01/31/2017: Your retail store is watching you

Segments From This Episode

• Ed secretary nominee won’t commit to gainful employment rules

  by Amy Scott

  For-profit higher education could gain if DeVos is confirmed.

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• How some retailers are tracking you as you walk down their aisles

  by David Brancaccio and Paulina Velasco

  

  That coupon for tissues you just found on your phone? That wasn't an accident.

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• How the rule of law can affect the stock market

  by David Brancaccio

  

  A look at the connection between a country's political environment and stocks.

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• Drugmakers of insulin accused of price fixing

  by Reema Khrais

  Three of the biggest makers of diabetes treatments have been accused of price fixing. A lawsuit filed this week claims that Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have been conspiring to drive up prices of insulin at the expense of their patients. Because of the high prices, the suit says some patients have been using […]

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• 01/31/17: Regulation slashes and stock markets

  by David Brancaccio

  Trump's pick for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, could be a gain for for-profit higher education. She may not enforce "gainful employment" rules, which would affect programs that make pull in money from federal financial aid, but whose graduates can't pay off their student loans. After we look at these regulations, we'll explore how "rules of law" can influence a country's stock market, and then talk about how the biggest makers of diabetes treatments may be engaging in price fixing.

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