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Canada and Mexico unite on trade
From the BBC World Service: We'll start today in Mexico, where trade talks have taken place between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who agreed to deepen t…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Why home insurance premiums are climbing
This week, J.D. Power reported that nearly half of all homeowners saw home insurance premiums go up in the last year. It's just one of the pressures squeezing prospective buyers. A major culprit behi…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
How can we describe Trump's economic interventions?
There's a long list of actions the Trump administration has taken in this economy: calling for the removal of Intel's CEO, then purchasing a nearly 10% stake in that company; special exemptions to ta…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Anti-austerity strikes erupt across France
From the BBC World Service: In France, 800,000 people are expected to participate in a day of protests and strikes across the country to rally against planned budget cuts. Plus, Brazilian President L…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
The prospect of yet another government shutdown
Lawmakers have until the end of the month to agree on legislation to fund federal agencies for the coming year. If they can’t do that, the government closes its doors. Just how likely is a shutdown? …
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Mortgage rates already have a Fed rate cut baked in
Later today, we’ll get a sense of where mortgage interest rates are right now from the Mortgage Bankers Association. And we’ll learn whether Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates and by how…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Microsoft invests billions in the U.K.
From the BBC World Service: Microsoft has announced a $30 billion investment in the U.K.'s artificial intelligence sector, its largest outside of the U.S. The announcement was timed to coincide with …
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Are companies oversharing?
Public companies report their earnings every three months, giving investors and the public regular snapshots of how business is going. But President Trump wants to see fewer of those reports. In a so…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Is there such a thing as too much transparency?
On Monday, President Trump said public companies should no longer report quarterly earnings. Instead, he suggested corporations report just twice a year. Trump isn't the first to suggest a pared-down…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago