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Healthcare.gov accepts any insurance plan on its marketplace that complies with minimum standards. It's now considering strengthening those standards, and it's looking to California to see how.

UnitedHealthcare's request to be included in Covered California ran afoul of a policy that penalizes insurers that chose not to join the statewide exchange when it opened in 2014.

What you pay for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces varies widely based on where you live. Steve Inskeep talks to Jordan Rau, senior correspondent with Kaiser Health News, about the 10 cheapest health care markets, the 10 most expensive and what may behind the price differences.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a U.S. Commerce Department report showing an unexpected drop in retail sales in June.

Technology contributor Mario Armstrong talks with Farai Chideya about how the Internet can help with real estate transactions. Mario also covers technology for Baltimore-area NPR member stations WYPR and WEAA.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about how a rise in the prime interest rate hasn't yet translated into higher loan rates for most U.S. consumers.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the rise in the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the last quarter, and also the big oil deal between Conoco-Phillips and the Russian oil company Lukoil.

People are paying for blenders, shirts and even groceries in installments. New research suggests this encourages people to overspend.

Weeks after the online health insurance marketplaces opened, people are struggling to buy coverage. Mississippi and Alaska are depending on the federal government for their sites, and they haven't managed to sign up many people. California and Oregon built their own exchanges, but even those sites are having problems.

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A group calling itself Krause House DAO, named after the late Chicago Bulls general manager, Jerry Krause, has raised $4 million with the long-shot goal of trying to buy an NBA sports franchise.

Nearly simultaneous bomb blasts in New Delhi on Saturday night kill more than 50 people and left nearly 200 injured. Also, a train wreck in southern India killed about 110 people.