Segments From This Episode

• U.S. exports grew in Q3, including in computer parts 

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Exports of computer-related services rose too. “You sell the machine, but you also sell the engineers” who can set it up, one expert says.

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• Amazon’s need for office space is putting it in a tight spot. It’s not alone.

  by Matt Levin

  

  In desirable districts, the space glut is over. Many companies see their business, and need for working quarters, expanding in the near future.

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• Almost all of the new cars sold in Norway are electric. Here’s how the country did it.

  by Kai Ryssdal, Maria Hollenhorst and Andie Corban

  

  Close to 30% of cars on the road and 96% of car sales in Norway are EVs.

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• Chinese importers of American goods brace themselves for further tariffs

  by Jennifer Pak

  

  President-elect Donald Trump says he will place an extra 10% tariff on all Chinese exports. China is expected to counter with tariffs on U.S. exports.

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• Americans love a good steak — and a good deal

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Darden’s same-store sales have been up at most of its more casual restaurants. But same-store sales at its finer-dining restaurants were down.

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• Juries’ “nuclear” verdicts plague insurers

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Plaintiff compensation for pain and suffering is climbing. Insurers question the basis for huge awards and say they have to charge higher rates.

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