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Mar 22, 2019
The probe of two Boeing plane crashes is focused, for the moment, on software. We examine how software has become a common fix for problems with hardware across industries, and how it can go too far.
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Mar 22, 2019
Mexico's president is taking steps to stop cartels from stealing gas, but it is unlikely to make a difference. The U.N. says gas is smuggled in Coke bottles and by unmanned donkeys and pirate ships.
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Mar 22, 2019
The Trump administration wants to increase transparency in prescription drug pricing. But health economists say the administration's call to tie prices to what other nations pay might work better.
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Mar 21, 2019
The information was held in a readable format within the company's internal data storage systems. Facebook says it "found no evidence to date" of abuse.
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Mar 21, 2019
All shares of stock are not created equal. Stock can come in different classes now: Class A, Class B. Some of this stock comes with superpowers... and some of it comes with almost no power at all.
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Mar 21, 2019
A former top executive for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. tells NPR he left his job because of relentlessly harsh depictions of Muslims and immigrants in Murdoch's media properties, especially Fox News.
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Mar 21, 2019
Patrick Shanahan spent 30 years as a Boeing executive before joining the Defense Department as deputy secretary. The inspector general will examine whether Shanahan improperly promoted Boeing.
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Mar 21, 2019
Patrick Shanahan spent 30 years as a Boeing executive before joining the Defense Department as deputy secretary. The inspector general will examine whether Shanahan improperly promoted Boeing.
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Mar 21, 2019
As the Federal Aviation Administration comes under increasing criticism for its relationship with Boeing, Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Huerta, the last permanent FAA administrator.
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Mar 21, 2019
Most digital personal assistants such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa have the option to sound either male or female. The team behind Q aims to break through gender binary.
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Mar 20, 2019
Two high-profile plane crashes. The grounding of its best-selling jetliner. How did Boeing get here, and how can it recover from this crisis of confidence?
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Mar 20, 2019
Venezuelans are starving because there isn't enough food. But the country has so much fertile land, water, and sunshine — shouldn't it be a farmer's paradise?
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Mar 20, 2019
When an Indiana company learned their goods were being counterfeited in China, they did everything they could to make it stop. But pursuing an intellectual property claim in China takes a lot of work.
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Mar 20, 2019
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday and signaled that no more rate hikes may be necessary this year amid signs of economic slowing.
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Mar 20, 2019
For years, AdSense contracts gave Google a wide range of control, including how its rivals' search ads would appear — and their size, color and font, the EU says.
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Mar 20, 2019
The U.S. says it may stop sharing intelligence with Germany if it adopts Chinese firm Huawei's 5G technology. But the threats haven't swayed Germany, which says it can set its own security standards.
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Mar 20, 2019
The $71 billion deal strengthens Disney's portfolio and gives it even more leverage to compete against other streaming powerhouses.
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Mar 20, 2019
At the end of 2017, Disney announced that it would acquire large parts of 21st Century Fox. On Wednesday, shortly after midnight eastern time, the $71.3 billion deal finally was completed.
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Mar 20, 2019
Trump picked former Delta Air Lines executive Stephen Dickson to lead the FAA. West Virginia lawsuit accuses Catholic dioceses of covering up clergy sex abuse. And, Disney acquires 21st Century Fox.
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Mar 20, 2019
Facebook temporarily banned Dan Scavino, President Trump's social media director, from posting comments. Facebook says his postings were flagged by an algorithm.
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Mar 20, 2019
Some states have begun using Medicare reimbursement rates to recalibrate how they pay hospitals. If the gamble pays off, more private-sector employers could start doing the same thing.
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Mar 19, 2019
Pranksters added some whimsical credits in the fine print of an annual White House economic report.
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Mar 19, 2019
Pranksters added some whimsical credits in the fine print of an annual White House economic report.
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Mar 19, 2019
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mayor Arno Hill of Lordstown, Ohio, about the General Motors plant at the center of President Trump's latest tweetstorm.
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Mar 19, 2019
The nomination of Stephen Dickson comes as the agency faces criticism for its response to crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max.
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Mar 19, 2019
The nomination of Stephen Dickson comes as the agency faces criticism for its response to crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max.
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Mar 19, 2019
Canada is under pressure from the two rival powers over the Meng Wanzhou extradition case.
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Mar 19, 2019
Your average cup of coffee is getting more expensive — but the price for coffee beans is going down. How can that be?
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Mar 19, 2019
Facebook had given online advertisers tools to exclude which users could view the ads on the basis of race, gender and other federally protected characteristics. Now Facebook is changing that.
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Mar 19, 2019
French prosecutors suspect the Tokyo bid committee of paying bribes to host the 2020 Games. Tsunekazu Takeda, who also chairs the IOC's Marketing Commission, maintains his innocence.
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Mar 19, 2019
Step one: cleanse the skin?
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Mar 19, 2019
The renowned economist and former Obama adviser Alan Krueger died this past weekend. We look at his enormous legacy.
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Mar 19, 2019
Steve Inskeep talks to Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, about President Trump's economic report. NPR's Scott Horsley weighs in on the conversation.
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Mar 19, 2019
Many U.S. chefs and retailers prefer intact fillets that constitute a single portion. That demand is driving overfishing for young fish that haven't reproduced. A new campaign aims to change that.
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Mar 19, 2019
A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.
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Mar 18, 2019
Should you take out a student loan? Jill Schlesinger, author of "The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money," does the math.
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Mar 18, 2019
Japan doesn't think battery electric cars are the only future for transportation. It is investing millions to ramp up production of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, citing their convenience for consumers.
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Mar 18, 2019
Texas-based Nokona has been making baseball gloves since 1934. Most of their domestic competition has moved operations overseas where America's oldest professional sport is little known.
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Mar 18, 2019
The government used a 2009 financial stimulus package to move the country from paper medical charts to electronic records. Care was supposed to get better, safer and cheaper. It hasn't worked out.
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Mar 18, 2019
Princeton economist Alan Krueger, who served in the Obama White House, has died. Krueger's research interests included the minimum wage, the opioid epidemic and rock 'n' roll. He was 58.
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Mar 18, 2019
Steve Inskeep talks to Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times about his investigation which indicates a flawed safety-assessment process involving the flight control system of Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft.
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Mar 17, 2019
Farmers aren't producing enough to keep up with the number of smaller markets that keep popping up, often in close proximity to others. This results in fewer customers, unsold food, and maybe closure.
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Mar 17, 2019
They're not quite here yet, but Uber and others are working on them and have set some bullish timelines. Flying taxis promise to ease traffic on the ground, but some worry they'll boost inequality.
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Mar 16, 2019
The FAA has ordered airlines to stop flying certain Boeing models after two crashes. Boeing is still making the planes but they're not going to customers and a bottleneck may be brewing.
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Mar 15, 2019
The scandal that dominated the news this week involved parents paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their kids into the right college. But what is a college degree really worth?
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Mar 15, 2019
The shootings at mosques in New Zealand were live-streamed on Facebook, and shared on YouTube and Twitter. The companies have been challenged on their ability to remove this kind of content quickly.
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Mar 15, 2019
The shootings at mosques in New Zealand were livestreamed on Facebook, and shared on YouTube and Twitter. The companies have been challenged on their ability to remove this kind of content quickly.
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Mar 15, 2019
Most U.S. states have a sales tax on menstrual products. But some states have repealed the tax on the grounds that it's unfair to women. But the repeals come at a cost to consumers and state revenues.
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Mar 15, 2019
Big drug makers face a wave of lawsuits stemming from the opioid epidemic. One option the companies have to reduce potential liability is to file for bankruptcy.
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Mar 14, 2019
With presidential candidates talking about breaking up big companies, NPR's Planet Money looks at the origins of America's antitrust laws.
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Mar 14, 2019
Boeing's 737 Max line has been grounded, making things tricky at the plant near Seattle. It's filled with undelivered 737s and it's not clear what will happen to them.
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Mar 14, 2019
A day after the FAA ordered the grounding of all Boeing 737 Max jets, there were plenty of cancelled flights and stranded passengers, but overall there was little disruption to the air traffic system.
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Mar 14, 2019
A lot of money is pouring into the global diamond industry, but demand for diamonds has been less than lustrous of late. But, at the same time, money has been pouring into the industry. Why?
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Mar 14, 2019
Gun companies have rarely been held liable for crimes committed with their products. This lawsuit could mark a new front in the battle over gun regulations and corporate accountability.
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Mar 14, 2019
Some U.S. airlines are scrambling to rebook passengers after the FAA announced it was grounding the Boeing 737 Max Fleet. Airlines affected include Southwest, American and United Airlines.
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Mar 14, 2019
For decades, Boeing has worked to ingratiate itself with regulators and policymakers. That effort could be important as the company responds to a pair of deadly crashes.
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Mar 14, 2019
The woman said she used J&J talc-based products in the 1960s and 70s, and later developed mesothelioma. The pharmaceutical company says its product is safe, and plans to appeal.
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Mar 13, 2019
Regulators around the world have grounded hundreds of Boeing's 737 Max planes. The company faces potential hits to its bottom line and its reputation. Delivery delays could affect its suppliers, too.
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Mar 13, 2019
President Trump called it a difficult decision to ground the Boeing plane involved in the deadly crash in Ethiopia. As the biggest U.S. exporter, Boeing carries a lot of weight in Washington.
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Mar 13, 2019
Economics looks at how we make decisions in a world of scarce resources. What happens when the scarce resource is our attention?
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Mar 13, 2019
President Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ground all flights of the Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9. Other countries had already grounded the plane following a deadly crash in Ethiopia.
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Mar 13, 2019
In the minutes before an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed, its pilot reported flight control problems. In recent months, U.S. pilots reported the plane pitched downward after takeoff.
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Mar 13, 2019
The announcement Wednesday afternoon follows decisions by many other countries to ground the planes in the wake of Sunday's deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
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Mar 13, 2019
The announcement Wednesday afternoon follows decisions by many other countries to ground the planes in the wake of Sunday's deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
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Mar 13, 2019
The internet was supposed to get rid of middlemen--but instead there are more than ever. Today on the show, we look into how one sneaky strategy, dropship arbitrage, is taking over Amazon and Ebay.
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Mar 13, 2019
New Mexico lawmakers are set to pass what could be the country's most aggressive push for 100 percent clean energy. It's happening even as the state is in the middle of a record-setting oil boom.
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Mar 13, 2019
The defective air bag inflators are supplied by Takata, an auto parts maker that is already part of the largest automotive recall in U.S. history.
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Mar 13, 2019
Bird and Lime offer electric scooters for rent in cities across America. The companies pay a few dollars a pop to an army of people who prowl the streets for the scooters and take them home to charge.
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Mar 13, 2019
Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Goelz, former managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board, about the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that involved a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.
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Mar 13, 2019
Lawsuits over the way drugmakers have marketed opioids are already putting a dent in companies' reputations. Litigation has forced the release of internal documents that are shifting the narrative.
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Mar 13, 2019
A growing number of countries are either grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft or banning them from their airspace. The FAA is standing firm, allowing U.S. airlines to continue to fly the aircraft.
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Mar 13, 2019
In a rare area of bipartisan agreement, and after years of little regulation, lawmakers in both chambers say the tech industry needs to do more to protect its users' personal information.
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Mar 12, 2019
Sens. Warren, Cruz and Romney among lawmakers who want the FAA to ground Boeing's series of jets involved in recent crashes. About a dozen other countries already have.
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Mar 12, 2019
Sunday's deadly crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 in Ethiopia is spurring dozens of countries and airlines to ground the plane. In the U.S., the FAA is demanding design changes for the fleet.
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Mar 12, 2019
Sunday's deadly crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 in Ethiopia is spurring dozens of countries and airlines to ground the plane. In the U.S., the FAA is demanding design changes for the fleet.
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Mar 12, 2019
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers question whether Wells Fargo has changed its culture away from fraud and mismanagement that have led to billions in fines and penalties against the bank.
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Mar 12, 2019
Dollar stores thrived during the economic downturn--opening thousands of locations across the country. They were recession-proof...but are they recovery-proof?
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Mar 12, 2019
David McCraw of The New York Times talks about legal issues he's faced on the job — from the president's lawyer threatening to sue for libel to the decision to publish WikiLeaks documents.
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Mar 12, 2019
It's Match Week, when med students apply for residencies. An economist argues this residency system is a key reason why U.S. doctors are paid around twice much as doctors in other rich nations.
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Mar 12, 2019
More than 60 percent of parents said it was difficult to find affordable, high-quality child care in their community in a 2015 survey.
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Mar 12, 2019
NPR's Morning Edition wants to hear from retail workers across the country as part of an upcoming series.
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Mar 12, 2019
The U.S. ambassador in Berlin says if Chinese tech companies such as Huawei help build Germany's new 5G telecom infrastructure, things might change.
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Mar 12, 2019
Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's David Schaper and Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, about Boeing's 737 Max 8 which has been involved in two recent crashes.
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Mar 12, 2019
Stu Watson wrote he killed his Facebook account and doesn't miss it. His wife Kathy writes that he still benefits from the platform because she relays news from her account to him.
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Mar 12, 2019
After Ethiopian Airlines crash, FAA says Boeing's 737 Max 8 is safe. Why this is an important week for Britain and Brexit. And, will ex-Vice President Biden get into the Democratic presidential race?
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Mar 12, 2019
The musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra — one of the top orchestras in the U.S. — are on strike. At issue are salary and pensions. The contract expired Sunday night.
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Mar 12, 2019
The Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed Sunday is the second fatal accident in less than five months involving the Boeing 737 Max 8. The two crashes renewed scrutiny of Boeing's best-selling model.
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Mar 12, 2019
David Greene talks to David Soucie, a former FAA flight accident inspector, about the Boeing 737 MAX 8, the aircraft involved in the fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Sunday.
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Mar 11, 2019
The 737 Max 8 has been the best-selling Boeing aircraft, but now China, Indonesia and several airlines have grounded the planes. What does this all mean for Boeing?
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Mar 11, 2019
Leaving the EU is unprecedented, but leaving a large trading bloc is not.
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Mar 11, 2019
The model has been involved in two deadly crashes in less than five months. Analysts says the crashes are unlikely to drastically affect Boeing's sales since the planes are ordered years in advance.
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Mar 11, 2019
It's the second disaster involving a MAX 8 aircraft in less than six months, prompting China and several other countries to ground their fleets of the jets.
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Mar 11, 2019
It's the second disaster involving a Max 8 aircraft in less than six months, prompting China and other countries to ground their planes. The FAA isn't ordering that U.S. jets be grounded.
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Mar 11, 2019
Silicon Valley has emerged early as a presidential campaign issue among Democrats at SXSW. Calls to regulate tech put the party in an awkward position, given its reliance on tech donors.
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Mar 11, 2019
A Massachusetts doctor last year pleaded with CVS to change its on-hold music. A spokeswoman for the pharmacy chain says the company is in the process of updating its voice-response phone system.
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Mar 11, 2019
An Ethiopian Airlines crash raises concerns about a Boeing airliner. The White House's proposed budget reflects Trump's priorities. U.S. backed forces close in on the last ISIS stronghold in Syria.
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Mar 11, 2019
The jet crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday killing all 157 people on board. It's the second deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet in five months — raising questions about the plane's safety.
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Mar 11, 2019
David Greene talks to sociologist Alexandrea Ravenelle about her book Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy, which examines how companies treat their front-line workers.
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Mar 11, 2019
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Parag Khanna about his new book The Future Is Asian and the U.S.-China trade war.
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Mar 10, 2019
The Miami Herald has detailed how a woman who once owned a chain of day spas in Florida allegedly steered Chinese businessmen to a fundraiser for President Trump. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Herald reporter Caitlin Ostroff.
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