Business and Financial News Find the latest business news with reports on Wall Street, interest rates, banking, companies, and U.S. and world financial markets. Subscribe to the Business Story of the Day podcast.

Business

UAW members strike at GM's Lansing-Delta Assembly Plant in Lansing, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2023. The UAW on Friday expanded its strike against GM and Ford, but not Stellantis. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

UAW once again expands its historic strike, hitting two of the Big 3 automakers

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1202354093/1202745349" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Pharmacists who work for CVS have staged a walkout in the Kansas City metro area, protesting what they say are unreasonable work conditions. In this file photo, a CVS store is seen in Jackson, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Rogelio V. Solis/AP

Frontline health care workers hold a demonstration on Labor Day outside Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Sep. 4, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Damian Dovarganes/AP

Overworked and understaffed: Kaiser workers are on the brink of a nationwide strike

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1202315013/1202534045" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1202288527/1202582154" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

An after school mountain biking club in Farmington, a town that's trying to diversify away from just oil and gas. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption

toggle caption
Kirk Siegler/NPR

Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1202187607/1202470922" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters about avoiding a government shutdown and launching an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, following a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

toggle caption
J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Here's How a Government Shutdown Could Impact Millions of Americans

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198908263/1202499893" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 21: Paris Hilton, Gary Vaynerchuk and Swan Sit on stage during The NFT Revolution and What It Means For Brands at the Debussy Theatre (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Cannes Lions) Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Cannes Lions hide caption

toggle caption
Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Cannes Lions

Taylor Swift watched the Kansas City Chiefs play at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. At one point she ate a snack and unknowingly set a meme in motion. David Eulitt/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
David Eulitt/Getty Images

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is leading a sweeping lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly abusing its market dominance to stifle competition. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

FTC Chair Lina Khan's lawsuit isn't about breaking up Amazon, for now

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1202205683/1202222246" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Tatyana Deryugina/Gies College of Business

The natural disaster economist

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197954148/1202158789" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan speaks to the Economic Club of New York on July 24, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Could The Big Antitrust Lawsuit End Amazon As We Know It?

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198908244/1202161911" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than 3 million vehicles due to the risk of fire in the engine compartments. Twenty-three separate models are included in the recall, including the 2011 Kia Sorento, seen above at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2009. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Jae C. Hong/AP
Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi/NPR

Chasing the American Dream at Outback Steakhouse

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197954357/1201931384" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

President Joe Biden addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at a picket line outside a General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Belleville, Michigan, on Tuesday. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

Biden On The Picket Line

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198908232/1201890005" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

This March 28, 2017, photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to settle claims that the bank enabled Epstein's sex trafficking. New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File hide caption

toggle caption
New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File

Amazon delivery trucks are parked in Richmond, Calif., on June 21. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

U.S. sues Amazon in a monopoly case that could be existential for the retail giant

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1191099421/1201849626" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript