(Markets Edition) The Fed has decided to officially raise interest rates. With Jerome Powell, the new head of the Federal Reserve, meeting with the media yesterday, what impression does he give off? Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton, joined us to give her evaluation. Afterwards, we’ll discuss how rising house prices are becoming beneficial for sellers, but hurting buyers.

(U.S. Edition) The Trump administration is getting ready to announce how it will punish China for the way it handles the trade secrets of U.S. firms. On today’s show, we’ll take a look at how China may retaliate. Afterwards, with Friday night the deadline for Congress to pass a spending bill, we’ll talk about the major Gateway infrastructure project included in the bill, which is critical to the northeast. Plus: We’ll discuss whether more large tech companies will start going public after Dropbox’s IPO today.

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … The White House is set to unveil sanctions against China today after finding it encourages theft or transfer of intellectual property. But China’s threatening to fight back … so is a trade war just over the horizon? Then, how’s this for irony: A French company is poised to win a contract to make Britain’s passports in a post-Brexit world. We’ll hear from the U.K. company that’s set to lose out on the production. Afterward, a trip to a business with a unique take on how to tackle the problem of throw-away plastics. 

(Markets Edition) President Trump wants to use a multi-million media campaign to help combat the opioid epidemic. But do public health campaigns actually work? We’ll look at some previous advertising efforts to steer people away from drugs. Afterwards, we’ll discuss how Pittsburgh’s plan to green up the city may leave low-income residents behind.

(U.S. Edition) Facebook has launched an internal investigation into what it sees as the misuse of its data by the U.K.-based firm Cambridge Analytica, which the Federal Trade Commission is also looking into. And this isn’t the social media giant’s first run in with the FTC. On today’s show, we’ll look at their complicated past. Afterwards, we’ll explore how “opportunity zones” are trying to draw private investment by providing tax incentives, and then talk about the advantages of buying electric cars in Norway.

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge Analytica academic who created the Facebook app that harvested data from millions of users, told the BBC this morning he’s been made out to be a scapegoat. You’ll hear from him why he believes the accuracy of his data has been “extremely exaggerated” and why he doesn’t think it could have swayed the 2016 presidential election. 

(Markets Edition) Cambridge Analytica’s decision to harvest the info of millions of Facebook users has jittered the markets, but investors may be worried about more than the story at hand. Max Wolffe, chief economist at the Phoenix Group, joined us to explain why. Afterwards, we’ll look at what the interest rate forecast for the year looks like prior to the Fed’s meeting today, and then discuss the latest updates with the Takata airbag recall. 

(U.S. Edition) The U.K.-based data firm Cambridge Analytica continues to be embroiled in scandal. We’ll look at how investors are reacting to reports that it used Facebook data to manipulate voters on behalf of the Trump campaign, and then talk about the release of a video showing Cambridge’s CEO claiming his company was able to entrap foreign politicians. Plus: A look at why some states are pushing back against pharmaceutical coupons for branded drugs. 

(Global Edition) From the BBC World Service … British regulators are turning up the heat on Facebook, demanding answers from CEO Mark Zuckerberg and access to databases and servers of data firm Cambridge Analytica, which is accused of using personal information from 50 million of the social media giant’s users in the run up to the 2016 U.S. election. Afterwards, there’s a problem with plastics washing up on beaches in the Philippines. Now, businesses are taking matters into their own hands – one is even enticing beach goers to swap a basket of litter they collect for a free beverage they can enjoy while sunbathing.