06/21/2017: Uber investors oust CEO Travis Kalanick

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• Will health insurers pull out of Obamacare exchanges in 2018? The deadline looms.

  by Dan Gorenstein

  Today  is the deadline for insurers to submit plans for selling policies on the Obamacare exchanges in 2018. The political climate has destabilized the market for many insurers, and 44 counties have already decided to pull out entirely, leaving thousands potentially without coverage. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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• In rural Iowa, President Trump plugs ‘precision agriculture’

  by Annie Baxter

  It’s “Technology Week” at the White House. So, naturally, President Trump is heading to farm country today. If that seems incongruous, you may not know there’s a lot of high-tech stuff going on in the growing field of “precision agriculture.” Farmers are using all sorts of technology to determine the most efficient growing practices, which […]

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• Uber CEO’s resignation doesn’t change his voting power

  by Marketplace Staff

  

  Travis Kalanick may be out as the head of Uber, but he'll still be around.

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• Ford moving compact car production to China

  by Adam Allington

  

  Starting in 2019 Ford will export small cars from China to the U.S.

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• 06/21/2017: The future of Uber

  by David Brancaccio

  Uber has just undergone a shareholder revolt. Investors have ousted CEO Travis Kalanick following investigations that found widespread abuse in the company's workplace. Adam Lashinsky, an executive editor at Fortune who's also authored a book on Uber, joined us to talk about whether Uber has what it takes to turn itself around, and where Kalanick fits into the future of the company. Afterwards, we'll look at Ford's decision to move production of its next-generation Focus model to China, and then talk about the market for selling Obamacare policies.

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