Latest from Jesson Duller

• Nov 2, 2021

  Can the world halt and reverse deforestation like this by 2030?

  

  From the BBC World Service: Large areas of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have been cut down, some of it by illegal loggers. Now, more than 100 world leaders meeting at COP26 in Glasgow are pledging $19 billion of private and public money to try and tackle this issue. Plus, leading nations plan to set rules promoting low-carbon technology. And, should Chinese consumers be concerned as authorities urge people to stock up on basic supplies?

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• Nov 1, 2021

  Flight cancellations plague American Airlines

  

  Also today: Julia Coronado helps prep us for the flood of data we’ll be seeing this week in relation to the markets. We look into how the push from companies for people to get their holiday shopping done early falls into the grand marketing machine. The BBC checks in regarding the COP26 climate change conference in Scotland.

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• Nov 1, 2021

  A shock resignation from the boss of Barclays bank

  

  From the BBC World Service: In a surprise move, Jes Staley has quit as CEO and a director of Barclays after a probe into his links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, we hear from the Qantas boss as Australia permits fully-vaccinated citizens to fly home from abroad without quarantining, for the first time in over 18 months. And, what’s in store for the leaders attending the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

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• Nov 1, 2021

  Meet the bobos, the elite class “driving the rest of the country crazy”

  

  Also today: Negotiations over President Biden’s social spending plan have led to support for community colleges being left out.

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• Oct 29, 2021

  G20 leaders urged to use military airlifts to get COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries

  

  From the BBC World Service: More than 160 former world leaders and corporate bosses have written a letter to this year’s G20 chair, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, calling for immediate action to resolve inequality in vaccine distribution. President Biden will also attend the group’s first meeting since the pandemic began. Plus, ahead of the COP26 climate summit, the complex task of getting the European Union’s 27-member countries to meet their joint pledge to be climate neutral by 2050.

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• Oct 29, 2021

  Could inflation be heading in the right direction?

  

  Also today: Winter is coming for the cruise industry, but could that be good news? Ships are ready to take on vaccinated passengers. In Scotland, Glasgow is hosting the big U.N. climate change conference known as COP26. However, its garbage-ridden streets and rat issues threaten to trash its reputation.

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• Oct 29, 2021

  Earnings reports from Apple and Amazon show signs of pandemic struggles

  

  Also today: We also talk to Molly Wood about her new podcast, “How We Survive.” The latest episode focuses on lithium in the Salton Sea.

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• Oct 28, 2021

  How unvaccinated workers could get pricey for their companies

  

  Also today: A study has found that the average increase in tuition at public and private colleges did not keep up with inflation for this school year. Diane Swonk discusses the state of the markets heading into Halloween in terms of spending (it’s not all on candy corn) and rebuilding inventories.

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• Oct 28, 2021

  More people in the US are getting COVID vaccine booster shots, but what’s next?

  

  Also today: We also discuss a potential breakthrough in the tortuous negotiations among Democrats and the White House over President Biden’s domestic spending agenda.

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• Oct 28, 2021

  If energy prices are driving inflation, what can central banks actually do?

  

  From the BBC World Service: The European Central Bank’s meeting today is under the spotlight as inflation continues to skyrocket across parts of Europe. Plus, police in Brazil have uncovered a criminal operation to remove nearly a metric ton of gold each year from protected indigenous lands in the Amazon. And, we hear from an experiment on the English coastline to use a sand barrier to protect a gas terminal against sea erosion.

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