07/07/2017: The hotel for millennials

The June unemployment report is out today, and we’re looking at which jobs are in demand in our near-full employment economy. How can you tell which occupations are hard to fill? One way is to see where employers are raising salaries to attract new workers. Pharmacy tech, registered nurse, software engineer, data scientist — if […]

Hilton opened its 5,000th hotel last month, but this one wasn’t one of the luxury properties the company is known for. The new hotel in Oklahoma City is the first in Hilton’s new low-cost brand called Tru. It’s part of a trend happening across the hospitality industry as major hotels look to bring in millennials.  […]

A stronger-than-expected jobs report is boosting the markets today. Last month, the U.S. economy added 222,000 jobs — a figure that beat experts' predictions. But not everything was positive. Christopher Low, chief economist at FTN Financial, joined us to talk about key highlights from the report. Afterwards, we'll discuss news that Tesla has won a contract to build the world's largest lithium ion battery, a tool that will provide backup power in South Australia. Then we'll cap off the show by looking at Walmart's prepaid debit cards, which are tied to a prize-linking savings service.