Emails Reveal Clinton's Mixed Relationship With Wall Street
In hacked emails published by WikiLeaks, Hillary Clinton presents a more nuanced view of the financial system than her campaign speeches would suggest.
Economy
Researchers Find Racial Wage Gap Has Grown
Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute and Adia Harvey Wingfield of Washington University in St. Louis discuss a new study finding a greater racial wage gap in 2015 than in 1979.
Tejano Star Selena Still Draws Sellout Crowd 20 Years After Death
Makeup inspired by the late Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla has drawn lines at stores around the country.
As South Africa's Gold Mining Companies Decline In Production, Illegal Miners Thrive
A recent accident in a gold mine in South Africa has brought attention to the growing practice of illegal mining. The legal mining operations have been on a decades-long decline but illegal miners are thriving.
Episode 728: The Wells Fargo Hustle
We take you inside the headquarters of Wells Fargo bank. It's a place where a bunch of young, stressed-out workers were rewarded for doing some very bad things.
Volkswagen Is Recalling More Vehicles, But It's Not About The Diesel Scandal
The company says nearly 281,500 Volkswagen and Audi vehicles from as far back as 2007 may leak fuel. Different defects are involved, but one is improperly assembled suction pumps in the fuel tanks.
'Early School Leavers' Face Dismal Social And Economic Prospects
Forty million young people in the world's largest economies are neither in school, employed nor in any kind of training program. They're called NEETs. Economists say they are a big problem.
How The Idea Of Free Trade As A Way To World Peace Gained Traction
Free trade is taking a beating in this election year. But the man who created the free-trade world we live in now, thought free trade was the way to world peace. He even won the Nobel Peace Prize.
U.S. Creates 156,000 Jobs In September, Lower Than Predicted
Economists had expected between 170,000 and 176,000 new jobs last month. The unemployment rate rose slightly, to 5 percent from 4.9 percent.
Friday's Jobs Report Could Help Shape Election Outlook
If it shows steady unemployment and job growth figures, that would help Democrat Hillary Clinton. If the numbers get worse, that would give an edge to Republican Donald Trump.