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Daniel Shin

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Daniel helps produce the daily “Marketplace Tech” show and podcast, and he’s interested in tech policy and ethics.

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  • Then-FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2021.
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    Lina Khan, the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission, doesn’t believe we can trust big tech companies with our privacy as they focus on serving shareholders.

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  • With more people on the move as economies reopen, oil prices will keep going up if demand outraces supply.
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    Those two indicators are weekly jobless claims and oil prices. Unemployment claims dropped again, and crude oil prices are north of $75 per barrel, the highest since 2018. Plus, a record financial penalty for online brokerage Robinhood. Plus, as the Chinese Communist Party turns 100, how the worker-employer relationship has changed in China over the years. And, why corporations must look internally as well as externally to address social inequity.

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  • Dry, hot weather in certain parts of the U.S. and supply chain issues are to blame.
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    Dry conditions and heat in parts of the West have raised the fire risk, so some cities are canceling fireworks celebrations. And even in places that are allowing shows, like with so much else these days, there’s a supply problem. Plus, an update on COVID vaccine passports from Europe. Also, a surge in tourism for national parks and what it means for local economies. And, our “Back to Business” series takes us today to Nebraska’s largest Black-owned business and how it’s handled the pandemic.

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  • U.K. plans for closer ties to U.S. on financial services
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    From the BBC World Service: Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak says he wants to build on the $28 billion in financial services that the U.K. exports to the United States each year. We hear from Jonathan Hill, a former European Commissioner for Financial Stability who carried out a review for the British government on making the sector more competitive. Also, as China’s Communist Party turns 100, President Xi Jinping said his country’s economic and military renaissance has become irreversible. While the country has grown richer, its government has embraced private business, but with limits.

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  • Addressing inequity takes external action, like following through on financial pledges, as well as internal action, like paying attention to wage equity, recruitment and promotions.
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    Professor Ella L.J. Bell Smith of Dartmouth says companies must bring people of color into their executive pipelines and develop their abilities.

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  • A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in dense crowd spatial-temporal technology at the Horizon Robotics exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2019 in Las Vegas on January 10, 2019.
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    Thirteen different agencies confirmed they did not know the the facial recognition systems used by employees.

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  • Will Biden address antitrust concerns with an executive order?
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    There are reports the White House could be readying a big push for more competition across the U.S. economy and limits on companies that wield a lot of power. And, a closer look at stock buybacks now that the Federal Reserve has lifted pandemic restrictions on banks that curtailed shareholder payouts.

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  • Author Keith Ferrazzi says remote and hybrid work lets organizations expand who's involved in decision-making.
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    If hybrid and remote work persist as may be the case, Keith Ferrazzi has some ideas to make the meetings shorter, less frequent and much more productive. Plus, United Airlines’ massive plane order and what it says about the future of air travel. And, keeping an eye on rising oil prices and how OPEC may react in a meeting this week.

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  • For decades, countries in Africa have imported 99% of their vaccines, but the COVID pandemic is driving changes to that approach.
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    From the BBC World Service: A new United Nations report says unequal distribution of shots is one factor in the loss of trillions of dollars from the global tourism industry, especially in developing countries. For Africa, could ambitious plans to expand vaccine production in Kenya and other countries reduce the need to import shots and aid economies? Plus, why the Euronext stock exchange operator decided to move its computer servers from London to Bergamo, Italy, after Brexit.

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  • An architectural rendering of Painted Rock, a proposed development in Storey County, Nevada, where Blockchains LLC wants to establish a quasi-county government.
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    Legislators are planning to study a concept proposed by Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak that could pave the way for “innovation zones.”

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