Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  It’s been a week. So let’s take a deep breath to unpack it all. Amy Scott is joined by Politico’s Sudeep Reddy and Business Insider’s Linette Lopez to talk about the Federal Reserve’s meeting this week, the bond market, the spread of omicron and more.

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• Facing omicron, businesses stick to COVID-19 protocols and hope for the best

  by Kristin Schwab

  

  Nearly two years into the pandemic, with vaccination mandates and other precautions in place, businesses are operating without new ways to mitigate risk.

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• The new holiday tradition: rapid COVID-19 tests?

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Rapid tests could make holiday gatherings safer, but they can be hard to find when demand surges.

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• For this sport goods store, getting goods shipped is a sport

  From Marketplace’s “Make Me Smart,” we hear from Jinan Minro, who runs a sporting goods business in Boulder, Colorado, about her supply chain issues.

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• Private equity will buy up companies to the tune of $1 trillion this year

  by Matt Levin

  

  Thanks, in part, to the pandemic — and the low interest rates that have accompanied it.

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• Hot property market puts Nashville record shop, and other small businesses, at risk

  by Paige Pfleger

  

  The owners of the Groove are struggling to come up with $500,000 to buy the bungalow that houses their store.

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