ECONOMY

A fridge holds Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser and Grupo Modelo's Corona Light beers. Lawmakers are touting craft breweries as the winners from the tax cuts, but public health officials are concerned about lost tax revenues and rising public costs.

Health Experts Worry Brewer Tax Cuts May Increase Costs To Nondrinkers

1:37pm January 09, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Supporters of a tax cut for beer brewers say it will boost jobs. Critics say it will reduce tax revenues that offset the costs of excessive drinking, related to health problems and drunken driving.

FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates For African-Americans, Hispanics

6:32pm January 08, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Trump's numbers are right, but it's hard to make the case that he should get credit for them.

White House Promises Infrastructure Bill, But With No Clear Deadline

6:06pm January 08, 2018

by Tamara Keith

The White House has said an infrastructure bill would be a major priority for 2018 and one that could garner bipartisan support. But it's not at all clear when there will be a draft to see.

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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.

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?

Economy

Picasso And The Panama Papers

1:51pm January 08, 2018

How does art help the super-rich stay rich?

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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Highline writer Michael Hobbes says millennials have inherited a number of financial problems from baby boomers.

'Entitled' Millennials Have It Harder Than The Previous Generation, Writer Says

11:05pm January 07, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Millennials are often labeled as entitled and lazy. But Highline's Michael Hobbes tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that his generation has been saddled with financial problems by baby boomers.

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President Trump walks from the Oval Office to speak with members of the press just before departing the White House to spend the weekend Camp David.

President Trump 'So Happy' Black Unemployment Rate At A Historic Low

11:33pm January 06, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

Trump boasted about unemployment for African-Americans hitting a record low of 6.8 percent in December, the lowest rate for that group since the government began tracking data in the early 1970s.