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Jun 6, 2017

06/06/2017: A showdown at General Motors

General Motors’ annual shareholder meeting today might get a little heated. One activist investor is unhappy GM’s share price is almost exactly the same as it was when the company came out of bankruptcy. So he’s proposing some financial re-engineering of the company’s stock. On today’s show, we’ll explain how stock splitting works. Afterwards, we’ll chat with the editor in chief of The Economist, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about who the publication is endorsing in the upcoming U.K. election. Plus: A look at Puerto Rico’s education crisis.

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Puerto Rico’s debt crisis hits the territory’s schools
by Amy Scott
Schools around the country are beginning to close down for the summer. But in Puerto Rico, many schools, almost 180 of them, will not reopen in the fall. The mass closure comes as the commonwealth faces an ongoing economic crisis and tens of billions of dollars in debt. Click the audio player above to […]
The party that could drive a ‘radical centrist movement’ in Britain
by David Brancaccio
DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
The Liberal Democrats are going nowhere in the upcoming U.K. election. Here is why The Economist is endorsing them.
Using the lessons of hip-hop to start a business
by Marielle Segarra
Photo courtesy of the IHHE
A program in Philadelphia is teaching entrepreneurship through the successes and failures of the music business.
06/06/2017: An education crisis in Puerto Rico
by David Brancaccio
This morning's market recap: Stocks have opened lower, while benchmark bonds have gone up. Julia Coronado from Macropolicy Perspectives explains some key events coming up that could affect the market even further, including James Comey's testimony and the British elections. Afterwards, we'll examine the struggles that Puerto Rico's public school system is facing, and then look at one Philadelphia program that's using hip-hop to teach students how to start a business.

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06/06/2017: A showdown at General Motors

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Segments From This Episode

Puerto Rico’s debt crisis hits the territory’s schools

The party that could drive a ‘radical centrist movement’ in Britain

Using the lessons of hip-hop to start a business

06/06/2017: An education crisis in Puerto Rico