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.
Better-than-expected job growth
What do interest rate cuts in Europe mean for the U.S.?
Lone Star stock exchange
The “great stay”?
Who benefits from mortgage interest tax breaks?
Slowly, but surely, the economy is cooling
Revised 1st-quarter GDP shows slower growth
Breaking Ground: Change isn’t coming — it’s here
What could happen if Israel severs banking ties with the Palestinian economy
Why’s my coffee so expensive?
For female workers, an ailing feeling about financial health
Bad housing news comes in threes
Accommodations for long COVID
The complexity of succession planning
The future of dining
“The granddaddy of all stock indices”
Walmart, Wayfair and . . . wool?
The inflation cooldown we’ve been waiting for?
Biden hits Chinese goods with new tariffs
Consumer sentiment slumps
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