Inflation is red hot, soaring to 6.8% in November, the highest in nearly four decades
Businesses across the country, from restaurants to retail, must decide when, not if, to raises prices and by how much.
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Nobel Peace laureates blast tech giants and warn against rising authoritarianism
"If you're working in tech, I'm talking to you," Rappler CEO Maria Ressa said. She later added, "What happens on social media doesn't stay on social media."
Redditors are spamming Kellogg's job portal in solidarity with its striking workers
Temporary employees have been working at cereal plants across Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Tennessee since the strike began in October.
Decades-long dispute between Mi'kmaq community and commercial lobstermen escalates
The waters of Nova Scotia, Canada, hold one of the world's most lucrative lobster fisheries. A conflict over how to balance native treaty rights with commercial fishing rules is coming to a head.
How the U.S. got on the slow track with at-home COVID tests
With a fast-growing winter surge upon us, self-testing kits remain expensive and hard to find. The reasons go back to the approach the U.S. took from the outset in developing tests.
Global demand increases for U.S. metallurgical coal, which is needed to make steel
Over the past decade, U.S. coal production has fallen by half as utilities switched to cheaper natural gas or renewable energy. But this year, demand is up for a different kind of coal.
EU official holds talks with U.S. officials, who are grappling with big tech firms
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the European Union's top competition official, Margrethe Vestager, about how governments should be handling big tech firms.
In a big win for labor, Starbucks workers form their 1st union in the U.S.
Workers at a Starbucks in the area of Buffalo, N.Y. have voted to unionize — in a first for the coffee chain. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Dave Jamieson, who covers labor for HuffPost.
Can companies police the biases found in artificial intelligence?
How can bias be removed from artificial intelligence? NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kenneth Chenault, co-chair of the Data and Trust Alliance, on how corporations can take steps to make that happen.
Starbucks workers form their 1st union in the U.S. in a big win for labor
Baristas and other workers from three stores voted whether to unionize. Starbucks fought the plan. Now, workers at four additional U.S. locations are also pursuing union votes.