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Major retailers team up for mobile payment plan
Heidi N. Moore Aug 15, 2012
We've got news this morning that a group of major retailers, including Walmart, Target and 7-Eleven, are teaming up to create their own network for mobile payments. It's one more way for stores to draw you closer -- and get a jump on outsiders, like Google.
The paradox of the Walmart economy
Bob Moon Aug 16, 2012
Walmart's business has been on an upswing. But is it true that as goes the nation’s biggest retailer, so goes the nation’s economy?
Bribing your kids to study: Does it work?
Kai Ryssdal Aug 14, 2012
Listener Geri-Ellen Dow heard our Freakonomics segment on paying kids to do better in school, and tried the experiment out on her own son.
Pfizer agrees to pay $60 million to settle bribery charges
Jeff Horwich Aug 8, 2012
The charge: violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Pfizer's drug sales reps paid bribes to get Pfizer drugs used by doctors in countries like China, Russia and Bulgaria.
Need grows for bilingual lawyers
Sabri Ben-Achour Aug 8, 2012
Though it remains a tough job market for recent law school graduates, patent fights that involve products made in Asia are driving a need for bilingual attorneys.
Bribing kids to do well in school
Kai Ryssdal Jul 10, 2012
And not just promising them a reward. You have to give it to them upfront. Freakonomics' Steven Levitt on how that works.
Walmart pilots small 'Express' stores
Leoneda Inge Jul 2, 2012
Walmart may decide to compete with dollar stores in rural areas.
Shareholders to vote against Wal-Mart's board
Jeff Tyler Jun 1, 2012
A symbolic vote held today will a message that investors are not happy with Wal-Mart's management.
Music stars rock Walmart shareholders' meeting
Eve Troeh Jun 1, 2012
Despite troubling bribery allegations, shareholders partied at the giant retailer's annual meeting this week to live performances by big-name celebs like Justin Timberlake, Aerosmith and Celine Dion.
Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf files for bankruptcy
Amy Scott May 29, 2012
Dewey & LeBoeuf, one of the largest law firms in the country, filed for bankruptcy last night after months of financial turmoil and partner defections.
