Business and Economic News

New York Times retracts hit podcast series 'Caliphate' on ISIS executioner
After an internal review, The New York Times now says it built the 2018 podcast Caliphate on a story it cannot vouch for. It says star reporter Rukmini Callimachi will no longer cover terrorism.
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread
Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas. That's despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in coronavirus cases.
Congress averts shutdown; fight continues over pandemic aid
The hoped-for agreement would provide more than $300 billion in aid to businesses, a $300-per-week bonus federal jobless benefit, and $600 direct payments to individuals.
Ask a Bookseller: Let’s talk about money
Chuck Neal of Chapters Bookstore in Miami, Okla., recommended a nonfiction title on a ubiquitous topic this week: “Money: the True Story of a Made-up Thing,” by Jacob Goldstein of NPR’s Planet Money.
Minnesota bars' licenses suspended for defying restrictions
Attorney General Keith Ellison is seeking to enforce a closure order and penalize businesses that flouted restrictions from Gov. Tim Walz. They also face the loss of their liquor licenses.
Analysis: Are restaurants and bars feeding Minnesota's COVID-19 spread?
Bar and restaurant owners say their COVID-19 numbers don’t justify Gov. Tim Walz’s ban on indoor dining. MPR News data reporter David Montgomery took a deep dive into the limited, available data. Here’s what he found.
Bars and restaurants fume at continued indoor dining ban; some pledge to defy order
Many restaurateurs and bar owners are worried their businesses won’t be able to survive at least another three weeks of restrictions on indoor service. Meanwhile, about 100 hospitality businesses have pledged to defy the governor’s order to remain closed.
The annual economy year-in-review with Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston
Economist Louis Johnston and MPR’s Chris Farrell size up the economy at year’s end and look to the future in the annual program hosted by MPR’s Gary Eichten.