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A Nasty Place On Wall Street: What Kind Of A Dive Is This?

3:48am August 25, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

Stock prices plunged Monday, prompting Wall Street analysts to talk about a "correction" in stock prices. But many savers worry that this might be the start of a long "bear" market.

Economists Divided Over Interest Rate Hike Amid Market Turmoil

10:26pm August 24, 2015

by Chris Arnold

With stocks plummeting around the world, the Federal Reserve has a monumental decision to make about interest rates at its September meeting. Some Fed watchers say it won't dare raise rates for fear of adding to jitters about a global slowdown. But others say abandoning plans to raise rates this year would send an even worse signal.

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Laura Martinez may be the only blind chef in the country running her own restaurant. La Diosa opened in January. Martinez was hired directly out of culinary school by acclaimed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter and worked for him until his restaurant closed in

Chef Wants Diners To Remember Her Cooking, Not Her Blindness

8:17pm August 24, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

Laura Martinez defied many skeptics when she opened up her Chicago restaurant, La Diosa, this year. It helps that she used to work for the late Charlie Trotter, one of the city's most acclaimed chefs.

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Dow Index Closes Below 16,000 After Plunging Nearly 3.6 Percent

6:57pm August 24, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The Dow Jones benchmark started Monday's session above 16,459 and fell more than 1,000 points before closing at 15,871. The index lost about 3.6 percent of its value.

Egyptian Government Imposes Strict Anti-Terrorism Law

6:51pm August 24, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Nathan Brown, a professor at George Washington University, about the constitutionality of the law and the concern it will be used to crackdown on political dissent.

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Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul wants to run for both his Kentucky Senate seat and the White House, but a current state law prohibits him from doing so.

Rand Paul Wants To Run For President — And Senate

6:51pm August 24, 2015

by Ashley Lopez

Whether the senator can still keep that electoral insurance policy rests in the hands of Kentucky Republicans this weekend. Kentucky law prohibits it, but his backers are trying to change that.

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Global Markets Remain Erratic After China Worries Spark Sell-Off

6:37pm August 24, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.5 percent Monday prompting a global sell-off. When trading opened in the U.S., the Dow and S&P 500 plummeted, then recovered, then fell again.

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Federal Trade Commission: To Combat Robocalls, 'Just Hang Up'

6:37pm August 24, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Patty Hsue, who leads the robocall-combating tech initiatives at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, about its plans to combat phone fraud.

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What Does The Market Turmoil Mean For Your Retirement Fund?

6:37pm August 24, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Kotok, chairman and chief investment officer of Cumberland Advisors, about what the sell-off means for retirement investments.

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Commodities Trader 'Somewhat Confident' We've Seen The Worst Of Market Fall

6:37pm August 24, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Chicago-based commodities trader Jack Scoville about this wild day for the markets. He says he hasn't seen anything quite like it in the near 30 years he's been trading.

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