Erika Beras

For years, low gas prices fueled sales of SUVs and pickup trucks, and low interest rates made it easier for car buyers to trade up every time some shiny new technology came along. But with gas prices and interest rates rising, and tariffs on imported aluminum and steel driving up costs, automakers are facing an […]

French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for a permanent exemption from tariffs for the European Union.  Today will be the second day of Macron’s three-day state visit, and the biggest event will be the first state dinner since President Donald Trump took office 15 months ago. But it won’t be all glitz and glam. Macron […]

It’s a tight labor market out there – so in a quest to attract workers, Walmart is trying out something new – allowing workers on the stores’ floors to wear jeans and solid shirts in any color. The new policy is being tested in less than two dozen stores.    Click the audio player above […]

Google has had its own troubles as a tech giant in a brave new world, but this time, Facebook takes the heat. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

The Trump Administration is proposing to cut billions of dollars from the federal assistance program. People who need the food help will get less to spend, and stores will miss the revenue. Click the above audio player to hear the full story.

Lots of Facebook users have no real idea what happens to the data they share online.

Walgreens may shutter hundreds of Rite Aid stores this spring. The drugstore giant bought more than 1,900 stores from its rival last fall. And Walgreen says it still plans to close about a third of them. So what benefits will the company get from that plan? Click the audio player above to hear the full […]

It wasn’t that many years ago that Apple’s devices dominated classrooms, but now they are third behind Google’s Chromebook and Microsoft’s Surface. And the $7 billion education market isn’t the only thing at stake.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.