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Employee Shopping: 'Acqui-Hire' Is The New Normal In Silicon Valley

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga are on a shopping spree. They're buying small startups with innovative products and apps. But, many times, the tech giants don't care about what the small...

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Feds Bust Huge Credit Fraud Ring

Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We're also tracking a story that federal authorities call one of the biggest credit card fraud rings in U.S. history. Eighteen people are alleged to have created an...

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What Happens When Someone Else Gets Your Tax Refund

If you usually wait until April to file your taxes, you might want to hurry up — before identity thieves beat you to it. Using stolen names and Social Security numbers, these criminals file fake tax...

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For The Publicly Traded, Going Private Can Be Risky Business

It's been a busy month for corporate America.American Airlines and U.S.

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Too Soon To Blame Payroll Tax For Stagnant Retail Sales?

For Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster, its earnings projections out last week were not pretty. Sales will fall, it said, and company CEO Clarence Otis called higher...

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Americans Earn More Than Their Parents (With A Caveat), Study Says

Most Americans are earning more money than their parents, according to a new study from Pew's Economic Mobility Project. But those gains don't tell the whole picture.Let's start with the good news. The...

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Can 'Smart Gun' Technology Help Prevent Violence?

For years, many have dreamed of so-called smart guns, weapons that know their rightful owner and won't fire in the wrong hands. Think James Bond's gun in Skyfall.A few major gun makers experimented...

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Farm Bill's Sugar Subsidy More Taxing Than Sweet, Critics Say

While you indulge in some Easter Peeps and chocolates this weekend, you might want to think about all that sugar. No, this isn't a calorie warning. In the U.S., raw sugar can cost twice the world...

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Pushing Traditional Limits, Vice Smacks Of Contradictions

How did Dennis Rodman end up having dinner with Kim Jong Un in North Korea? It was the idea of Vice Media, which has grown from a counterculture magazine into a full-fledged youth media...

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Employee Shopping: 'Acqui-Hire' Is The New Normal In Silicon Valley

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga are on a shopping spree. They're buying small startups with innovative products and apps. But, many times, the tech giants don't care about what the small...

View Article

Feds Bust Huge Credit Fraud Ring

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We're also tracking a story that federal authorities call one of the biggest credit card fraud rings in U.S. history. Eighteen people are...

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What Happens When Someone Else Gets Your Tax Refund

If you usually wait until April to file your taxes, you might want to hurry up — before identity thieves beat you to it. Using stolen names and Social Security numbers, these criminals file fake tax...

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For The Publicly Traded, Going Private Can Be Risky Business

It's been a busy month for corporate America. American Airlines and U.S. Airways announced plans to merge , Comcast bought the rest of NBCUniversal, Warren Buffett and Brazilian firm 3G are taking...

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Too Soon To Blame Payroll Tax For Stagnant Retail Sales?

For Darden Restaurants, the company behind Olive Garden and Red Lobster, its earnings projections out last week were not pretty. Sales will fall, it said, and company CEO Clarence Otis called higher...

View Article

Americans Earn More Than Their Parents (With A Caveat), Study Says

Most Americans are earning more money than their parents, according to a new study from Pew's Economic Mobility Project . But those gains don't tell the whole picture. Let's start with the good news....

View Article


Can 'Smart Gun' Technology Help Prevent Violence?

For years, many have dreamed of so-called smart guns, weapons that know their rightful owner and won't fire in the wrong hands. Think James Bond's gun in Skyfall . A few major gun makers experimented...

View Article

Farm Bill's Sugar Subsidy More Taxing Than Sweet, Critics Say

While you indulge in some Easter Peeps and chocolates this weekend, you might want to think about all that sugar. No, this isn't a calorie warning. In the U.S., raw sugar can cost twice the world...

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Is The Company Behind Rodman's Korea Visit The Future Of Media?

How did Dennis Rodman end up having dinner with Kim Jong Un in North Korea? It was the idea of Vice Media, which has grown from a counterculture magazine into a full-fledged youth media conglomerate....

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Employee Shopping: 'Acqui-Hire' Is The New Normal In Silicon Valley

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga are on a shopping spree. They're buying small startups with innovative products and apps. But, many times, the tech giants don't care about what the small...

View Article

Feds Bust Huge Credit Fraud Ring

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We're also tracking a story that federal authorities call one of the biggest credit card fraud rings in U.S. history. Eighteen people are...

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