Week of June 3rd, 2019

Deal ends threat of U.S. tariffs against Mexico.

Plus, the changing faces of staffers on the 2020 campaign trail, and how environmental concerns are changing dry cleaning.

Growers are racing to plant corn, soybeans and wheat before it’s too late.

But it’s too soon to say the 10-year economic expansion has run its course.

Broadway set and costume designer Dane Laffery talks about his passion for theater and the economics of the stage.

More women and people of color are occupying top-tier Congressional campaign roles.

In Seattle, grants have been offered to dry cleaning companies who will trade a potentially dangerous chemical for safer alternatives.

According to Alison Green, the answer is yes. Even if those conversations sometimes prove tricky to navigate.

It’s official: jobs are way down. Can talking about your salary reduce the wage gap? What’s the real value of a Tony Award?

Winning a Tony could mean many more months for a play on the Great White Way.

A new report from the Federal Reserve finds the net worth of American households and nonprofits reached almost $109 trillion.

Carmakers ask the White House to standardize emissions regulations. The Feds take aim at robocalls. Sponsors go in on Women’s World Cup soccer.

Twenty-five million Americans watched the last women’s final, and many sponsors are betting this year’s tournament will be even more popular.

One journalist spent years reporting on segregation in Baltimore, Maryland. He found that segregated communities can shape our economic futures.

Germany’s economy has taken a hit from global trade tensions. Russian President Putin makes a pitch to international investors in St. Petersburg. How do you classify burnout?

And where should the platform draw the line?

The prospect of pop-up tariffs hitting everything coming across the border has the people who work in the export-import trade worried.

Plus: Uber’s new helicopter service and the economic costs of modern racial segregation.

Economists blame Brexit for low productivity

The Center for Responsive Politics reports on the president’s business interests across 30 countries.

Why it pays to talk about … pay.

The New York Times called it “the biggest shift in the American health care system since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.”

Victoria Darden and her family have been forced to leave their soybean and corn fields unplanted because of flooding.

Layoff announcements are way up. Veterans outside their VA service areas now have more options. A fifth-generation Mississippi farmer deals with devastating flooding.

Layoffs were concentrated in technology, retail, manufacturing and auto production, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said.

Oil demand might go down, so the the prices do, too. The Renault-Fiat Chrysler merger is no more. Farmers’ fields remain unplanted in Mississippi.

Seismic change continues in the auto industry. India cuts rates for the third time this year. How do you feel about taxing job-stealing robots? 

Dockworkers are fighting the use of more unmanned vehicles at the Port of Los Angeles.

How did 30% of income become the accepted benchmark?

No, seriously, our new poll proves it. Plus, how “30 percent” became the magic number for budgeting in a rent or a mortgage, and a look back at the economics of Tiananmen Square.

Inflation hit double digits and protesters felt good jobs were rigged in favor of people with political connections.

The labor market’s too tight for them to compete for workers.

Hostile yelling at work is known to decrease productivity and can increase physical and mental illness, but long hours and nasty public discourse are making for shorter fuses.

Figs co-founders and CEOs Heather Hasson and Trina Spear say their direct-to-consumer medical apparel business is recession-proof.

While both men and women have essentially the same odds of automation taking their jobs, women could face a tougher transition to new jobs.

Whether student loans or credit-card debt, indebtedness is likely to bring you down.

The Trump administration has announced new restrictions for travel to Cuba, making a visit to the island challenging, once again.

Women might struggle more as automation becomes the norm. May’s jobs numbers underperform. The Trump Administration restricts travel to Cuba.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders plans to speak at Walmart’s annual meeting.

Bernie Sanders speaks at the Walmart shareholders meeting. The U.S. ends preferential trade treatment for India. More and more, researchers are seeing links between debt and mental health issues.

Duty-free status ends for some Indian goods exported to the U.S. Easy Jet faces a forced exit from London’s FTSE 100 exchange. A debt showdown looms between Italy and Brussels.

And plain old texting is not going to cut it.

Newly reelected Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces significant challenges, including the highest unemployment in 45 years and losing special trade status with the U.S.

Plus: Why the Fed is so chatty lately and why conference room air could be making you dumber.

If only we could open those floor-to-ceiling windows.

Proponents argue the change will allow more stores to accept SNAP benefits. Critics say it’s an incentive to stock less healthy food.

Following tariffs on China and Mexico, India’s change in trading status change makes it look like a multi-front trade war.

Five public speeches? Even for increasingly communicative central bankers, that’s a lot.

The five-day workweek is ingrained in American culture.

Chris Arnade went in search of an economic reality different to the one he knew.

With President Trump’s state visit to the U.K. in full swing, focus turned to future trade talks — and whether the U.K.’s health system would take its turn on the negotiating table.

FTD declares bankruptcy, but will still deliver flowers.

China’s college students are not just concerned with job prospects but also how to have a more balanced life.

The Fed holds a listening session. A new “unexplained wealth order” could threaten Britons with ill-gotten gains. China’s young people talk about their prospects 30 years after Tiananmen.

Behind the political struggle was a well-financed lobbying operation.

Lawmakers eye possible big tech collusion. Apple takes iTunes off the playlist. We take a history lesson on the suffragist lobby.

Australia slashes rates for the first time in three years. One of the U.K.’s biggest fund managers suspends trading in his largest fund as investors ask for their money back. Can Britain’s National Health Service open even more to private investment?

Scott Kupor of firm Andreessen Horowitz decodes VC in his book “Secrets of Sand Hill Road.”

From meat-free corporate culture to climate activism, personal beliefs are moving front and center in the professional world.

The software is being split into separate applications for music, TV and podcasts.

Plus: the death of iTunes, antitrust in big tech and the hot real estate market for … warehouses.

For online retailers, urban warehouses are the key to same-day delivery.

The German company is the tournament’s official sponsor. The U.S. company isn’t.

The threat of coal plant closures is making Kemmerer, Wyoming, think closely about diversification.

Our latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll surveyed American workers to find out what they value in the workplace and some of the challenges that they’re facing.

A show about life and how money messes with it. Starting June 13.

Compared to women, more men end up receiving the raise they asked for.

In-person support by sales reps and manufacturers might soon be a thing of the past.

Lots of pomp, not much progress.

President Trump heads back to the U.K. Why are emerging markets suffering lately? Your next surgery could happen thanks to VR.

Don’t mind the messy paper piles. We’re sorting through a ton of great ideas for stories about our lives on the clock.

They’re bringing self-care to work and pushing for more flexibility to have a life.

How to drop $19 billion on a real estate deal. U.S. lawmakers give a Chinese rail company the Huawei treatment. Young people are demanding a greater work-life balance.

Critics say this isn’t so much about security as it is about eliminating prospective competition.

Will President Trump bolster America’s special relationship with Britain in his three-day state visit? Saudi Arabia gets an investment from one of the U.K.’s biggest businesses. How tourism could help revive Pakistan’s economy. 

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