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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 23, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A bad year for Wall Street gets even worse, as stock markets finish September down
Bed Bath & Beyond is working on yet another turnaround after a series of crises and missteps. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images hide caption
Boeing will pay $200 million to settle SEC charges over 737 Max crashes
Both home prices and the pace of home sales are falling nationally as higher mortgage rates cool off the market. tommy/Getty Images hide caption
Home prices see biggest drop in 9 years, thanks to higher mortgage rates
Vehicles drive past a sign on the 110 Freeway warning of extreme heat and urging energy conservation during a heat wave in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 2. Soaring electricity bills are pinching many household budgets across the country even as gasoline prices have come down. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 5. The IRS got $80 billion in new funding as part of the climate and health care bill passed by Congress on Friday. Most of that money will be used to target wealthier tax evaders. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The IRS just got $80 billion to beef up. A big goal? Going after rich tax dodgers
People shop for school supplies at a Target store in Miami, Fla., on July 27. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
Binders, backpacks... and inflation are on this year's back-to-school shopping list
Netflix reports that it lost nearly 1 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2022, but that was better than the 2 million it had forecast. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a meeting in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday. She spoke to Morning Edition about some of the initiatives she's been promoting on her trip overseas. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images hide caption
Yellen believes U.S. will get on board with global minimum corporate tax — eventually
Contractors work on the roof of a house under construction in Louisville, Ky. A new study shows the U.S. is 3.8 million homes short of meeting housing needs. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
There's a massive housing shortage across the U.S. Here's how bad it is where you live
Google announced that it would delete location data showing when people visit abortion providers, but privacy experts, and some Google employees, want the company to do more to safeguard data. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Privacy advocates fear Google will be used to prosecute abortion seekers
As economy cools, scattered layoffs put an end to dream jobs for some workers
Job cuts are rolling in. Here's who is feeling the most pain so far
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the head of Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service, Yury Chikhanchin, at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption
What's happening with Russia's 1st default on foreign debt in a century
A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. A new report says the technology's security is vulnerable. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering, a DARPA analysis finds
Facebook parent company Meta releases new parental controls for Instagram
The baby-formula shortage has led some to question why the U.S. doesn't provide more support for breastfeeding. Here, a woman breastfeeds her son outside New York City Hall during a 2014 rally to support breastfeeding in public. Andrew Burton/Getty Images hide caption
The baby formula shortage is prompting calls to increase support for breastfeeding
Federal regulators on Wednesday announced a settlement with Twitter over the use of user privacy. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Twitter will pay a $150 million fine over accusations it improperly sold user data
Workers walk to cast their votes over whether or not to unionize, at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island on March 25, 2022. Another Amazon warehouse across the street began voting on a union on Monday. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints
Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, pauses while walking with supporters as they march at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York on Oct. 25, 2021. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption