Economy

Need a U.S. visa? You better have at least 677 days, some World Cup fans are learning

6:00am August 19, 2024

by Rafael Nam

Many fans are dreaming of coming to the U.S. for the World Cup in 2026. One major problem looms: Wait times to get visas can be about two years for some.

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CEOs earn big bucks at nonprofit hospitals. But does that benefit patients?

5:00am August 19, 2024

Nonprofit hospitals pay their CEOs generously, and their compensation keeps getting larger. Some researchers wonder if the ballooning paychecks align with what’s best for patients and taxpayers.

Should a President have total control over the Fed? Harris and Trump disagree

5:19pm August 18, 2024

by Darian Woods

Should a President have total control over the Fed? Both candidates vying for the presidency have differing points of view.

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AT&T Suffers Large Data Breach, Millions Of Customers' Data Leaked

17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations

8:18pm August 17, 2024

The Communications Workers of America, the union representing the striking employees, has accused AT&T of not bargaining "in good faith" during recent contract negotiations.

New real estate rules could reshape the homebuying process

5:23pm August 17, 2024

by Tinbete Ermyas

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with NerdWallet's Holden Lewis about how new real estate rules could reshape the homebuying process.

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Trump and Harris have the same goal for the economy, but different plans to get there

8:18am August 17, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

We look at economic plans put forth by both former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, with both saying they aim to lower prices and cut taxes.

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Everything you always wanted to know about inflation (but were afraid to ask)

6:00am August 17, 2024

NPR asked readers and listeners to send in their questions about inflation. We took the most common ones — and got answers from economists.

A woman is arrested for allegedly trying to steal Elvis' Graceland property

7:50pm August 16, 2024

Lisa Jeanine Findley of Missouri is is charged with trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s estate of millions of dollars and steal ownership of the iconic Graceland property in Memphis.

A new generation of tattoo artists is doing things differently

6:14pm August 16, 2024

by Linnea E. Anderson

In a typical studio, artists schedule some of their work, and also take walk-in clients. At some new shops, artists schedule all their work and have done away with the apprentice model of the past.

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John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67

1:22pm August 16, 2024

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

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