers discovered bulges, flickering and other problems with its 7.3-inch screen. Samsung says it plans to run further tests.
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Apr 22, 2019
In the wake of a racially-insensitive ad by Ancestry, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Nikole Hannah-Jones, a race and culture reporter for The New York Times Magazine, about why this keeps happening.
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Apr 22, 2019
The search giant's push into artificial intelligence as a tool for health improvement is a natural evolution for a company that has developed algorithms that reach deep into our lives through the Web.
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Apr 22, 2019
The senator's higher-education proposal for her 2020 presidential run goes further than just free college.
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Apr 22, 2019
Japan, China, India, Turkey and South Korea have been benefiting from temporary waivers since President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal last year.
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Apr 22, 2019
The U.S. on Monday will tell five countries that they will lose sanctions waivers if they continue to import oil from Iran. David Greene talks to Demetri Sevastopulo of the Financial Times.
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Apr 21, 2019
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of WalletHub, about growing credit card debt and what it means for the economy.
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Apr 20, 2019
With over 50 million printed copies, Maxwell House has released a new edition of their Haggadah, designed for fans of the Amazon show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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Apr 20, 2019
Penny Berg and her son, Mark Berg, tell NPR's Scott Simon about the current economic difficulties facing American dairy farmers.
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Apr 20, 2019
Grocery workers in New England are striking to preserve pensions and other benefits. Their employer, Stop and Shop, says it can't compete unless it brings down costs.
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Apr 19, 2019
The Mueller report on the 22-month probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election is now a bestselling book, even though its contents are free and widely available.
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Apr 19, 2019
Citing an "unprecedented spike" in teens vaping, Sen. Mitch McConnell said the bill would raise the minimum age for people to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. Tobacco companies back the proposal.
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Apr 19, 2019
Tourists are flocking to California to see the origins of their favorite tech companies. Now there might be a monument about Silicon Valley's glory.
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Apr 19, 2019
The tabloid's parent company, American Media Inc., has become embroiled in controversies surrounding President Trump. It also sparred with Jeff Bezos over blackmail accusations.
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Apr 19, 2019
Steve Inskeep talks to former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner about the economy.
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Apr 19, 2019
The renegotiated trade pact among the U.S., Mexico and Canada would modestly boost the U.S. economy, most notably in the auto industry, according to the International Trade Commission's report.
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Apr 19, 2019
Steve Inskeep talks to ex-Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and ex-President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner, about their book and the economy.
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Apr 19, 2019
Roughly 1 in 7 people around the world do not have any form of identification. This is holding them back from accessing public services. The World Bank is looking for new ways to think about IDs.
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Apr 18, 2019
"Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats," Reporters Without Borders said in its annual World Press Freedom Index, adding that President Trump "exacerbates" problem.
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Apr 18, 2019
Thirty-one thousand Stop & Shop workers are striking in New England over proposed changes to wages and benefits. Eight days in, the strike has shuttered some stores and slowed business at others.
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Apr 18, 2019
Taxes have been around forever. But the income tax? In the U.S., it's relatively recent.
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Apr 18, 2019
The country's oldest private airline once boasted the largest fleet in the subcontinent. But it lost altitude in recent years amid fierce competition from regional low-cost carriers,
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Apr 18, 2019
Nelson has had more documentaries featured at Sundance than any other filmmaker. We talk with him about his latest work.
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Apr 17, 2019
France struggled to raise donations last year when Notre Dame was crumbling and in need of repairs. Now, after a devastating fire, hundreds of millions have been pledged to save the cathedral.
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Apr 17, 2019
At issue is "packaging fees" - deals that allow agents to be paid by studios, rather than receiving a standard 10 percent of writers' income. The writers say such deals create conflicts of interest.
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Apr 17, 2019
Maple syrup is so important to Canada that producers in the province of Quebec have created a strategic reserve of the sweet stuff. The Planet Money Indicator team paid the reserve a visit.
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Apr 17, 2019
There's a gap in career earnings between introverts and extroverts.
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Apr 17, 2019
If you're scared of flying, the news of two recent airline crashes might have you in jitters. Instructors who help people overcome that fear say enrollments have doubled since the incidents.
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Apr 16, 2019
The Chinese-owned Swedish automaker was originally planning to ship U.S.-made luxury sedans out of the port of Charleston and send them to China. Trump's trade war threw a wrench in those plans.
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Apr 16, 2019
The story behind the first six keyboard letters are driven by economics.
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Apr 16, 2019
House Democrats have ramped up their investigation of President Trump's finances by issuing a subpoena to Deutsche Bank, which is one of few financial institutions willing to lend to Trump recently.
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Apr 16, 2019
We talk about the other certain thing — you know, the one that's not death.
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Apr 16, 2019
It's the latest sign that Democrats will continue to seek information on potential criminal activity by President Trump and his businesses after special counsel Robert Mueller's report is made public.
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Apr 16, 2019
The IMF finds companies are getting increasingly powerful. Here's why that's bad for consumers and for the whole economy.
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Apr 16, 2019
After a second 737 Max jet crashed in Ethiopia, it took Boeing weeks to speak openly about the role its flight control software may have played. Critics say that's too long.
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Apr 15, 2019
It's a great job market. Were you able to score a great deal by negotiating for something unusual — or unusually great? We'd like to hear about it.
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Apr 15, 2019
It's a great job market. Were you able to score a great deal by negotiating for something unusual - or unusually great? We'd like to hear about it.
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Apr 15, 2019
It's tax day and many Americans are finding out whether last year's big tax overhaul really did cut their taxes. Most did, but some people saw their tax bill go up considerably.
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Apr 15, 2019
The cost of a measles outbreak - to individuals, families, communities, and the country - is high.
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Apr 15, 2019
Woods' historic victory Sunday at the golf Masters Tournament shows the continued earning power of a player who was dropped by many of his sponsors over the course of a tumultuous decade.
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Apr 15, 2019
The popularity of weight loss apps, especially among younger people, has forced the traditional weight loss programs to revamp their models to include online, on-demand support.
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Apr 15, 2019
The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place.
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Apr 15, 2019
The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place.
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Apr 15, 2019
The agency's budget has been cut sharply over the last decade. That means fewer audits. The Trump administration says those cuts may have gone too far and it's seeking more money for tax enforcement.
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Apr 15, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service's budget has been cut sharply over the last decade. That means fewer audits and a growing likelihood that other taxpayers are not paying what they owe.
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Apr 15, 2019
On a recent flight, someone bumped into flight attendant Maddie Peters. Her tray of drinks went airborne. Half directly onto Doug Parker's lap, who is the CEO of American Airlines.
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Apr 15, 2019
Trump said, referring to immigrants from Latin America to the U.S., "We can't take you. Our country is full." David Greene asks David Wessel, director of the Brookings Institution, how true that is.
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Apr 15, 2019
President Trump recently said, referring to immigrants to the U.S., "We can't take you. Our country is full." David Greene asks David Wessel, director of the Brookings Institution, how true that is.
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Apr 15, 2019
After some stinging losses in local elections, Turkey's ruling party is trying to revive the economy. But that'll be difficult as long as President Erdogan doesn't want to share power.
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Apr 15, 2019
Stratolaunch Systems successfully launched the first test flight of the Stratolaunch, a six-engine plane with a wingspan 385 feet wide — longer than a football field and any planes' wingspan.
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Apr 14, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kim Masters, editor-at-large for The Hollywood Reporter, about the ongoing dispute between writers and agents.
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Apr 14, 2019
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with baby sleep consultant and author Alexis Dubief about the recall of Fisher-Price's Rock 'n Play sleepers, which have had a devoted following among parents.
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Apr 14, 2019
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to writer and producer Keli Goff about members of the Writers Guild of America being told to fire their agents en masse.
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Apr 13, 2019
The abrupt directive on Friday followed a breakdown in talks over proposed changes to the agreement that has guided the basic business relationship between writers and agents for the past 43 years.
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Apr 13, 2019
For millions of African-Americans who did not otherwise see themselves in the mainstream media, Ebony was more than a magazine. It was a public trust. This week marks its final chapter.
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Apr 12, 2019
The U.S. has largely failed to stop Chinese cybertheft of U.S. companies, but the companies themselves led the charge in keeping it under wraps.
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Apr 12, 2019
Free trade may solve problems for businesses transacting across borders, but it can make life painful for their workers.
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Apr 12, 2019
Anadarko, an oil and gas production and exploration company, has assets in Mozambique, the Gulf of Mexico and, significantly, in Texas — where multinationals are doubling down on the Permian boom.
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Apr 12, 2019
Boeing says it's close to finishing a software update for its troubled 737 Max aircraft. This comes as the company is trying to win back public and government support of the grounded fleet.
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Apr 12, 2019
Bad policing can get expensive when it leads to lawsuits and settlements. For smaller cities, that can lead to serious pressure to change things from the people who help foot the bill: insurers.
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Apr 11, 2019
The hazelnut business is in a bind. Demand is rising, supply is tight, and a deadly fungal disease is constraining production. But one man may have found a solution.
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Apr 11, 2019
Trade makes for peaceful relationships between nations, but gains for consumers and workers aren't spread evenly.
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Apr 11, 2019
President Trump issues two executive orders that would make it harder for states to block companies from building oil and gas pipeline projects.
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Apr 11, 2019
Attorney General William Barr tells Senate panel he is launching an investigation into the FBI's Russia probe. American Media says the National Enquirer is for sale. Voting begins in India's election.
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Apr 11, 2019
American Media announced it is trying to sell its tabloids. The company, CEO David Pecker and the National Enquirer have been embroiled in controversies surrounding President Trump.
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Apr 10, 2019
Host Ailsa Chang speaks to NPR's David Folkenflik about the news that American Media intends to sell its tabloids, including National Enquirer.
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Apr 10, 2019
The National Enquirer has given President Trump favorable coverage. It also is accused of keeping a lid on an alleged Trump affair by paying a woman for her exclusive story and then not publishing it.
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Apr 10, 2019
Prices for most agricultural products change with supply and demand. Not maple syrup.
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Apr 10, 2019
Being chief financial officer in a pot business requires lots of workarounds, including hiring heavily armed guards. Few financial firms are willing to service a market that remains federally illegal.
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Apr 10, 2019
Without access to Facebook or Twitter, Chinese tech workers have gathered on GitHub, the world's largest open-source programming platform, to complain about 12-hour days and demand better conditions.
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Apr 10, 2019
In the Gulf of Mexico, an oil spill triggered by a powerful hurricane has been leaking for more than 14 years with no solution in sight. The federal government is stepping in to try and contain it.
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Apr 10, 2019
Federal prosecutors charge British drug maker Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy for its marketing of opioid addiction products including Suboxone.
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Apr 10, 2019
The House Financial Services Committee is grilling the heads of seven banks Wednesday about the stability of the financial system a decade after the financial crash.
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Apr 10, 2019
The House Financial Services Committee is grilling executives from seven banks Wednesday about overdraft fees and executive pay. The hearing comes 10 years after the financial crisis.
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Apr 10, 2019
The House Financial Services Committee will grill the heads of seven bank CEOs Wednesday about the stability of the financial system a decade after the financial crash.
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