Business

Trump Administration Considers Steep Tariffs Against Foreign Automakers

8:06pm May 24, 2018

by Chris Arnold

The president has suggested this will be good for U.S. autoworkers, but economists and industry executives warn the move could spark a destructive trade war that would hurt all countries involved.

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Women Accuse Morgan Freeman Of Harassment, Inappropriate Behavior, CNN Reports

5:47pm May 24, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Eight people told CNN that they were victims of harassment or inappropriate behavior by Freeman, and eight others said they had witnessed such conduct by the Oscar-winning actor.

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Johanna Humphrey, left, ended up with 24 boxes of crayons she didn't need. She gave them to teacher Laura Smith, right, through the Buy Nothing Project. It encourages people to share without money changing hands.

Facebook Project Wants You To 'Buy Nothing' And Ask For What You Need

5:46pm May 24, 2018

by Jeff Brady

The Buy Nothing Project encourages people to share without money changing hands. In five years it has spread around the world on Facebook with the help of more than 3,000 volunteers.

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Economy

The Money Detectives

4:33pm May 24, 2018

Recent news has cast a spotlight on a little-known regulatory agency quietly working behind the scenes of our economy. What is FinCEN and why is it so important?

Dollar General To Open Over 700 New Stores In 2015

The Billion-Dollar Discount Chain: How Dollar General Remade America

3:08pm May 24, 2018

There are more than 13,000 Dollar General stores in the United States.

Biometric data is considered a special category requiring explicit consent under the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation law, which goes into effect Friday.

World News

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

11:37am May 24, 2018

by Aarti Shahani

The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect Friday, but it also has implications in the U.S. Firms like Spotify and eBay now say you can ask them to delete data about you they've stored.

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Efforts To Loosen Banking Rules Worry Fed Official Neel Kashkari

9:23am May 24, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari about moves by lawmakers and regulators to roll back rules for financial intuitions.

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World News

Sweeping Internet Privacy Protection Regulations To Take Effect

8:26am May 24, 2018

by Aarti Shahani

One of the biggest changes in data privacy ever takes effect in Europe Friday. The rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, will have implications for U.S. consumers of social media.

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Workers Are Losing Billions Of Dollars Because Of Time Theft

8:26am May 24, 2018

Those lunch breaks that hourly workers never take start to add up and can be a major profit for employers. NPR's Planet Money team explores a concept known as time theft.

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New cars and cargo containers are shown in a staging area, on April 6, 2018, at the Port of Tacoma in Wash. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump ordered the Commerce secretary to look into whether tariffs are needed on vehicles and auto parts imported to

Politics & Government

Trump Weighs Tariffs On Imported Cars

11:14pm May 23, 2018

by Scott Horsley

President Trump has instructed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to consider new protections for the domestic auto industry. He's relying on the same authority used to justify steel and aluminum tariffs.