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The business of second chances

by Kai Ryssdal and Liz Sanchez
Apr 8, 2019
When a business files for bankruptcy in today's economy, what happens?
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Bernie Sanders wants to tax companies whose workers rely on public assistance

by Jed Kim
Sep 6, 2018
His bill is called the "Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies," or "Stop BEZOS" Act.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (C) pauses during a news conference at the Capitol March 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.  
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Venture capitalism: Investing today in the companies of tomorrow

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 29, 2018
"We are looking at companies and technology well before everyone else recognizes what it is and where it's going," Ann Miura-Ko says.
“You'll find actually great entrepreneurs out there ... who don't fit the exact profile that everyone believes is the great startup founder,” says Ann Miura-Ko, co-founding partner of Floodgate. Above, she speaks at the 2018 Makers Conference in Los Angeles.
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President Trump wants companies to report earnings less often. Good idea?

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 17, 2018
There’s a dance called earnings season that happens in the corporate world every three months. Public companies are required to open their books and add up all those debits and credits so that investors, analysts, and the media can comb through their financial statements. President Donald Trump on Friday said he’s asked the Securities and […]
US President Donald Trump, center, hosts a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Aug. 16, 2018 in Washington, DC. 
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Even with a strong labor market, workers who are underemployed still looking for full-time work

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 6, 2018
One employment measure that still hasn’t fully rebounded from the Great Recession is underemployment — people working part-time because they can’t find full-time work. It’s still about 20 percent higher than it was in the mid-2000s. Businesses are offering a variety of work options to attract those employees … like work from home opportunities or […]
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Trying to squeeze through the pass-through loophole

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 5, 2018
Small businesses known as pass-throughs get a new deduction under the tax bill.
The deadline for filing taxes is approaching, but some people are already thinking the 2018 tax year.
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How businesses use your Facebook data

by Kimberly Adams and Eliza Mills
Mar 23, 2018
The platform's data is a treasure trove for companies.
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Someone probably owns most of the things you say

by Janet Nguyen and David Brancaccio
Feb 15, 2018
And that's a problem for people naming new businesses.
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Do human billboards actually bring in customers?

by Janet Nguyen
Aug 25, 2017
We look at why companies continue to invest in them.
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What's causing the collapse of black-owned businesses?

by Kimberly Adams
Apr 14, 2017
There's been a decline over the past 30 years.
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama. Black-owned businesses helped finance aspects of the civil rights movement, like the Selma to Montgomery march.
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