Segments From This Episode

• Colonial Pipeline hack reveals critical infrastructure risks

  by Scott Tong

  

  The Biden administration plans new cyber rules for agencies and contractors involved in critical infrastructure.

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• Copper’s soaring price points to recovery, green-economy demand

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Copper, especially, is a key ingredient in electric cars, wind turbines and batteries. Suppliers are not ready to meet the demand.

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• 3 states will exit federal pandemic unemployment programs. More are likely to follow.

  by Samantha Fields

  

  The Republican governors of Arkansas, Montana and South Carolina say the benefits keep people out of the workforce.

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• Farmers in Texas still reeling from the February freeze

  by Andy Uhler

  

  For some, insurance money is coming in, but according to one farmer, “it never makes you whole.”

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• In China, it’s heads for a real estate win, or “rotten tails” — you lose

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  Owning property (or not) can determine your future in China. But it’s a gamble that doesn’t always pay off for those who have invested their life savings.

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• How COVID-19 might change packaging for good

  by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “I think you’ve had a lot of pent-up innovation,” says Matt Reynolds, editor of Packaging World.

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