The Italian candy company Ferrero plans to buy the American cereal maker Kellogg for $3.1 billion, the companies announced ...

Amazon Prime Day is underway this week, and it's actually four days long. This year, it offers a gut check on the state of selling — and shopping — as President Trump's tariffs loom.

Many small businesses are online now, but so are cyber criminals trying to take advantage. On today's show, how one bar owner fell victim to a Facebook scam and if big tech could do more to protect ...

President Trump defended former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting an attempted coup following his loss in the 2022 election.

The most recent Texas Legislature handed Elon Musk or his companies' representatives and lobbyists some big political wins, including 10 new laws that could benefit his growing business footprint.

One deployment recently touted by the governor is a chatbot from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, ...

On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

Gas prices are rising, but they’re not hitting the skyrocketing high costs some are estimating. A UC Berkeley energy economist explains why certain estimates are unrealistic.

Two men in a Cleveland bar foster an unlikely friendship as they find themselves bonding over their admiration of hometown ...

President Trump has announced — but postponed the effective date for — higher tariffs once again. Here's what to know about the latest on his tariff policy.

NPR's A Martínez talks with Jay Foreman, CEO of Basic Fun!, the company behind Tonka and Care Bears, about how President Trump's latest tariff decisions are impacting business.

Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate, Simon Johnson, says that influence has been there ...