Business

Trump Wine: Local Promotion Or Presidential Product Placement?

By Peter Overby • Nov 23, 2017

President Trump has never been shy about promoting his businesses.

Even at a press conference after the racially tinged violence in Charlottesville, Va., he paused for a product placement:

"Charlottesville is a great place that's been very badly hurt over the last couple of days. I own, I own actually one of the largest wineries in the United States. It's in Charlottesville."

What States Are Doing To Stop Rural Money Drains

By Frank Morris • Nov 23, 2017

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In the Christmas classic "It's A Wonderful Life," the young hero, George Bailey, is just dying to leave his hometown.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE")

Poll: Economists Unanimous That Debt Would Balloon Under GOP Tax Plan

By Danielle Kurtzleben • Nov 23, 2017

Republicans have been selling their tax overhaul plan as a major booster for the U.S. economy. In fact, they have argued that it would grow the economy so much that cuts would largely pay for themselves.

But on both counts, top economists are doubtful.

In a new poll from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, 38 economists from schools including Yale, MIT and the University of California-Berkeley weighed in on contentious points about the GOP tax plans.

'Just Time Together': For Some Workers, A Thanksgiving Off Is A Rare Treat

By Alina Selyukh • Nov 23, 2017

The way Brenda Bracey tells the story, it's just short of a miracle.

"Twenty-three years," she says. "This is the first Thanksgiving in 23 years that I have not worked at least an eight-hour shift."

For almost a quarter-century, Bracey has been working at grocery stores in the town of Largo, on Florida's west coast. She's done all different jobs, she says, her voice bubbly over the phone line.

Trump's Company Cuts Ties To NYC Hotel

By Jim Zarroli • Nov 23, 2017

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President Trump's business interests are in the news today. Trump's company says it's cutting ties with the Trump SoHo. That's a condo hotel in New York that's struggled for years to find customers. NPR's Jim Zarroli has the story.

Walmart And Amazon's Food Fight

By editor • Nov 23, 2017

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Taxes, Big-Box Stores And The 'Dark Store Theory'

By editor • Nov 23, 2017

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OK, as holiday shoppers look for bargains this season, big retailers are also looking for a bargain of sorts.

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Despite Trump's Promises, Coal Plants Keep Closing

By editor • Nov 23, 2017

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Retailers To Online Shoppers: Be Patient With Delivery, Get Perks

By editor • Nov 22, 2017

After UPS announced that it would enact surcharges during peak holiday delivery times, online retailers have been considering their options carefully.

Now a few have arrived on a solution: Give that gift a few more days to arrive, and we'll reward you!

Trump Organization Cuts Ties To Controversial SoHo Hotel

By Alina Selyukh • Nov 22, 2017

The Trump Organization is severing ties with the controversial Trump SoHo building in New York City.

The development, which is a hybrid hotel-condominium building where owners of units can only live in their properties for a certain amount of time each year, has the potential to be a thorn in the side of President Trump — linking him to murky financing arrangements, allegations of fraud and a Russian-born developer with a criminal past.

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