Segments From This Episode

• What is budget reconciliation, and how might Democrats use it to pass COVID relief?

  by Marielle Segarra

  

  The process allows senators to avert a filibuster and bring a bill to a vote with a regular majority, but only in specific cases.

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• U.S. falls out of top 10 in measure of innovation

  by Scott Tong

  

  When Bloomberg launched the rankings, America was first. Now South Korea leads the pack.

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• What will Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos do as executive chair?

  by Erika Beras

  

  He’ll be a strategic adviser to the new CEO. And with millions of shares of company stock, he’ll have a lot of say in his role.

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• Why Valentine’s Day shipping delays are this CEO’s “biggest fear”

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “There’s just a lot of it that’s out of our control completely,” says Christina Stembel of Farmgirl Flowers.

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• Puerto Rican businesses hang on in an economy shaped by disaster

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Entrepreneurs have endured natural disasters and political crises — and now COVID-19. “You have to be super, super tough,” a business owner says.

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