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A new bill could save retailers from paying a fee when customers use credit cards

Retailers have been complaining that credit card companies have the upper hand - charging them "swipe fees" when customers use cards. A bipartisan bill is in the works that could change that dynamic.
- Chris Arnold
The former Fox editor who announced the 2020 results says there's a media problem

Chris Stirewalt, author of Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America & How to Fight Back, says the country's leading news organizations have leaned into a model that fosters division.
- Michel Martin
Sound it Out: local business owner weighs in on eco-blocks

We're a show built around you - our listeners. Every other week, we take some time for a segment called Sound it Out, to broadcast your thoughts and answer questions about stories we've covered. This week - we're diving back into a conversation about eco-blocks.
- Libby Denkmann
A rail strike would have put another kink in an out-of-balance supply chain

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management, about the effects that a strike would have had on supply chains still recovering from the pandemic.
A sigh of relief this morning: a railway strike has been averted

President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.
- Rachel Martin
Twitter shareholders have approved the $44 billion sale to Elon Musk

Musk has been attempting to back out of the deal, citing concerns about bots on the platform and the security of its user data.
- Ayana Archie
The founder of Patagonia is giving his company away to help fight climate change

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard says he will give his company over to a trust, with future profits being donated to causes fighting climate change.
- Ayana Archie
A freight railroad strike could stop trains by Friday

Freight railroads could stop rolling at midnight Friday unless negotiators head off a strike over working conditions. Congress could end a strike, but even a brief shutdown would hurt the economy.
- Frank Morris
Child poverty is at a historic low, according to the Census Bureau

Experts say the federal child tax credit was a big reason for the drop. The expanded child tax credit ended in December, just as inflation was starting to climb to historic highs.
- Jennifer Ludden
Stocks plummet. Dow drops nearly 1,300 points after worrying inflation data

All three indexes fell after worse-than-expected inflation data raised expectations the Fed will need to continue raising interest rates aggressively to bring prices under control.
- David Gura

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