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  • Apr 17, 2018

    Restaurants say diners are bad at making reservations

    Restaurants have mixed feelings on how reservation platforms work.
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    Journalist Marissa Conrad watched careful planning unravel at popular dinner spots.

  • Apr 17, 2018

    U.S. companies line up to be excluded from steel and aluminum tariffs

    Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is in Florida to discuss trade issues with President Donald Trump. One issue on the table: Japan’s desire to be excluded from steel and aluminum tariffs that went into effect last month. Other key U.S. allies, including Australia, Canada, the European Union and Mexico have been granted exemptions. Plenty of […]

  • Apr 17, 2018

    Haitians with TPS help fuel Haiti’s economy, one wire transfer at a time

    Reynald Justance earns a living working in the kitchens at Disney World. He sends money to family and friends in Haiti at least once a week.
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    Their protected status ends in 2019. If they have to leave the U.S., how might that affect Haiti’s economy?

  • Apr 14, 2018

    So what’s the Fed forecasting in the near economic future?

    U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference March 21, 2018 in Washington, D.C. 
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    Also: some more of that — now familiar — trade talk.

  • Apr 14, 2018

    Farm bill calls on more SNAP recipients to work

    House Republicans have unveiled the 2018 farm bill. The legislation doesn’t just deal with agriculture, though. It also includes money for food stamps, now known as SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. And that funding comes with strict work requirements. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

  • Apr 14, 2018

    TPP re-think could boost U.S.-Pacific trade

    The world has had about a day to digest President Donald Trump’s 180-degree turn on trade. We are talking about TPP — the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Candidate Trump railed against TPP. He pulled the U.S out in his first week as president. Now, he’s told his top economic lieutenants to explore going back in. What do American […]

  • Apr 14, 2018

    Farmers are "excited" by the prospect re-entering the TPP

    The photographer holds an ear of corn he found on the ground next to a corn field during harvest on September 13, 2012 near Teltow, Germany. 
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    Keith Alverson says farmers like him are after the 95 precent of consumers outside the U.S.

  • Apr 13, 2018

    The ISIS regime you’ve never seen

    A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training center by the jihadists in the village of Albu Sayf on the southern outskirts of Mosul in 2017.
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    New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi dug into 15,000 ISIS documents that provide a look at the group's administrative structure.

  • Apr 13, 2018

    Here’s what bank earnings tell us about the economy

    The fundamentals of this economy are strong right now but you wouldn’t always know it from the stock markets lately. Volatility has been the word of recent weeks. But on Friday big banks including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup are expected to show strong profits. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

  • Apr 12, 2018

    What taxi ride data reveals about the NY Fed and big banks

    What taxi ride data reveals about the NY Fed and big banks
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    An analysis of taxi data suggests the possibility of increased communications around Federal Open Market Committee meetings.

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