Business, Economics and Jobs

July 16, 2018

Big business is good for employees and good for the environment. That’s not a marketing ploy— it’s what the data say.

Brazil’s domestic workers get help with app

July 12, 2018

Brazil’s household workers have been fighting for their rights for more than a century. Technology might revolutionize their fight.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Philadelphia ice cream is a luxury in China ... with a scoop of import tax

PRI's The World

July 11, 2018

What's it like to deal with a tariff? Ask a Philadelphia ice cream maker who exports to China.

Brexit and protests cast shadow over Trump visit to Britain

Reuters

July 11, 2018

Britain on Wednesday geared up for the arrival of Donald Trump just hours after the US president waded into the Brexit crisis gripping Prime Minister Theresa May's government and portrayed the closest US ally in Europe as a country in turmoil.

Business, Economics and Jobs

China looks to expand ties with European trade partners as clash with US ramps up

Reuters

July 07, 2018

China remains open for trade with foreign partners and can only benefit from an economically strong Europe, its premier said on Saturday as he pressed for expanded ties with the continent's eastern wing while waging a tariff war with Washington.

Business, Economics and Jobs

A push to legalize coca leaf production in Colombia

GlobalPost

July 06, 2018

Coca leaf, the substance used to make cocaine, should be legalized in Colombia in order to aid the peace process and help grow the country’s economy, a new report argues.

Decline of Mexico's oil industry transforms Paraíso into 'hell'

Reuters

June 28, 2018

The extent of the problems has caught locals, industry executives and government officials off guard, especially as criminals increasingly exploit what's left of any prosperity by targeting Pemex resources, equipment and employees.

50 States

America’s leading coal state looks to the wind

PRI's The World

June 26, 2018

Wyoming is a coal state. But it’s becoming a wind state, too.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Who is making money from struggling US malls?

Reuters

June 26, 2018

With about 100 malls from New York to Utah now under their ownership, two funds have climbed quietly from anonymity to being among the country's top-twenty mall landlords — thanks in large part to an aggressive low-investment business strategy at many of the distressed malls they have acquired over the past five years.

Business

China slams US 'blackmailing' as Trump issues new trade threat

Reuters

June 19, 2018

US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods and Beijing warned it would retaliate, in a rapid escalation of the trade conflict between the world's two biggest economies.