What does the automobile industry have to do with national security?

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• The best advice for college students unlucky enough to graduate into a recession: Be flexible

  by Scott Tong

  

  While studies suggest recession graduates tend to fall behind their nonrecession peers in terms of salary and don’t catch up for 10 to 20 years, there are ways to catch up more quickly and make up the gap.

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• The quest for the next great red pigment

  by Kai Ryssdal and Josie Fan

  

  A safe and durable pigment in the right shade could be worth nearly a billion dollars a year.

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• The automotive supply chain is "truly a global market"

  by Kai Ryssdal

  

  What makes an imported car an imported car? It's complicated.

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• Qatar, Uber, Exelon are fellow travelers in funding game night rides home on D.C. Metro

  by Aaron Schrank

  The Washington Capitals are headed to the Stanley Cup finals and the team’s fans have sponsors to help them catch a ride home. Because Washington, D.C.’s metro system usually shuts down at 11:30 pm, some interesting public-private partnerships are evolving to fund late night service. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

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• Here’s how the supply chain for car-making got global

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  President Donald Trump has ordered the Commerce Department to look into whether higher tariffs are needed on imports of cars, trucks and automotive parts, in the interest of national security. But how do you decide if a vehicle is imported? These days, some American brands are made overseas. Foreign carmakers have factories in the U.S. […]

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