Latest from Nick Esposito

• Sep 8, 2022

  Some of the world’s biggest companies are gorging on debt

  

  We take a quick look into the reasons companies like Walmart and McDonald’s have been issuing billions in bonds. A reporter from The New Yorker stops by to discuss her story about how a nursing home’s quality of care went downhill after a private equity firm purchased the place.

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• Sep 8, 2022

  How high will the ECB hike interest rates?

  

  From the BBC World Service: How high will the European Central Bank hike interest rates to tackle soaring prices? The Australian parliament in Canberra has passed the country’s first major climate bill in more than a decade, setting legally binding targets to further curb emissions. In Nigeria there’s concern that Lagos could become unlivable earlier than previously predicted. Climate change experts in the country’s economic hub say that’s due to rising sea levels and sinking land.

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• Sep 7, 2022

  Juul e-cigarettes could be targeting a more mature audience

  

  No more people under the age of 35 in Juul ads, social media or product placement – it’s all a part of massive tentative settlement for the e-cigarette maker. Susan Schmidt of Exchange Capital Resources drops some market insight for us. There’s a different side of the supply chain saga – retailers are now dealing with too much stuff.

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• Sep 7, 2022

  Last time oil prices were this low, Russia hadn’t yet invaded Ukraine

  

  Oil prices are now at a seven-month low, and a lot has happened in those seven months. Plus, Californians have been asked not to charge EVs during peak hours. And, what’s the “joint employer” rule? Something that helps tip labor regulations back toward workers.

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• Sep 7, 2022

  Vladimir Putin wants to limit agricultural exports from Ukraine

  

  From the BBC World Service: Russia and the West have already faced off on energy supplies, now Putin alleges grain exports from Ukraine are not going to the world’s poorest countries. Plus, how India’s silicon valley has been pounded by the heaviest rains in decades with power cuts and worries of further disruptions.

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