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Rob Wile

Breaking Business News Reporter

I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist covering breaking business stories for NBCNews.com, with a focus on writing for everyday consumers and ensuring online coverage of major business events. Day to day, I am responsible for writing about inflation reports, recalls, corporate announcements and consumer-focused government announcements, including regulations and enforcements. I also write features and explainers on a wide array of topics — everything from Disney’s conflict with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the recent settlement with the National Association of Realtors that will change how homebuyers pay brokers, to the business of the WNBA.

I am a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist covering breaking business stories for NBCNews.com, with a focus on writing for everyday consumers and ensuring online coverage of major business events. Day to day, I am responsible for writing about inflation reports, recalls, corporate announcements and consumer-focused government announcements, including regulations and enforcements. I also write features and explainers on a wide array of topics — everything from Disney’s conflict with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the recent settlement with the National Association of Realtors that will change how homebuyers pay brokers, to the business of the WNBA.


Latest from Rob Wile

Chase Bank is referring check fraud 'glitch' incidents to authorities

Chase Bank said it was reviewing incidents of individuals who may have participated in an online check fraud "glitch" trend and referring them to law enforcement authorities.
9h ago

Friday's job report underscores the severity of America's child care crisis

Friday’s job report showed unmistakable signs of a weakening labor market.
13h ago

U.S. economy adds 142,000 jobs, unemployment ticks down slightly

The U.S. economy added 142,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday, fresh data that does little to assuage concerns about a slowdown in an otherwise solid labor market.

Biden preparing to block U.S. Steel sale to Japanese company

President Biden is preparing to announce that he will formally block Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S., sources tell NBC News.

How Nvidia doubled earnings, lost almost $300 billion in value and shook the stock market

It’s been described as the most important company in the world at the moment.
2d ago

Here's how the economy is doing in the handful of counties that could decide the election

Like the nation as a whole, the economic fortunes of the counties poised to decide November’s election are starting to show early signs of distress.
3d ago

The latest hiccup in Trump's crypto launch: Deleted posts and a hacking claim

The X accounts of two family members of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared to have been hacked on Tuesday in order to promote a scam aimed at cashing in on the Trump family’s nascent crypto venture.

Bitcoin ATM scams are soaring — and older adults are increasingly the victims

The FTC said reported losses from Bitcoin ATM fraud topped $110 million last year, as scammers lure victims to send them large sums through the crypto kiosks.
8d ago

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov charged by French prosecutors

Telegram's CEO and founder Pavel Durov had been in French custody since Saturday evening.
8d ago

Harris plans to tax unrealized stock gains — but only for people worth $100 million

Vice President Kamala Harris' endorsement of a Biden administration plan that includes a tax on stock holdings that have grown in value has emerged in recent weeks as a talking point among conservative pundits and Trump supporters who argue it amounts to socialism or even communism.
9d ago

The U.S. economy grew 3% in the second quarter — faster than initially thought

The U.S. economy grew faster in the second quarter of 2024 than first reported, suggesting there was little sign of a slowdown through the first six months of the year.