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
A 12-year-old boy is learning about business, and life, slinging snow cones in Florida The Central Florida 7th grader, Dreyton McDonald, has been in the snow cone-selling business going on three years and hopes to expand his empire. Vanessa Romo
A dental hygienist shortage has dentist offices struggling to schedule patients Across the country, dentists are having a hard time scheduling all their patients because they don't have enough help from dental hygienists. Many hygienists left the field over the last few years. Craig LeMoult
Meet the strippers working to unionize a Los Angeles dive bar For the past six months, former Star Garden dancers have been taking their talents to a show-stopping picket line. If successful, they'll be the only strippers with union representation in the U.S. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento