Maria Aspan
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Politics
Why CEOs are calm about tariffs in public — but 'very discouraged' in private
Business leaders are trying to engage in a delicate diplomacy with the White House — even as their companies brace for the impact of market volatility and tariffs.
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Politics
Stocks slump yet again as fears grow about tariffs -- and a recession
Investors appear increasingly worried about the impact of tariffs on the U.S. economy.
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Business
Why CEOs are surprisingly optimistic about the U.S. economy
President Trump has now announced, then delayed, new tariffs several times. Despite this, many CEOs are focused on his other promises.
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Politics
U.S. stock markets plunge as Trump's tariffs spark fears about a trade war
U.S. stock markets plummeted on Tuesday morning as a new global trade war began.
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Politics
The FDIC's goal is to prevent another banking crisis. It's now also a Trump target
President Trump's sweeping cuts to the federal government are also threatening a key banking watchdog.
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Economy
President Trump's order is latest in the decades-long effort to eliminate the penny
President Trump became the latest U.S. president to say he wants to kill the penny. Both Republicans and Democrats have tried and failed for decades to get rid of America's one-cent coin. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on February 13, 2025.)
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Politics
Exclusive: GM, Pepsi, Disney, others scrub some DEI references from investor reports
Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds.
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Business
U.S. stocks recover some ground on hopes for a trade-war reprieve
Wall Street is feeling tariff whiplash, plunging and then recovering some ground as President Trump said he would delay at least part of his promised global trade war.
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Politics
How corporate America got DEI wrong
President Trump is accelerating the attacks on diversity-in-business programs. But DEI experts say this may be the wakeup call big companies need.
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Business
The stock market reacts to Chinese AI startup DeepSeek
Chinese AI startup called DeepSeek became the most downloaded free app in the U.S. Apple store on Monday, replacing ChatGPT. That's rattling U.S. tech companies.
