How small businesses navigated the ICE strike

Segments From This Episode

• The Weekly Wrap

  by Kimberly Adams

  Marketplace host Kimberly Adams talks to Rachel Siegel, WaPo, and Courtenay Brown, Axios, about the week's economic headlines.

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• Earnings show why big oil isn't eager to go all-in on Venezuela

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  Exxon Mobil and Chevron posted their lowest annual profits since 2021 in their earnings reports on Friday, a sign that now is not really a time when big oil is looking to make any kinds of sizeable investments in new oil production.

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• Small businesses weigh whether and how to support the strike protesting ICE

  by Carla Javier

  

  Many businesses who support the shutdown are considering their options: Stay open because they can't afford to lose the income, close and absorb the costs, or stay open and devote some proceeds to immigration causes.

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• The Numbers

  by Kimberly Adams

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• Snow days cost parents time, money, and sanity

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  This week’s winter storm means working parents tried to do their day jobs with kids in the mix.

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• Participating in Dry January this year? There's a bar for that!

  by Sofia Terenzio

  

  Amber Suzanne Pennington, co-owner of Free Spirited in Alhambra, California, talks about opening up her sober craft cocktail lounge, how she’s managing increased prices, and her plans to hire soon.

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