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News Articles: Business

The container ship Marius sails toward the Talmadge Memorial Bridge en route to the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal on Feb. 20, 2023.

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  • Business

Georgia ports head touts East Coast-leading growth, avoids tariff talk in annual 'State of the Port'

The Port of Savannah led year-over-year growth among all East and Gulf Coast ports in 2024.

February 26, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced his retirement on Wednesday. He has been at NPR since 2010.

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  • Media

NPR's chief diversity officer to retire, with DEI in the political spotlight

Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced he'll retire after a 46-year career in journalism and 15 years at NPR, as the issue he has championed takes center stage in political discourse.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Elon Musk, who oversees the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, wears a shirt that says "Tech Support" as he speaks during President Trump's Cabinet meeting Wednesday at the White House.

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  • Analysis

A pattern emerges in Elon Musk's federal shakeup: 'Break first, ask questions later'

Five weeks in, there's an emerging pattern in how the Trump administration moves to target federal employees. And it begins with Elon Musk bringing in tactics he's employed at his various businesses.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Consumer confidence tumbled in February, as Americans wrestled with stubborn inflation and the looming threat of more import taxes. Egg prices jumped more than 15% last month, as avian flu continued to weigh on the nation's laying hens.

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  • Economy

Consumer confidence falls the most since 2021 over fears about inflation and tariffs

A report from the Conference Board shows Americans are increasingly worried about inflation, driven in part by President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on imports.

February 26, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
President Trump.

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  • Business

From tariffs to spending, rounding up the Trump administration's econ-related actions

Since taking office in late January, the Trump administration has been working at a galloping pace to reshape the government and economy. We have been doing our best to keep up and keep you informed.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Planet Money staff
The Merit Systems Protection Board is the independent, quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in labor disputes brought by federal employees.

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  • Politics

6 federal workers get their jobs back in 1st successful challenge to Trump's firings

The Merit Systems Protection Board, the quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in federal employee labor disputes, has ordered a stay in the firing of six probationary employees.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025.

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  • Analysis

Trump White House seeks tighter grip on message with new limits on press

In the White House briefing room Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its latest steps to tighten its grip on the message it sends out and the news coverage it receives.

February 26, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik

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  • News

Ricky Smith named new general manager of Atlanta airport

Mayor Andre Dickens announced Ricky Smith as the new general manager of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport beginning April 2. 

February 26, 2025
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
Tax day is April 15th. We posed six common tax questions to New York-based tax attorneys Hana Borochov and Leo Gabovich.

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  • Your Money

What if I'm missing a form? Attorneys answer tax questions from NPR's audience

We asked our listeners to send us their most befuddling questions about the 2025 tax season. What if you can't pay your tax bill? How good is online tax software? Two tax attorneys weigh in.

February 26, 2025
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  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Malaka Gharib
Vehicles travel along Interstate 35 on July 26, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Home Page Top Stories

Tell us your story about car insurance premiums

Car insurance premiums have been soaring. NPR wants to hear about what you've experienced in your premium costs, and why.

February 25, 2025
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  • Robert Benincasa
A customer shops in a Joann store in Miami on Feb. 13. The retailer announced last month that it is going out of business and closing its roughly 800 stores across the U.S.

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  • Business

Fabric giant Joann is going out of business and closing all of its 800 stores

The crafts retailer formerly known as Jo-Ann Fabrics had been struggling financially for several years following a DIY-driven uptick in sales during the early days of the pandemic.

February 25, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A Tesla Cybertruck at a Tesla dealership on Dec. 20 in Corte Madera, California. A State Department procurement document suggested the Trump administration planned to buy $400 million worth of Tesla vehicles to transport diplomats. The administration now says no such purchase is planned.

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  • Technology

A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal

The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Protesters rally outside of the headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Federal watchdog agency intervenes in Trump's purge of probationary employees

U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily reinstate six federal employees fired from their jobs and is considering ways to seek relief for others.

February 24, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
The Trump administration has blocked the Associated Press from covering several of the president's events because it continues to refer to the body of water between Mexico and Florida as the Gulf of Mexico. Under President Trump's direction, the U.S. has renamed it the Gulf of America.

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  • Media

Court ruling lets White House ban on the Associated Press continue, for now

The Trump administration may continue — for now — to keep the AP from covering key events. A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order on Monday.

February 24, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Mike Macans stands for a portrait outside of his home in Anchorage, Alaska, on Feb. 23, 2025. Macans served in the U.S. Army for five years and was most recently working as a disaster recovery coordinator for the Small Business Administration. He was officially terminated from his job on Feb. 11, 2025.

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  • Politics

Fired in Trump's chaotic purge, an Army vet says he's never felt more betrayed

Mike Macans is one of an unknown number of Small Business Administration employees who were fired, unfired and fired again as part of the Trump administration's deep cuts to the federal workforce.

February 24, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
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