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Back to SearchGermany's chancellor goes to China to talk trade
From the BBC World Service: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says there is a great opportunity to develop ties with China following a meeting with it…
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AI meets the search for a BA
As teenagers decide whether to go college, and where, more of them are turning to artificial intelligence to help make that decision. According to a …
1 week, 3 days ago
"We're trying to control what we can control": A Fed president reflects
Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank since 2017, will step down from his post this week. “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal spok…
1 week, 4 days ago
Sled hockey's Declan Farmer makes us smart about the Winter Paralympics
Want more of the Winter Games? We have good news for you: The Winter Paralympics kick off in Milan next week. On today’s show, three-time Paralympic …
1 week, 4 days ago
The link between immigration and longer life
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research spotlights how immigrants may be shaping the health and mortality rates of older Am…
1 week, 4 days ago
AI anxieties and market tumbles
Wall Street is looking to recover after yesterday's big stock market drop. Part of it was due to tariff uncertainty, but part of it was also due to a…
1 week, 4 days ago
Tallying the cost of the Russia-Ukraine war, four years on
From the BBC World Service: Exactly four years ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of troops have been kil…
1 week, 4 days ago
Burning Questions: The EPA repealed the endangerment finding. Who are the economic winners and losers?
Earlier this month the Trump administration revoked the endangerment finding, which gave the federal government a legal basis for regulating greenhou…
1 week, 4 days ago
Here's how to prep for a job interview with AI
Imagine you're getting ready for a job interview. What do you do to prepare? You may have your sibling do a mock interview. You might also panic-buy …
1 week, 4 days ago
Let's talk about the new Trump tariff
In response to the SCOTUS decision overturning most of President Trump’s tariffs, the White House announced a new, sweeping tariff of 15% worldwide o…
1 week, 5 days ago