Carmakers are keeping a close eye on the steel industry. A bidding war over U.S. Steel, an iconic American manufacturer, is brewing, and car companies are concerned about antitrust issues and what that could mean for the auto business. We’ll get into it and explain our new theory about why the economy feels so precarious at the moment. Plus, we’ll weigh in on side hustles, raising the retirement age and Beyonce’s rendition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” in a round of Half Full/Half Empty!
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The great Bumble fumble
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The value of “third places”
What grocery aisle gossip can tell us about the economy
The lowdown on joint fundraising committees
A phantom debt menace
The power of college endowments
Private equity is coming for pet care
Europe’s new economic engines
No “stag” no “flation”
The rising pressure on poll workers
The trade-offs of the trade deficit
Biden’s regulation rush
College campus protests and the value of a degree
A stock pop and a stock flop
To ban or not to ban
The dollar store dilemma
Big change coming to nursing homes
A revamp for Title IX
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