03/29/17: Measuring the economy using feelings

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• Samsung hopes S8 phone launch will put out the company’s past fires

  by Andy Uhler

  The latest Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S8, launches today in New York. It’s a totally different device than the Galaxy Note 7 … remember the one whose batteries caught on fire? But this is still a big unveiling for a company with a lot of making up to do. Click the audio player above to […]

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• Mega-dams, like Hoover, probably wouldn’t be built today

  by Sarah Gardner

  

  Dams are costly and have gone out of style. We also know more about their environmental impact.

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• As tech workers stay in Pittsburgh, neighborhoods watch prices climb

  by Erika Beras

  

  'Black homes matter' for one person who's seen some residents move to cheaper areas.

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• The final word on last year’s economy is almost here

  by Mitchell Hartman

  Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis will release final revisions to economic growth numbers, aka the gross domestic product, for 2016. In other words, we’ll find out if economic growth last year really was as lousy as it seemed. But why look back? With the end of first quarter of 2017 almost here, there’s plenty […]

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• Nuclear energy firm Westinghouse files for bankruptcy

  by Marielle Segarra

  Westinghouse Electric Company, the nuclear energy firm based in Pittsburgh, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday. Westinghouse is owned by the Japanese company Toshiba and has been running several years late and billions of dollars over budget in its construction on several nuclear reactors in the southern United States.  Click the above audio player to […]

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• 03/29/17: Who has the upper hand when it comes to Brexit?

  Britain's ambassador to the EU has handed over a letter saying it's over. Now that the separation has begun, who's in the most advantageous position? We'll examine the trade relationship between the U.K. and the bloc. Afterwards, we'll discuss some of the causes of the country's opioid crisis, and then look at Wells Fargo's decision to pay $110 million in a settlement over accounts opened without customers' permission.

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