New York’s long-awaited subway line is now officially open. But faster commutes may mean rising rents. How much extra could renters end up paying?  Also in transportation news: Kathryn Marinello takes the wheel at Hertz tomorrow. We’ll talk about what the management shift indicates about changes happening in the car-rental industry. Plus, a look at one hospital network’s app that helps physicians prescribe other apps. 

The Obama administration has issued sanctions on Russia in response to allegations that the country hacked the U.S. and influenced the presidential election. How will the incoming Trump administration decide to deal with Russia? And in other Trump-related matters, a look at what his presidency means for U.S. strategy in space. 

A potential settlement between Japanese airbag maker Takata and the Justice Department over faulty airbags; new potential standards on organic food production from the Obama administration; and the role of emerging markets in the global economy.

To commit insider trading, you have to be on the inside — or hack your way into it. The U.S. has charged three Chinese traders for reportedly doing the latter. We’ll look at the case, and also explore bitcoin’s happy year and talk about China’s financially not-so-happy one.     

The financial issues plaguing Italy’s Monte Dei Paschi, the world’s oldest surviving bank; a new rule requiring federal contractors to offer their employees paid sick leave; and the Fire Department of New York’s push for greater gender diversity.

Seventy-five years after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Shinzo Abe will become the first Japanese leader to formally visit the site.  While the move is an important symbolic gesture, it also marks Abe’s effort to solidify Japan as an important trade partner with the U.S. We’ll also look at the building boom in North Texas, where students in one college’s construction management program are basically guaranteed a job after graduation. And finally: an analysis of how much fraudulent returns end up costing retailers. 

A $12 billion fine for two European banks that reportedly foisted doomed debt onto others near the time of the great financial crisis; rising fees for filing certain immigration documents; and a conversation with a Stanford scholar about the importance of rest.

The president-elect has chosen billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn to give advice on overhauling federal regulations, and tapped economist Peter Navarro as head of the new “National Trade Council.” We’ll dive into what they could bring to Trump’s White House. Plus: A conversation with the scholar Chuck Collins — a man who gave away all of his wealth when he was 26 — about income inequality and how he thinks society should tackle the issue. 

Though the U.S. housing market has improved in recent years, experts say there are too few homes for sale. And that means prices are rising — maybe a little too quickly. Next, we’ll look at the troubles hounding Italy’s Monte dei Paschi, the world’s oldest bank, and interview physician Larry Brilliant about getting rid of smallpox.