Daniel Shin

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• Oct 26, 2021

  Unpacking the HR mistakes that flipped over the lives of some Amazon workers

  

  Also, Tesla has now become a trillion-dollar company after rental car company Hertz ordered up 100,000 Teslas to add to its fleet.

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• Oct 26, 2021

  The Treasury Secretary’s late-night video call to China

  

  From the BBC World Service: Janet Yellen had a “frank” conversation about economics and trade with China’s Vice Premier Liu He, who laid bare Chinese concerns over U..S tariffs and treatment of Chinese companies. Plus, Australia – one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel exporters – pledges to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. And, with international funds to Afghanistan frozen since the Taliban took over in August, we hear about crippling food shortages and other challenges facing people in the country.

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• Oct 26, 2021

  The FCC is poised to expand tribal broadband. It’s acutely needed.

  

  Tribal libraries can be key for using the internet in broadband-scarce communities, but due to a narrow definition of “library,” many have been left out.

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• Oct 25, 2021

  How the FCC can better serve Indigenous communities with faster internet

  

  There’s a program called “E-Rate” that subsidizes broadband data connections for schools and libraries. But libraries on tribal lands were excluded. Also, we’ll get yet another wave of signs about where the economy is headed (and where it’s most recently been) from profit and revenue reports for companies like Apple, Ford and General Electric — as well as the latest calculation of U.S. economic growth for Q3. And, AMC movie theaters are rolling out open captioning for those with hearing loss.

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• Oct 25, 2021

  Discussing a new tax for the richest billionaires

  

  Democrats in Congress are looking for new ways to fund a spending plan for increasing social benefits and fighting climate change. In the face of opposition to raising the corporate tax rate, Democrats are pivoting to a plan that would require billionaires to pay taxes on the increased value of assets such as stocks on an annual basis, regardless of whether they sell those assets. Also today: We look at the argument for why businesses should be interested in a four-day workweek for their employees.

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• Oct 25, 2021

  U.N. warns millions in Afghanistan could face starvation this winter

  

  From the BBC World Service: Estimates from the U.N. World Food Program say more than half of the Afghan population will face acute food insecurity unless urgent action is taken. Plus, profits at HSBC, one of Europe’s biggest banks, rocket as worries fade about bad loans driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. And, how celebrity culture in China can present a problem for big brands.

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• Oct 25, 2021

  Why more employers and businesses are considering the 4-day workweek

  

  Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell joins us to discuss whether the four-day workweek could stick.

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• Oct 25, 2021

  NASA’s data is headed for the cloud

  

  NASA’s earth science archive stores about 40 petabytes of data and is growing. It’s a challenge to find a place to put it all.

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• Oct 22, 2021

  $3 trillion in excess savings is ready to be unleashed. What does that mean for the economy?

  

  Also today: We look into how inflation has been rising all over the world, as the BBC checks in on how inflation could hit 5% in the next few months. U.S. financial regulators this week said climate change is a threat to the nation’s financial stability in a report. The report comes days before the U.N. conference on climate change.

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• Oct 22, 2021

  Amazon warehouse workers make another union push, this time in NYC

  

  Also today: We look at the challenges facing people looking to buy a home, as builders struggle with supplies. New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows the ripple effects of SNAP benefits in rural communities.

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