After years of overfishing, the commercial and recreational fishing industries will split the catch 50-50 in 2025.
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Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.
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Carowinds has laid off an undisclosed number of employees. The Charlotte Observer reports layoffs came after parent company Six Flags Entertainment announced this month that it would be reducing its full-time staff systemwide by over 10%.
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Advocates are speaking out against North Carolina’s first Buc-ee’s. They say the new store in Mebane could create environmental and health concerns.
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Would-be homebuyers are finding lots of reasons to wait.
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A 90-day pause on triple-digit U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods has left exporters and importers in a high state of uncertainty. Factory owners in China tell NPR that orders are down overall.
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Gov. Josh Stein said Monday that Daimler Truck Financial Services will move its North American headquarters to Ballantyne. Stein said the headquarters move will bring 276 new jobs to Charlotte, consolidating positions in Michigan and Texas.
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NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
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"I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.
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Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.
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President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc.
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It's a working-class staple. And it could be priced out of the market by government efforts to make bakeries change from wood-fired ovens to other fuels to curb air pollution.
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President Trump rattled markets again Friday with new tariff threats. The president is calling for high taxes on imported iPhones and goods from Europe.
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