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• Nov 3, 2021

  How an aging workforce adds to the lifespan of labor shortages

  

  Also today: Democrats are adding a provision on prescription drugs to the Biden social spending plan. We also look into how bus drivers, who have been indispensable during the pandemic in many parts of the country, are asking for better wages and working conditions.

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• Nov 3, 2021

  Big banks and insurers vow to help reach carbon neutral by 2050

  

  From the BBC World Service: Now, 450 of the world’s biggest banks and insurers have signed up to a climate coalition led by former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. But, environmental campaigners have questioned the sincerity of their commitments. Plus, Australia and New Zealand ratify the world’s biggest trade deal, which won’t include the United States. And, as central bankers try to figure out what to do about rising prices, we go to an English farm to find out how big a problem inflation really is in Britain.

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• Nov 2, 2021

  CEOs are putting their money where their diversity goals are. Can that work?

  

  Also today: Jeffery Cleveland discusses how bond traders and central banks are reacting to simmering inflation questions. Police unions are locked in a debate over vaccine mandates.

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• Nov 2, 2021

  Biden administration to tighten grip on methane containment

  

  Also today: We continue our discussion with David Brooks, who wrote about the impact of an elite “creative class” in America 20 years ago and has revisited the topic in The Atlantic.

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• 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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