Search results for

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports from New York on how high fashion is surviving in the world of business. Three conglomerates dominate the fashion world, and that can make life extremely difficult for independent designers.

An industry trade group reported that manufacturing activity in the U.S. fell in July for the 12th straight month. In California's Silicon Valley, big companies that helped create the high-tech boom are shedding thousands of jobs.

NPR's David Welna reports from Capitol Hill on the reaction of some members of Congress to President Bush's speech giving Saddam an ultimatum.

NASA chief Sean O'Keefe tells Congress that while the shuttle fleet is grounded, the agency plans to keep the International Space Station running with the help of Russian spacecraft. NPR's Joe Palca reports.

NPR's Vicki O'Hara reports on the day's events at the United Nations where the U.S. and Britain seek support in the Security Council for a resolution setting a deadline for Iraq disarmament.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Baghdad that Iraqi officials are defiantly rejecting President Bush's demand that Saddam Hussein and his sons go into exile to avert war.

Tribes are an integral part of the social and political fabric in Iraq. Saddam Hussein courted the sheikhs of the major tribes, and gained support. Will the American interim government be able to do the same? NPR's Jacki Northam has a report.

In the second of a three-part series, Laura Sydell reports on how changes in FCC regulations might impact the communities that broadcasters are serving.

Two years ago, NPR's John Ydstie went to Scranton, Pa., to report on the closing of a picture-tube plant. Now a three-part Morning Edition series follows the effects of the plant's move to Mexico on former employees in Scranton and on new workers in Mexicali.

NPR's Don Gonyea traveled with President Bush in Wisconsin and reports on how the White House is dealing with the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.