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  • Jul 14, 2022

    Flight attendants are feeling the heat of pent-up demand and a cancellation-filled summer

    "You're not really fully compensated when a flight is diverted, you're taken off your schedule, and you get home 12, 24 hours later," says Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants.
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    Commuting expenses and training backlogs are just some of the problems compounding staffing shortages, union leader says.

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  • Jul 13, 2022

    A June boom for inflation: Consumer price index comes in hot at 9.1%

    A June boom for inflation: Consumer price index comes in hot at 9.1%
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    Susan Schmidt of Aviva Investors joins us to discuss the markets shortly after the June consumer price index came in higher than expected. Contingencies are making a comeback in the housing market. A study shows that people left big cities in record numbers during the pandemic.

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  • Jul 13, 2022

    How inflation heightens food insecurity for members of the U.S. military

    Food insecurity rates across counties reached 14.7 percent in 2014.
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    Inflation has affected everyone, but it’s been been especially damaging for low-income members of the U.S. military, as many of them are also struggling with access to food. In keeping track of the falling euro, we discuss how the weakened currency affects the U.S. companies that export goods to Europe.

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  • Jul 13, 2022

    Sri Lanka’s president has fled. Protesters don’t like his replacement.

    Demonstrators take part in an anti-government protest outside the office of Sri Lanka's prime minister in Colombo on July 13, 2022. - Sri Lankan police fire tear gas to hold back thousands of demonstrators mobbing the premier's office in Colombo on July 13, AFP reporters at the scene saw. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Thousands of Sri Lankans have tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe after he became interim president of the country. Russian and Ukrainian delegations are in Turkey to discuss ways to get millions of tons of grain exported from Ukraine. We hear how Nigeria is working to plant more coconuts in an effort to cut its reliance on imports.

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  • Jul 12, 2022

    First, it was winter. Now, it’s a cruel summer testing the Texas power grid.

    Experts say the U.S. needs significant investment in energy infrastructure to avert further climate change and avoid power grid failures like the one seen in Texas last week.
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    The operator of the Texas power grid is asking people to not run their air conditioners as much in the face of blazing summer heat. Jeffrey Cleveland of Payden & Rygel joins us to discuss the state of the markets and where the Fed plans to take interest rates. Inflation and other factors haven’t stopped businesses popping up in rural parts of the country.

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  • Jul 12, 2022

    It might be time to talk about inflation with the kids

    It's essential to speak to your kids about money, according to experts.
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    With our friends from “Million Bazillion,” we discuss why talking to kids about money should be a regular thing. We’ve entered the window of time for the reporting of second quarter earnings, but the specter of inflation has cast a shadow over companies’ expected profit numbers. Unpaid medical debts are about to stop weighing down credit reports. 

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  • Jul 12, 2022

    Euro plunges to near-parity with U.S. dollar

    The energy situation in Europe, given its dependence on Russia, and the labor market forces are different from what we're seeing in the U.S.
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    From the BBC World Service: For the first time since 2002, the Euro and the dollar are flirting with parity. Russia has taken the Nord Stream 1 pipeline offline for routine maintenance, and today Norway is reducing the supply of natural gas sends to Europe because of an incident at one of its gas fields. The gas fields of the Netherlands are another option for Europe – though not one without problems.

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  • Jul 11, 2022

    California’s wildfire season is approaching. How is the state preparing?

    "You can pay kind of a lot to get us where we need to be on the front end of a disaster...or you could pay twice or three times as much to rebuild and recover," said Mark Ghilarducci, Director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
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    “You can pay kind of a lot to get us where we need to be on the front end of a disaster…or you could pay twice or three times as much to rebuild and recover,” said Mark Ghilarducci, Director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

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  • Jul 11, 2022

    Transportation Department looks into refund issues for air travelers

    Airport lockdown, Flights canceled on information time table board in the airport while coronavirus outbreak pandemic issued around the world
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    The Department of Transportation has wrapped up 10 investigations into denied or delayed refunds for airline customers following waves of disrupted flights during the pandemic. Maintenance has begun on the Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline, but there are concerns that gas might not get turned back on. Fire season approaches for California, and we discuss the state’s readiness for it.

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  • Jul 11, 2022

    Breaking up is hard. Just ask Elon Musk and Twitter.

    Breaking up is hard. Just ask Elon Musk and Twitter.
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    Twitter stock is down after Elon Musk has decided to pull out of his deal to acquire it, and we look into the potential saga surrounding the billion-dollar breakup fee. Employment in manufacturing has risen to pre-pandemic levels. The video game industry, which boomed during the pandemic, could see its growth start to slow down in the face of inflation and the fact that more people are heading outside.

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