Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Lithuania adopts the euro

David Brancaccio Jan 13, 2015
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Lithuania adopts the euro

David Brancaccio Jan 13, 2015
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First up on today’s show, we’ll talk about the numerous pharmaceutical buy-outs that have gone down in the last two days. Plus, why buy a ticket for the Titanic after it has struck an iceberg? It’s a question that some analysts are asking Lithuania after the tiny Baltic state became — at the beginning of this month — the 19th member of the European Union to join monetary union and adopt the euro.

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