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Clearing the wreckage in Baltimore is a difficult and dangerous operation
Mar 28, 2024
Containers carrying hundreds of tons of hazardous materials were on the ship, complicating the monumental cleanup.
Vending machines: An emerging side hustle
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Sean McHenry
and Aleezeh Hasan
Mar 28, 2024
Some vending machine owners make hundreds of dollars a month, says Joe Pinsker, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal.
Home Depot bets on big construction projects with new acquisition
Mar 28, 2024
The home improvement company is buying SRS Distribution, a roofing, landscaping and pool construction supplier, for $18 billion.
What does the Fed mean when it says it's looking for 'good data'?
Mar 28, 2024
The latest Personal Consumption Expenditures index, or PCE, will be released Friday. Experts say there are other clues the Fed is looking for, too.
Perceptions that the economy's bad can cost you an election, even if the economy isn't actually bad
Mar 28, 2024
In 1992, voters’ perception that an improving economy was actually a bad economy contributed to Bush’s loss to Clinton. Could the same thing happen to Biden?
For some job seekers, AI-powered "resume spammers" are a good fit
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sofia Terenzio
Mar 28, 2024
These bots send out job applications in high volume for a fee. Reporter Aki Ito at Business Insider tried a few and reported the results.
How can we build a better health care system?
Mar 28, 2024
Experts say 3 million people in the U.S. have more than $10,000 in medical debt each.
For public good, not for profit.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Mar 28, 2024
Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, the massive crypto exchange.
Online sports betting operators form organization to promote responsible gambling
Mar 28, 2024
Sports betting has had a surge of popularity in the U.S., even as star athletes have been implicated in gambling scandals.
New Tennessee law aims to protect musicians from generative AI
by
Matt Levin
Mar 28, 2024
Tennessee, home to the capital of country music, became the first state to target the unauthorized use of AI to replicate musicians’ voices.