Segments From This Episode

• Quarterly versus semi-annual earnings reports

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said companies should not have to report earnings four times a year, and that two times a year would be plenty enough. He said it would save money and time. Susan Schmidt, portfolio manager at Exchange Capital Resources, is one of the folks who is often looking at those quarterly reports.

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• The Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting on interest rates

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Current Fed Governor Lisa Cook, who President Trump has been trying to fire, so far unsuccessfully, will be there. There will also be a new face at this meeting. Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall Genzer has more.

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• Closing the AI language gap

  by Pumza Fihlani

  As the use of AI language models soar, with AI-powered websites becoming a part of daily life for millions around the world, some in Africa are concerned citizens are being excluded from Western-focused software. Efforts are being made in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria to create more AI products in African languages — researchers have recorded more than 9,000 hours of local speech to open up this transformative new technology to more people across the continent. The BBC’s Pumza Fihlani reports.

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