The tech company says the move is expected to make it Austin's largest private employer. The city already has more Apple employees than anywhere else outside the company's headquarters in California.
Autonomous vehicles could be the "most disruptive technology to hit society worldwide since the advent of the motor car," says former New York City traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Wessel, Director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, about the recent market activity and what to expect heading into the new week.
The Nevada controller’s office says tax breaks used to attract Tesla, Apple and other corporate entities to the state have cost public schools more than $108 million in the past 2 years.
Ignoring pressure from President Trump to keep the oil flowing, OPEC, Russia and other producers have agreed to cut production. They hope to stem a 30 percent drop in oil prices in recent weeks.
Our industrial food system is doing serious damage to our planet and food waste is a rampant problem. Tristram Stuart offers one strategy to combat food waste: cook scraps and feed them to livestock.
We're often told that economic growth is good, but Kate Raworth says our addiction to growth is destroying the planet. To thrive in the 21st century, she says we need a new circular economic system.
The arrest and possible extradition of a Chinese business executive highlights trade practices that national security adviser Bolton says will be a major focus of U.S.-China trade talks.
Private analysts forecast that the U.S. unemployment rate remained at a nearly 50-year low of 3.7 percent in November and that the economy added 190,000 jobs. That's below October's gain of 250,000.
'The Lancet' looks at everything from the potential spread of infectious diseases to the impact on the economy of the country where migrants and refugees have arrived.
U.S. stock markets plunged again Thursday after a Chinese technology executive was arrested in Canada, escalating U.S.-China tensions. The Dow's dive followed a fall of 799 points Tuesday.
Canadian authorities have arrested Meng Wanzhou, the company's CFO and daughter of its founder, at the request of the U.S. And Chinese officials have made quite clear they're not happy about it.
There's a number you could call the most important number for the economy. It's the Federal Reserve's inflation target. The story of how it came to be is a bit random, and begins in New Zealand.
The bond market is worried the trade war, slowing global growth and a drop in oil prices are signs the economy is slowing and may be heading for a recession. Nervousness spilled over into stocks too.
China and the U.S. have until the end of March to come up with an agreement that would allow them to avoid a further escalation of the trade war. Neither side has been able to agree on an agenda.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former China trade negotiator Amy Celico about the outcome of the meeting between President Trump and China's President Xi over U.S. and China trade tariffs.
Qatar made the announcement early Monday — the same day it informed OPEC it is withdrawing from the group. The country says it wants to focus on producing natural gas.
The two economic superpowers said they would return to negotiations. Steve Inskeep talks to White House adviser Peter Navarro. NPR's Scott Horsley weighs in on the conversation.
Steve Inskeep talks to Erin Ennis, senior vice president of the U.S.-China Business Council, about the U.S. and China reaching a temporary truce in the ongoing trade war launched earlier this year.
Virginia farmer John Wesley Boyd grows soybeans, and right now he has too many of them. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with him about what he believes is the impact of the U.S. trade war with China.
The deal pauses a tariff increase that had been planned to take effect New Year's Day. President Trump called the meeting with China's president "amazing and productive."
