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  • Dec 10, 2021

    Inflation is infiltrating online shopping

    Tech companies are moving away from terms that could be considered racially insensitive, such as "master" and "slave."
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    Also today: The science journal Nature has a study that shows the effectiveness of seemingly small finance-based incentives to get people to do things like work out. We also look into how some independent bookstores have managed to flourish online.

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  • Dec 10, 2021

    China flexes economic muscle as it marks 20 years of WTO membership

    China flexes economic muscle as it marks 20 years of WTO membership
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    China is re-writing global trading rules as the WTO faces calls for reforms, U.K. economic growth disappoints, and European soccer clubs cash in on the cryptocurrency craze.

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  • Dec 9, 2021

    Video game consoles are still playing hard to get a year later. Thanks, chip shortage.

    An employee prepares the new Sony PlayStation 5 gaming console for a customer on the first day of its launch, at an electronics shop in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture on November 12, 2020.
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    Also today: Data is showing that hiring in education has actually picked up. Diane Swonk drops in for our markets discussion as jobless claims hit a 52-year low.

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  • Dec 9, 2021

    Kellogg’s plans to replace hundreds of striking workers. Can it actually do that?

    BATTLE CREEK, MI - OCTOBER 07: Kellogg's Cereal plant workers demonstrate in front of the plant on October 7, 2021 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Workers at Kellogg’s cereal plants are striking over the loss of premium health care, holiday and vacation pay, and reduced retirement benefits.
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    Also today: Child care is still struggling with the labor shortage, and there are ripple effects. Spotify finds itself in a battle with comedians over royalties after removing their work from its platform.

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  • Dec 9, 2021

    Rising avian flu hits UK poultry industry

    Rising avian flu hits UK poultry industry
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    From the BBC World Service: The U.S. House of Representatives votes through a bill banning all imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about human rights abuses and the use of forced labour. Tens of thousands of farm birds have been culled across the UK due to rising levels of avian flu. A BBC investigation finds the U.K. and other European countries to be illegally dumping waste in Romania, and New Zealand looks to complete phase out smoking among its young people.

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  • Dec 8, 2021

    In the US, truck drivers are in short supply

    Despite the incentives offered by trucking companies, not nearly enough people want to become drivers.
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    Also today: Jeffery Cleveland steps in for our markets discussion as data from the JOLTS survey emerges.

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  • Dec 8, 2021

    For many people, quitting their job is a matter of the mind

    For many people, quitting their job is a matter of the mind
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    Also today: Visa is launching a new advisory service to help financial institutions navigate the digital currency world. This is on the same day crypto regulation is the focus of a Congressional hearing. The omicron variant, just like delta before it, has delayed the back-to-office plans of several large employers.

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  • Dec 8, 2021

    Germany after Angela Merkel: What are the priorities for the new government?

    Angela Merkel officially handed the reigns to her former finance minister: the social democrat Olaf Scholz.
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    From the BBC World Service: As Angela Merkel’s 16 years as German chancellor draw to a close, we hear what companies in Europe’s biggest economy want from the incoming coalition government. Plus, Britain wants America to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum exports. And, why does the world’s biggest vaccine maker in India have a large stockpile of COVID-19 shots?

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  • Dec 7, 2021

    Moving goods has gotten very expensive

    A ferry passes the Port of Los Angeles. Neighborhoods surrounding the port have suffered from pollution linked to transporting massive volumes of goods.
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    Also today: Susan Schmidt of Aviva Investors discusses the markets’ reaction to omicron as well as China’s support of the economy, with tech stocks also looking solid. Stephan Richter, editor and publisher of The Globalist, talks about the host of economic challenges that await Germany’s new chancellor.

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  • Dec 7, 2021

    There’s a crucial video call later between Presidents Biden and Putin

    The U.S. and its European allies have agreed to take action against the Russian economy if Moscow moves troops into Ukraine.
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    From the BBC World Service: With thousands of Russian troops believed to have gathered near Ukraine’s borders, what could further U.S. sanctions against Russia look like? Plus, why dozens of Rohingya refugees in the United States and the U.K. are suing Facebook for $150 billion. And, after the boss of better.com fired 900 employees on a video call, are there better ways to announce layoffs or restructuring?

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