Today, President Joe Biden took a decisive step by signing a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its Chinese owner, ByteDance, divests from the company within nine months. This move echoes a long history of limiting foreign ownership of communications companies, dating back to the founding of this country. Also in this episode: Boeing’s financial woes, the NBA’s media bidding war and New England’s free college frenzy.
Consumer sentiment slumps
Is the U.S. ready to be a chipmaking superpower?
Democracy is critical to prosperity, Treasury secretary says
Rents outpace wages in big cities across the U.S.
A little more time for Social Security and Medicare funds
Do you like your job?
Why government benefits are likely to stick around
Breaking Ground: Where are all the jobs?
Breaking Ground: The plants were there first
Breaking Ground: A visit to the “Silicon Desert”
Keep on truckin’
A looming deadline for student loan forgiveness
GDP grows more slowly than expected
The business cycle is getting less cyclical
A new spin on the yard sale
It’s a good time to be an asset owner
Will AI be the dot-com bubble all over again?
Steel tariffs déjà vu
Slow and steady global growth
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