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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.

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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.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Rob Wile

12h ago

Bezos-backed Slate Auto unveils affordable EV truck

Slate Auto, a firm backed in part by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is unveiling a low-cost electric truck that can also change into an SUV.

Companies are ramping up warnings about the effects tariffs may have on bottom lines — and consumers

The impact from tariffs has so far been most immediately felt in financial markets, with stocks erasing nearly a year’s worth of gains amid fears of an economic growth slowdown or outright recession.

Tariff timeline: How Trump turned global trade into an economic battlefield

Trump has praised tariffs as a fix for economic issues, but their erratic rollout and shifting reasons have worried investors. See a timeline of the president’s trade rhetoric.

Trading partners play hardball as Trump administration digs in on tariffs

The Trump administration's latest efforts to soften its trade stance amid a market rebellion are running into a harsh reality: Other nations do not yet appear willing to negotiate.
3d ago

Markets close higher — but see bigger gains evaporate — as the Trump administration signals softer trade stance

U.S. stocks ended the day higher Wednesday — but saw earlier gains evaporate as investors measured White House officials' softening tariff and trade stance against hard-line postures from other countries.

Musk says time commitment to DOGE will 'drop significantly' as focus returns to Tesla

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that he will begin dedicating more time to Tesla and less to his work with the Trump administration starting next month, providing a relief to Tesla investors fed up with his political work and signaling a possible shift in power at the White House.

It's Elon Musk's turn for a 'fork in the road' as Tesla faces Wall Street scrutiny

It might be time for Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s own fork in the road.
4d ago

S&P 500 tumble as Trump ratchets up his attacks on Fed Chair Powell

U.S. stocks tumbled and bonds sold off Monday after President Donald Trump lobbed new insults at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, pressuring him to cut interest rates while markets are already contending with shocks from his tariff policy.
7d ago

Christmas is in the crosshairs as toy industry faces brunt of China tariffs

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are threatening to put a crimp in Christmas.

As international tourists pull back on U.S. travel and purchases, $90 billion in lost revenue looms

For international tourists, traveling to the United States is looking less inviting these days.

Stocks tumble anew as Nvidia and Powell raise alarms over trade policies

A series of fresh trade warnings barreled into Wall Street on Wednesday, pushing down the three major U.S. stock indexes in the latest sign of turbulence from White House policies.
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