Business

How Robots Are Helping A Furniture Shop Without Putting Workers Out Of Jobs

4:18pm January 08, 2018

by Asma Khalid

Furniture making is a job associated with old fashioned handiwork. But robots are coming to the field, not to replace workers but to help U.S.-based companies survive.

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Economy

What To Do About Inequality

3:53pm January 08, 2018

A lot of popular plans for boosting middle-class wages don't work as well as as they used to. Here are a few ideas that might work now.

Pfizer said it would be abandoning its neuroscience development programs and allocating its spending elsewhere.

Pfizer Halts Research Into Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Treatments

2:32pm January 08, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The pharmaceutical giant said it would be abandoning its neuroscience development programs and allocating its spending elsewhere. The move also means the company will lay off some 300 employees.

World's First Bitcoin ATM Debuts In Vancouver, Canada

Economy

Tales From The Crypto: Bitcoin, Blockchain And The Future Of Money

1:51pm January 08, 2018

Bitcoin is big. But what is it?

A 30-foot by 30-foot mock-up of the Titanic replica now under construction stands near the construction site in China's Sichuan Province.

World News

A Life-Size Replica Of The Titanic Is Under Construction In China's Countryside

10:37am January 08, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

Construction began in 2014. Once finished, the replica will be the centerpiece of a theme park that the developer hopes will attract millions of tourists from China and beyond.

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Carrie Gracie, a highly respected 30-year veteran at the BBC, says the network has refused to match the pay of male colleagues who earn 50 percent more than her salary.

World News

BBC Veteran Quits China Editor Post To Protest Gender Pay Gap

9:45am January 08, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Carrie Gracie, a highly respected 30-year veteran at the network, says the BBC has refused to match the pay of male colleagues who earn 50 percent more than her salary.

Congress Changed 529 College Savings Plans, And Now States Are Nervous

9:38am January 08, 2018

by Cory Turner

Why the dramatically new vision for the popular college savings plan could cost some states dearly.

A handful of restaurants around the country are giving up on cash.

When The Cash Register Doesn't Take Cash

6:49am January 08, 2018

by Aaron Moselle

A handful of restaurants around the country are giving up on cash. Paying for your meal with a credit card or electronically makes for better and faster service, they say.

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National

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Pledge To Fight Racism Starts With 'National Day Of Racial Healing'

6:04pm January 07, 2018

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has dedicated itself to "ending structural racism." NPR's Michel Martin talks to the company president and CEO La June Montgomery Tabron about the foundation's initiatives.

National

Pennsylvania Coal Mine To Close

8:06am January 07, 2018

In southwestern Pennsylvania, another coal mine is closing. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to county supervisor Blair Zimmerman about what this means for his community.