Business

SEC Lawsuit Seeks To Remove Elon Musk As Tesla CEO Or Officer In Any Public Company

4:46pm September 28, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Bloomberg reporter Max Chafin about the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Elon Musk announced on Thursday.

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Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid OxyContin, has a subsidiary that won a patent for a treatment for opioid addiction.

Health & Safety

Drugmakers Play The Patent Game To Lock In Prices, Block Competitors

11:02am September 28, 2018

by Sarah Jane Tribble

Pharmaceutical companies like Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, often win patents for incremental changes with debatable value. Now there's a twist involving an opioid addiction treatment.

SEC Sues Elon Musk Over Tesla Tweets

9:04am September 28, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Elon Musk over statements he made on Twitter about taking Tesla private.

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Economy

A 'Turning Point' In The Housing Market

4:58am September 28, 2018

Ever since the end of the financial crisis, rents have been rising all across America. A recent report could signal a turning point in the housing recovery.

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit Thursday against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing him of securities fraud.

National

SEC Sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk

9:32pm September 27, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

"Musk's false and misleading public statements and omissions caused significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla's stock and resulting harm to investors," the lawsuit says.

Robert Rodriguez, 82, couldn't afford the rent increases at his apartment in Los Angeles and worries he could end up on the streets.

Is Rent Control An Answer To California's Housing Crisis?

4:44pm September 27, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

The state has the highest poverty rate in the nation, largely because of a lack of affordable housing. In November, voters will decide whether or not rent controls will help solve the problem.

Economy

Baby Got Buybacks

3:06pm September 27, 2018

Companies are buying back stock from shareholders more than ever. Not everyone thinks that's a good thing.

Europe's Copyright Reforms Are More Than (Just) A Boring Policy Change

2:42pm September 27, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

Two weeks ago, the European Commission approved new rules that will change how tech companies are required to deal with copyright infringement on their platforms. Unsurprisingly, it was controversial.

Former ABC chairman Justin Milne leaves the ABC studios in Sydney after resigning his chairmanship on Thursday.

World News

Head Of Australian Broadcasting Corp. Quits Amid Editorial Independence 'Firestorm'

10:36am September 27, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Justin Milne stepped down as chairman of taxpayer-funded ABC following reports he ordered the firing of journalists whose coverage had been the subject of complaints by the government.

Hannah Storm (shown here) and Andrea Kremer are Amazon Prime Video's sportscasting team and are set to call 11 NFL games this season.

Hannah Storm, Part Of First All-Women NFL Broadcast Team, Is Set For Kickoff

9:24am September 27, 2018

by Cameron Jenkins

On Thursday, Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer will become the first all-women broadcast team to call an NFL game. To critics of the pair, she says it's "myopic" to think that football is only for men.

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