Colored Pencils, Watercolors, Brushes: Art Supplies Add Up
Teachers spend a lot of their own cash on school supplies. But art teachers, with all kinds of special materials, can spend even more.
Economy
Volkswagen Faces Uphill Battle In Repairing Tarnished Reputation
Volkswagen faces two enormous repair jobs: fixing its polluting diesel cars and its battered reputation. Both may be much harder to fix than anything other scandal-plagued car companies have faced.
U.S. Regulators Visit Cuba To Explore Boundaries Of New Trade Opportunities
Officials from the Treasury, Commerce, and State Departments visit Cuba this week to grasp a better understanding of the country's economy. They want to know how far the U.S. can go in doing business with Cuba under the limits of the half-century old embargo. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker led the delegation, despite criticism from those who say the move comes too soon.
SABMiller Agrees In Principle To Merger With Anheuser-Busch InBev
A titanic merger in the beer industry is brewing: Anheuser-Busch InBev offered more than $104 billion to win over the board of SABMiller. The behemoth will control about a third of the globe's beer production and about 70 percent of the market in the U.S. Now the question is whether regulators will allow the merger.
Las Vegas' Slow Economic Recovery Serves As Democratic Debate Backdrop
Las Vegas is hosting the first official debate between the Democratic presidential candidates Tuesday night. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Michael Finnegan of the Los Angeles Times about how the city's slow recovery from the recession may set the tone.
Groups Aim To Make It Easier To Own A Cable TV Box Instead Of Renting
A study estimated that 99 percent of cable TV subscribers rent their set-top boxes and pay on average $231 a year to do so. Groups want to make it easier for consumers to own similar devices.
Why Are Millennials Buying So Many Houses In Des Moines?
Data from Realtor.com shows that in the first half of 2015, roughly 60 percent of borrowers who used a mortgage to buy a home in Des Moines were between the ages of 25 and 34.
Ashley Furniture Hiring Hundreds In Davie County
Ashley Furniture says it plans to hire 454 new workers in Davie County after the state promised the company nearly $10 million in tax breaks.
Bipartisan Effort Revises Health Rule For Small Businesses
A legal change that eases some of the health insurance requirements for small employers may actually help bolster coverage for their workers.
Nobel-Winning Economist Probes The Means By Which We Measure
The winner of this year's Nobel prize in Economics, Angus Deaton, is a microeconomist at Princeton with a talent for explaining consumer behavior and the effects of welfare on poverty.