Jun 12, 2018

The $85 billion AT&T-Time Warner merger has the green light

President Donald Trump vowed back in 2016 that his presidency would block the mega-merger between AT&T and Time Warner. Today, a federal judge decided otherwise. We'll talk about how we got here and what happens next. Plus, in light of the historic summit in Singapore and the Fed meeting today and tomorrow, we'll put the American and North Korean economies in context.

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How the energy boom shaped a small town in rural America

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar

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About a decade ago, some in this country saw fracking as the solution to decades of economic decline. But others were determined to stop it.

A Consol Energy horizontal gas drilling rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in 2012.

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Four things to know about the North Korea economy

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Jun 12, 2018

There’s a state-run economy, where the state employs people and sends everyone official rations, and the underground economy.

Portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on the April 25 Palace, the venue of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang in 2016.

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President Donald Trump vowed back in 2016 that his presidency would block the mega-merger between AT&T and Time Warner. Today, a federal judge decided otherwise. We’ll talk about how we got here and what happens next. Plus, in light of the historic summit in Singapore and the Fed meeting today and tomorrow, we’ll put the American and North Korean economies in context.