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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about Tuesday's decision by the Federal Communication Commission to approve Cingular's acquisition of AT&T Wireless, a deal that will create the country's largest cell phone company.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the latest Conference Board study showing American workers can expect an average salary increase of 3.5 percent this year -- the same rate as last year.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about two new surveys on worker compensation that finds a jump in the number of American millionaires. The surveys also suggest merit-based pay isn't working for a lot of employers.

New reporting calls into question the agency's ability to provide any meaningful oversight of the firearms industry.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a new federal anti-piracy program called Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy, or STOP. It's a coordinated effort against a wide range of piracy, including pirated compact discs and knockoff auto parts.

NPR's Noah Adams is talking to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the decision by giant pharmaceutical firm Merck to pull its popular arthritis drug Vioxx from the world market. New data has emerged that shows an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among users of the drug.

Here are some tips for how people can handle moving between the government health plan for low-income residents and the private plans offered on the federal health law's exchanges.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, about how state health care exchanges will work now that the AHCA has failed in Congress.

Drugmakers have been criticized for cost-sharing assistance programs that encourage patients to use brand-name drugs instead of cheaper, generic alternatives. The federal government has frowned on the help, but there are expensive medicines for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis that don't have generic equivalents.

Target says it's fixed the problem that allowed credit and debit card information on as many as 40 million accounts to be stolen. It says credit card holders can continue to shop at its stores.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center, about Apple allowing some iPhone users to pay for purchases up to $1,000 in installments using Apple Pay Later.

Alex Chadwick talks with John Dimsdale of Marketplace about Microsoft's deadline for abiding by a European Commission anti-trust ruling. The software giant must comply with the ruling or face a fine of up to $5 million a day.