Marketplace Stories

May 17, 2018
Macy’s parades an unexpectedly strong earnings report
The department store chain beat Wall Street’s estimates on a whole lot of fronts.
May 17, 2018
With NAFTA negotiators still far apart, is it time for a “Skinny NAFTA”?
Tomorrow is supposed to be the final deadline — per House Speaker Paul Ryan — for trade negotiators to agree to a revised North American Free Trade Agreement. That is if they want this Congress to vote on NAFTA before the end of the year. There’s been some push back there — others counting calendar days differently and […]
May 16, 2018
Campaigns don’t need a Cambridge Analytica to target you
Kimberly Adams/Marketplace
We tagged along with one candidate to see how small campaigns use data.
May 16, 2018
With international student enrollment declining in the U.S., intensive English programs feel the pinch
Joe Raedle / Getty Images
For the first time in over a decade, new international student enrollment at US colleges and universities declined last year. Intensive English language programs felt the drop first.
May 16, 2018
The obligation of capitalism
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The co-founder of Home Depot says he's worried about the effect of Bernie Sanders on today's young people in his new book, "I Love Capitalism!"
May 15, 2018
A story about steel … and also, pizza
Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company, New York
Cue the "Rocky" music.
May 15, 2018
The Supreme Court paves the way for states to legalize gambling
The decision is sending ripples through major league sports concerned about integrity of games.
May 15, 2018
Trump’s ZTE turnabout
The Chinese electronics manufacturer ZTE Corp. was on the brink of collapse after the U.S. government punished it last month for breaking American sanctions against Iran and North Korea. But in a sudden Twitter twist President Donald Trump says he’s now working to save ZTE. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
May 15, 2018
In the midst of a massive opioid crisis, hospitals are experiencing an opioid shortage
Illustration by Emily Judem/WGBH News. Photos courtesy of Benjamin Pennell and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Drug shortages are nothing new in U.S. hospitals.
May 14, 2018
You say comptroller, I say controller
Nancy Marshall-Genzer/Marketplace
There's a lively debate over how to say the name of a federal bank regulator.

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