Week of September 28th, 2020

Kai and Molly react to the news that the president is headed to Walter Read hospital after testing positive for COVID-19.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White said the president had likely exceeded his authority.

Industries that tend to employ women have been hit harder. The effects will reverberate long after the recession ends.

The jobs created in September obscure the fact that thousands were lost permanently and millions of people have stopped looking for work.

Today, we’ll talk about what the hard part looks like. Plus: women leaving the labor force, H-1B visas and, oh yeah, Brexit. Remember that?

When the pandemic upended minor league baseball, Jen Pawol focused on growing her off-season business.

After struggling through the pandemic, British companies that trade with the EU face trouble without a free trade deal.

Plus, markets react to Trump’s positive COVID test. A federal court blocks Trump’s ban on some work visas. Colleges offer grants for research projects on anti-Black racism and commit to hire more professors with expertise in the study of race.

Technology has made the transition to digital payments quicker in the U.K.

In-person schooling? Remote learning? Either way, teachers say they need more supplies.

America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring.

It comes after the first presidential debate and the uncertain fate of more coronavirus relief.

There are a lot of unanswered questions here, including whether the president is showing any symptoms. Plus, troubling trends for women in the workforce during the pandemic. And, teachers crowdfund to get COVID supplies for classrooms.

European markets open lower on news that President Trump has coronavirus. The U.S. ramps up its coin-minting operation. The Tokyo Stock Exchange reopens after technical glitch.

Recent gains that women have made rising to senior management positions could be wiped out this year, the Lean In CEO says.

Schools around the country are offering grants for research projects on anti-Black racism. And some are committing to hire more professors with expertise in the study of race.

Tech firm Salesforce is selling a data system to help manage vaccine distribution.

U.S. stock futures and Asian shares fell Friday after the president said he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive.

We’re talking about R0, “k” and the alphabet soup of variables around COVID-19 today.

Social places by nature, bars have faced tighter restrictions than many other businesses, and are suffering the consequences.

People are struggling as winter approaches, and local businesses are only sort of open.

The cost may push people in need of exams back to the doctor’s office detering others from seeking medical help, health experts say.

Plus: the warehouse business, telehealth copays and struggling bars in the pandemic.

Add in the pandemic, the struggle for racial justice and the uncertainty surrounding the election, and the anxiety can be overwhelming.

The Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver has had a devastating 2020. Could displaced Hollywood film production help keep it afloat?

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handled record amounts of imports in August. Meanwhile, warehouse rents increased by 10% from this time last year.

Marilyn Hoffman is one of some 28 million Americans who could face eviction because of the coronavirus pandemic. And rent’s due again today.

One organization is projecting the cost will reach $11 billion.

A growing list of companies are allowing their employees to get the day off or paying them to work the polls.

Despite everything, U.S. stocks are overall doing well. Plus, unemployment claims remain stubbornly high, as consumer spending slows. And, Disney+ rolls out GroupWatch for people who want to stream movies and shows together.

The S&P 500 gained 8.5%, the Dow is up 7.5% and the Nasdaq is up 11% for the quarter.

You may know bulls, bears or unicorns, but there are at least 130 others, too.

The Labor Department’s report suggests that companies are still cutting a historically high number of jobs.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin plan to talk today. Plus, the Tokyo Stock Exchange outage. And, amid the legal battle over TikTok and WeChat, a look at the hurdles U.S. tech firms face in China.

The new Disney+ GroupWatch feature allows subscribers to watch shows with friends virtually and react to scenes using emojis.

A technical glitch stops trading for a full day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Will Golden Week in China give domestic tourism a boost? A new book called “Bear Markets and Beyond” explores the wild world of financial jargon.

And Mexico doesn’t pay unemployment insurance.

Chinese officials seem to ignore the fact that they put up many obstacles for U.S. tech firms to operate in China.

Google has banned microtargeting in political ads. Twitter banned political ads completely.

We’ll talk about fat bears and blockchain on this week’s Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday.

Homeowners policies may not cover the educational groups, and local law may prohibit them.

Why has there been a corporate rush to buy and sell, and what do trends within those deals mean.

On today’s show, we’ll look at what “V” and “K” say about the recovery. Plus: Massive layoffs at Disney parks, learning pods and taking back the streets in LA. 

Is it a V-shaped recovery? Or a J, L, U, W or K?

Heading into the third quarter of the COVID economy, companies are shedding thousands of employees with little government relief in sight.

“If you ran a business, and you didn’t update the way that you use your assets for 50 or 60 years, you’d probably be out of business,” said Seleta Reynolds, the general manager of the LA Department of Transportation.

Nearly four months after a list of Black-owned businesses in Utah was published, Rita Magalde’s bakery is booming with new customers.

What you can do to avoid getting caught in the backlog.

Airlines are warning of layoffs coming soon if they don’t get more aid. Plus, private companies added more jobs than expected in September. And, who will get a safe COVID-19 vaccine when?

The head of Disney’s theme parks unit said that uncertainty over the pandemic’s duration had made cuts unavoidable.

Most African countries have joined the cooperative effort for global distribution of a future vaccine, but there are still financial and logistical questions.

The Supreme Court, the Affordable Care Act, climate change and the reopening of the pandemic economy all came up.

You know, amid all that badgering and cross-talk. Plus, Disney announces that 28,000 people will lose their jobs. And, in this year of COVID, the economic crisis is putting even more pressure on low-income and first-generation college students.

Global markets struggle for direction after a fiery first debate. Will Africa be left behind if a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available? Venezuela highlights the huge impact of U.S. sanctions on its foreign currency earnings.

COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis is putting even more pressure on low-income and first-generation college students.

Dr. Kelly Moore, associate director for the Immunization Action Coalition, lays out the logistical and financial issues facing a future COVID-19 vaccine distribution system.

Whiz-bang inventions alone won’t solve the crisis. “We need courage,” says Katharine Wilkinson, who co-edited a new book with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

This week, we’re focusing just on taxes, to be clear.

“I saw how hard it was, and I don’t want anybody to go through that,” said Farmgirl Flowers CEO Christina Stembel.

Plus: consumer spending, the flower business and Amtrak.

Many retailers rely on robust holiday sales to boost the year’s bottom line. Thanks to COVID-19, good luck with that.

Amtrak is planning to scale back many of its long-distance routes.

Graduate schools are saving resources for existing students. But the temporary action could have long-lasting effects.

Testing, tracing, quarantine, masks, social distancing and student compliance are prerequisites for controlling COVID-19 on campus.

In the most recent example in history, Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted 15 justices on the court.

For some couples, COVID travel restrictions have them choosing between keeping their jobs and seeing their loved ones. Plus, how are markets looking on the day of the first presidential debate?

A direct listing is a quicker way to start selling shares to the public, but it can come with more risk.

There were anecdotal reports of disrupted operations at various hospitals.

Travel restrictions have resulted in some couples having to choose between keeping jobs and seeing loved ones.

The supply chain for distributing a vaccine that works may depend on super-cold refrigerators. Plus, a suspected ransomware attack on the computers of Universal Health Services, one of largest hospital chains. And, an update on the still-struggling hotel industry.

Plus, countries in East Asia and the Pacific region could see first rise in poverty in 20 years. And, President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines challenges Facebook over accounts linked to the nation’s police and military that were taken down.

Needing to store the vaccine at a temperature range outside the norm adds just one more layer of complexity to the logistical challenge.

Many urban hotels count on revenue from conferences in the fall that aren’t happening because of the pandemic.

One startup says it’s cheaper and easier to deploy autonomous highway driving first.

What does President Trump pay in income taxes? We’re starting to find out.

And they can’t rely on their usual algorithms to decide what to stock up on.

The Trump administration has long harbored suspicions that the semiconductor company supplies Chinese military interests.

While Amazon and Home Depot are doing well, small businesses are not. “There really is a split going on, and disparities are getting wider,” he says.

Carriers are likely to cut more than 35,000 jobs starting Thursday.

That’s how one expert described what’s happening to airlines right now. Plus: grocery store algorithms, chip wars and murder mysteries.

The writer’s first detective novel was published 100 years ago in October. Her books still sell in the millions every year.

Most voters have already decided whom they want for president, experts say. Will undecideds vote at all?

“We just kind of pick up what’s on the bottom and keep everything stirred up,” said Wayne Hogan, owner of Galaxy Office Furniture in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Although their reasons for why might differ. Plus, gun sales in the U.S. have been way up, but the nation’s oldest gun-maker filed for bankruptcy. And, attention to the U.S. tax code after new reporting on President Trump’s returns.

For years, wealthy people have gone into real estate in order to pay low or no taxes.

Republicans and Democrats both want to have the laws changed, if for different reasons.

Additional coronavirus aid for state and local governments is a likely point of contention.

Revelations from The New York Times’ reporting on the president. Plus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a deal could still be reached with the White House on new coronavirus relief money. And, preparing for the first presidential debate this week.

Caesars Entertainment says it is in talks for a nearly $4 billion offer for William Hill. Plus, protests in Madrid over new coronavirus restrictions. And, with fewer commuters comes a boost to stores in small English towns.

Some students are protesting the use of programs that track their eye and head movement while they take tests.

IRS figures indicate that the average tax filer paid roughly $12,200 in 2017, about 16 times more than what the president paid.