Segments From This Episode

• The bond market

  “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal explains the growing disconnect between Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s statements on inflation and the bond market as the 10-year Treasury yield hits a 14-month high.

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• China tech, trade tensions expected to continue under Biden administration

  by Scott Tong

  

  As officials meet in Alaska, the White House will likely maintain a hard line on protectionism, hacking and technology pilfering.

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• Google plans to invest $7 billion in real estate nationwide

  by Erika Beras

  

  CEO Sundar Pichai says the expansion plan is part of the company’s efforts to diversify its workforce racially and geographically.

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• Brexit trade frictions with the EU rile UK exporters

  

  Fishermen, farmers and musicians in Britain complain about the new post-Brexit barriers to doing business with the EU.

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• What happens when Big Tech moves into health care?

  by Kimberly Adams

  

  Amazon is expanding its Amazon Care virtual health care platform nationwide. Some privacy advocates are worried.

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• The pandemic has been especially damaging to working moms

  by Kai Ryssdal, Daisy Palacios and Andie Corban

  

  Employment for women may not recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2024 — two years after a recovery for men.

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