Business

Economy

If You Got A 7-Year (Or Longer) Car Loan, We Want To Hear From You

6:33pm October 24, 2019

by Chris Arnold

More car buyers are taking out longer-term loans. And many are rolling over unpaid debt from their last car into their new loans. If you're stretching out your car loan, we'd love to hear from you.

A map of national policies for Huawei 5G phone equipment.

World News

China's Tech Giant Huawei Spans Much Of The Globe Despite U.S. Efforts To Ban It

2:33pm October 24, 2019

America's lobbying against the brand has had limited success. Many countries in Europe, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East are continuing their 5G rollout with at least some Huawei equipment.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and entrepreneur Andrew Yang talk during a break in the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN/New York Times.

FACT CHECK: Do Robots Or Trade Threaten American Workers More?

10:49am October 24, 2019

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Democratic presidential candidates have divergent world views on whether automation or trade policy is to blame for lost jobs.

Politics & Government

Facebook CEO Faced Lawmakers' Questions About Trustworthiness

6:00am October 24, 2019

Noel King talks to law professor Kate Klonick, who is working with Facebook to help create an independent oversight board, about CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before a congressional panel.

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United Auto Workers members picket Wednesday at a General Motors plant in Flint, Mich. Last year, more U.S. workers went on strike than at any time since 1986.

'It's Time To Get Something Back': Union Workers' Voices Are Getting Louder

1:00am October 24, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Unions and their supporters around the country are assessing whether the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors is a sign of renewed labor power.

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Google's processor, Sycamore, performed a truly random-number generation in 200 seconds. The achievement marks a major breakthrough in the decadeslong quest to use quantum mechanics to solve computational problems. Above, a Google sign at the company's ca

Science

Google Claims To Achieve Quantum Supremacy — IBM Pushes Back

5:10pm October 23, 2019

by Paolo Zialcita

Google employees say they have built a computer capable of solving problems that current technology practically cannot.

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Faces Lawmakers' Questions On Digital Currency And More

4:39pm October 23, 2019

by Shannon Bond

Mark Zuckerberg is defending Facebook on Capitol Hill. Members of the House Financial Services Committee are grilling the CEO about the company's plans for a new digital currency and other issues.

National

As Fallout From The 737 Max Crisis Continues, The Cost To Boeing Is Growing

4:39pm October 23, 2019

by David Schaper

Boeing reported a big cut in profits on Wednesday as the 737 Max remains grounded. The company fired a top executive as questions remain about when the Max will return to service.

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Virginia Commemorates 1619 Slavery Anniversary

Sen. Mark Warner On Social Media, Syria And The Election

2:21pm October 23, 2019

The Virginia politician realizes that digital tools, even if they don't cost anything, are never really free.

President Trump To Name His Pick For Supreme Court Justice Opening In Primetime Address

Introducing The 'Accidental Guardians' Of First Amendment Rights

2:21pm October 23, 2019

How much do we know about those who have stepped up to fight for our right to speak freely? The podcast ‘Unprecedented” celebrates those stories.