Segments From This Episode

• Why are profits at big banks soaring?

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  One reason banks are thriving is the number of mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs have increased over the past quarter.

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• The end of Microsoft Windows 10 updates will affect millions of users

  by Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman

  

  Microsoft ended automatic, free updates for Windows 10 users, potentially rendering millions of computers increasingly obsolete.

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• Battery makers look to grid storage as market for electric vehicles slows

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  

  Companies that make the high-capacity batteries that usually end up in EVs are now shifting focus to supplying data centers and storage for energy producers.

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• A Seattle short-term rental owner sees declines in international visitors

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  Bonnie Rough said she’s had an unusually low number of guests from abroad this year

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• The Numbers

  by Kimberly Adams

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• Many small businesses have already raised prices, or plan to soon

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  The latest NFIB survey of small businesses found nearly a quarter of small businesses raised prices last month. And nearly a third plan to do so in the next three months.

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• Passion for romance books might be keeping the publishing world afloat

  by Kimberly Adams and Sean McHenry

  

  “Romance print sales last year actually pulled the entire industry into the black,” said writer and journalist Rebecca Ackermann.

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