Molly Messick

Apr 12, 2024 | npr.org | Molly Messick |Emma Peaslee

TikTok is filled with tax advice. Is any of it worth listening to? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197958760/1244490476" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> COVINGTON, KY - APRIL 8: Kathleen Malone works on tax returns at the Cincinnati Internal Revenue Service Center April 8, 2005 in Covington, Kentucky. The tax filing deadline is a week away.

Apr 2, 2024 | npr.org | Jeff Guo |Molly Messick |Emma Peaslee

Last month, Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in 17 years. That is a really big deal, because it means that one of the spookiest stories in modern economics might finally have an ending. Back in the 1980s, Japan performed something of an economic miracle. It transformed itself into the number two economy in the world. From Walkmans to Toyotas, the U.S. was awash in Japanese imports. And Japanese companies went on a spending spree. Sony bought up Columbia Pictures.

Mar 15, 2024 | npr.org | Jeff Guo |Sarah Gonzalez |James Sneed |Molly Messick

The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197958469/1238958472" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Captain Morgan, one of the largest rum brands in the world, operates a mega-distillery in St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. And this distillery is at the heart of a years-long billion-dollar conflict known as The Rum Wars.

Mar 15, 2024 | flipboard.com | Jeff Guo |Sarah Gonzalez |James Sneed |Molly Messick

7 hours agoBoeing has told airlines operating 787 Dreamliners that pilots need to check their seats as an investigation into an incident on a Latam flight continues. It comes after 50 people were hurt this week when a 787 dropped suddenly during a Latam Airlines flight. The Wall Street Journal reported that a …

Feb 16, 2024 | npr.org | Alex Mayyasi |Molly Messick |Sam Kesler

How the Navy came to protect cargo ships Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197958269/1232106015" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The cargo ship Genco Picardy was hit by a low-grade missile in the Gulf of Aden in January. In recent months, the Houthis, a tribal militant group from Yemen, have launched attacks on ships in response, they say, to Israel's war in Gaza.