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Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she covers retail, low-wage work, big brands and other aspects of the consumer economy. Her work has been recognized by the Gracie Awards, the National Headliner Award and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Before joining NPR in 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.

Previously, Selyukh reported for CNN in Moscow, ABC News in Nebraska, and NationalJournal.com in Washington, D.C. At her alma mater, she helped in the production of a documentary for NET Television, Nebraska's PBS station. Selyukh began her career in journalism at age 13, freelancing for a local TV station and several newspapers in her home town of Samara in Russia.

She received a bachelor's degree in broadcasting, news-editorial and political science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Bonnie Boop is now a people lead at Walmart in Huntsville, Ala. She received college credit for a company training program, graduating with a bachelor's degree last year. Andi Rice for NPR/Andi Rice for NPR hide caption

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College credit for job experience

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Friday

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaks at an event unveiling the Kindle 2.0 in 2009. Bezos founded the company in his Bellevue, Wash. garage 30 years ago on July 5, 1995. Mario Tama/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Amazon is 30. Here's how a book store gobbled up all of e-commerce

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Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls leads a pro-union march in New York City in 2022. Workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to unionize that year, but they've since struggled to negotiate a contract with the company. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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How Red Lobster got cooked and other indicators

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Justice Department sues concert ticket behemoth Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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Monday

Red Lobster files for bankruptcy after missteps, including all-you-can-eat shrimp

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This Red Lobster in Maryland was among dozens of locations that closed abruptly ahead of the restaurant's bankruptcy filing. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption

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Red Lobster files for bankruptcy after missteps including all-you-can-eat shrimp

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Monday

More hotels are catering to the 'bleisure' — business and leisure — traveler

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Vinay Patel, head of Fairbrook Hotels, owns 11 hotels around Virginia. Amar Patel/Courtesy of Vinay Patel hide caption

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With 'bleisure' and fewer workers, the American hotel is in recovery

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Sunday

People say they worry about inflation. Their restaurant spending might show otherwise

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Broadband firms must publish all the fees and specifics of their internet plans

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Wednesday

The first Amazon Fresh grocery store in London opened in 2021. The company is replacing its "Just Walk Out" technology at U.S. stores with smart shopping carts, but leaving it in the U.K. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Fast-food workers rally for health and safety protections near a McDonald's in Los Angeles, in 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Half a million California workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting today

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A McDonald's worker hands food to a customer at a drive-thru window in Los Angeles, on Sept. 28. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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California fast-food workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting Monday

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Some big retailers reverse course and scale back their use of self-checkout

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