(Markets Edition) A fund from the United Nations has announced how it’s going to spend money to combat climate change, and those efforts include efficient European cities and harvesting geothermal energy in Indonesia. We also check in with Julia Coronado as the euro has experienced another decline as of Monday morning. Then we head out to Flagstaff, Arizona and the campus of Northern Arizona University. The school has doubled the number of students and its growth isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Today’s show has been sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(U.S. Edition) With Saudi officials now saying that journalist Jamal Khashoggi did indeed perish at the Saudi consulate in Turkey, the kingdom’s move to diversify its economy away from oil could be hindered, as foreign investors are rethinking their ties to the state. Meanwhile, there’s more gloomy news from the toy industry as Hasbro has experiences a 12 percent drop in revenue in a year. What could be coming for toy retail in the future? Then we take a deeper dive into the ethics of artificial intelligence with John Havens of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has developed a new ethics certification process for AI. Today’s show has been sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(U.S. Edition) With Saudi officials now saying that journalist Jamal Khashoggi did indeed perish at the Saudi consulate in Turkey, the kingdom’s move to diversify its economy away from oil could be hindered, as foreign investors are rethinking their ties to the state. Meanwhile, there’s more gloomy news from the toy industry as Hasbro has experiences a 12 percent drop in revenue in a year. What could be coming for toy retail in the future? Then we take a deeper dive into the ethics of artificial intelligence with John Havens of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which has developed a new ethics certification process for AI. Today’s show has been sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … After avoiding a debt downgrade to junk from Moody’s investor service, Italy is expected to get a request for changes to its submitted budget from the European Union – a first from the bloc. Then, it’s October, which means its  Christmas bonus time in Venezuela. Despite inflation that could hit 1 million percent this year, the government is doling out bonuses over the next few month, and they’ll be pegged to the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro.  Afterwards, we pay a lot of attention to hard facts and figures to measure successes of global economies. But what if happiness and wellbeing were factored in to the final statistics? We hear from the leader of one charity working with governments and businesses to make that a reality. GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … After avoiding a debt downgrade to junk from Moody’s investor service, Italy is expected to get a request for changes to its submitted budget from the European Union – a first from the bloc. Then, it’s October, which means its  Christmas bonus time in Venezuela. Despite inflation that could hit 1 million percent this year, the government is doling out bonuses over the next few month, and they’ll be pegged to the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro.  Afterwards, we pay a lot of attention to hard facts and figures to measure successes of global economies. But what if happiness and wellbeing were factored in to the final statistics? We hear from the leader of one charity working with governments and businesses to make that a reality. GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (planetm.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/22/2018)

(Markets Edition) The markets have been active to say the least in the past week, despite steady earnings from companies. Part of the activity can be attributed to the Federal Reserve thinking about raising interest rates. Chris Low of FTN Financial helps us dive in a little more. Later on Friday, we’re expected to see home sales data for September, which might indicate rising interest rates. That would not be good news for the mortgage industry, as Marketplace’s Andy Uhler reports. Finally, we zoom out to take in a picture of the global economy as painted by The Economist magazine’s annual report. It’s not a pretty one, as Economist editor Henry Curr told us on Friday. Today’s show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/19/2018)

(Markets Edition) The markets have been active to say the least in the past week, despite steady earnings from companies. Part of the activity can be attributed to the Federal Reserve thinking about raising interest rates. Chris Low of FTN Financial helps us dive in a little more. Later on Friday, we’re expected to see home sales data for September, which might indicate rising interest rates. That would not be good news for the mortgage industry, as Marketplace’s Andy Uhler reports. Finally, we zoom out to take in a picture of the global economy as painted by The Economist magazine’s annual report. It’s not a pretty one, as Economist editor Henry Curr told us on Friday. Today’s show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/19/2018)

(U.S. Edition) The Chinese economy is on its slowest growth spurt since 2009. This is happening in the context of the ongoing trade feud with the United States, and Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak checked in to tell us more. Meanwhile, Facebook is the target of a lawsuit, with advertisers accusing the social media giant of misrepresenting the amount of time users spent watching videos. Those numbers led to news organizations into believing video was where ad money could be found and altering their business models as a result. Then we turn to the opioid crisis and painkillers. With a quarter of pain patients misusing their prescribed pain meds, a Nashville startup has become a sort of watchdog for health care insurers, which pay out an extra $10,000 to $20,000 when someone is abusing painkillers. Today’s show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/19/2018)

(U.S. Edition) The Chinese economy is on its slowest growth spurt since 2009. This is happening in the context of the ongoing trade feud with the United States, and Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak checked in to tell us more. Meanwhile, Facebook is the target of a lawsuit, with advertisers accusing the social media giant of misrepresenting the amount of time users spent watching videos. Those numbers led to news organizations into believing video was where ad money could be found and altering their business models as a result. Then we turn to the opioid crisis and painkillers. With a quarter of pain patients misusing their prescribed pain meds, a Nashville startup has become a sort of watchdog for health care insurers, which pay out an extra $10,000 to $20,000 when someone is abusing painkillers. Today’s show is sponsored by GAIN Capital Group (gaincapital.com) and PayPal (paypal.com). (10/19/2018)