Biden Announces More Historic Appointments To Economics Team President elect Joe Biden has named his new economic team.
Critics Oppose Penguin Random House Acquiring Simon & Schuster NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to literary agent Laura Zats about ViacomCBS' decision to sell its publishing arm Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House in a $2 billion deal.
Famed New Orleans Live-Music Venue Adapts To Pandemic Robert Mercurio, member of the band Galactic and co-owner of the New Orleans music venue Tipitina's, tells NPR about how the pandemic will affect the future of live music.
Masked And Undeterred, Shoppers Line Up For Black Friday Sales Even as coronavirus cases surge in the United States, some shoppers can't seem to stay away from shops and malls on Black Friday. Alina Selyukh
News Brief: Biden's Cabinet And Civil Rights Priorities, Staying Safe On Black Friday Biden is expected to announce more members of his cabinet. His administration will focus heavily on civil rights. And, stores are changing things up to keep shoppers safe on Black Friday.
New Mexico Distillery Owners Discuss Closing Their Business Because Of COVID-19 Matt and Susan Simonds struggled to keep their Albuquerque distillery afloat over the summer during the pandemic. Now, they are among the tens of thousands of small businesses that have gone under.
Restaurants Reinvent Themselves For Thanksgiving And Beyond: 'You Just Pivot' A Japanese café sells plants and green-tea pie. An Italian restaurant caters a prime-rib dinner. A steak-and-fries chain delivers free meals for the elderly. "Fight or flight," one manager says. Alina Selyukh
Minnesota Cookie Shop Owner On How New Coronavirus Surge Is Affecting Her Business NPR's Mary Louise Kelly checks back in with Tina Rexing, owner of T-Rex Cookie in Minneapolis, to discuss how her business is doing amid new coronavirus outbreaks.
Historic Milestone: Dow Surges Past 30,000 Points For 1st Time The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit new highs Tuesday. But millions of Americans are out of work and COVID-19 cases are soaring, with no relief in sight. Why are investors optimistic? Scott Horsley
Nice Car, But How Do You Charge That Thing? Let Us Count The Ways Most charging actually happens at home, but concerns about how to juice up are tripping up would-be buyers. A lot is on the line for automakers. Camila Domonoske