How businesses strategically funnel cash toward political causes, what they hope to gain, and what they might be risking. Plus, the trucking industry braces for the impact of the dockworkers strike, and an antitrust case against Amazon moves forward.

Dockworkers from East and Gulf Coast ports enter the second day of a strike, with tensions centered around wages and automation. Plus, crude oil prices rise slightly amid escalating violence in the Middle East, and new car sales stall in response to high prices and interest rates.

From the BBC World Service: The San José is being hailed as the most valuable shipwreck in the world — it’s a Spanish galleon which sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago. Now there’s a legal battle over who has a claim to the treasure, which is valued at £18 billion. Plus, global oil prices rise amid increasing tension in the Middle East.

“Megalopolis” is the latest original film — one that’s not a sequel or remake — to struggle to attract audiences to the theater.

The strike is impacting shipments of things like fresh food, cars and machinery.

From the BBC World Service: Garment workers in Bangladesh are demanding higher wages and better working conditions.

The bill would have established a state-wide entity to oversee AI breakthroughs.

What happens when businesses lean on workers to vote for the candidates and polices that are in the company’s best interest?

From the BBC World Service: Thailand has launched the first phase of its flagship $14 billion stimulus package.