Alina Selyukh
Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.
Before joining NPR in October 2015, Selyukh spent five years at Reuters, where she covered tech, telecom and cybersecurity policy, campaign finance during the 2012 election cycle, health care policy and the Food and Drug Administration, and a bit of financial markets and IPOs.
Selyukh began her career in journalism at age 13, freelancing for a local television station and several newspapers in her home town of Samara in Russia. She has since reported for CNN in Moscow, ABC News in Nebraska, and NationalJournal.com in Washington, D.C. At her alma mater, Selyukh also helped in the production of a documentary for NET Television, Nebraska's PBS station.
She received a bachelor's degree in broadcasting, news-editorial and political science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Marcus was a man of second acts -- starting the home improvement chain after getting fired at age 48. After Home Depot's success made him a billionaire, he became a prolific philanthropist.
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A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. -
A man of second acts, Marcus started Home Depot after getting fired from another retailer. He then became a philanthropist, a Republican megadonor and an evangelist of capitalism. -
Shoppers complain that Starbucks isn't fancy enough — but they also say it's too expensive. The new CEO, Brian Niccol, is ordering up big changes. -
A new government rule says canceling subscriptions and memberships has to be as easy for consumers as signing up for them.
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The "click-to-cancel" rule, now finalized by the Federal Trade Commission, aims to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships. Companies argue that the agency overstepped its authority. -
America's biggest pharmacy chains are closing hundreds of stores, laying off thousands of workers and rethinking their role in our lives. -
Walgreens says about a quarter of its stores are unprofitable. Big pharmacy chains are struggling with growing retail competition and lower prescription payouts. -
Spirit Halloween has been a fixture in the seasonal market, with its huge seasonal presence and pop-up stores. We'll take a look at the operation and its move into the Christmas market.
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CVS and Walgreens are ailing. They're closing hundreds of stores, laying off thousands of workers and rethinking their role in our lives.
