Washington Weekend: Competing for Chips & Voting for Billions 8/5/22
President Biden is set to sign the Chips and Science Act, aimed to support US semiconductor manufacturing. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) discusses the bipartisan effort to boost US competitiveness wit...
5 Aug 202239min
Pete Buttigieg, Golfers Striking Back, & Fake News Propaganda 8/4/22
Gas prices may have peaked for now, but the road to lower inflation is long. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses the U.S. energy economy and the giant inflation reduction act crafted by ...
4 Aug 202227min
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard & The Flight Watched ‘Round the World 8/3/22
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard says, with labor growth as strong as it’s been, it’s unlikely we’ve been in a recession–and we might have brighter economic days to come. In an extended interview...
3 Aug 202233min
Bill Ackman: The ultimate regulator is Visa 8/2/22
In our continuing coverage of the lawsuit against Pornhub parent MindGeek and Visa, hedge fund investor and Pershing Square billionaire Bill Ackman discusses the next steps he expects Visa and other c...
2 Aug 202241min
The Visa, Pornhub, Bill Ackman Story 8/1/22
A district judge has denied Visa’s motion to be removed from a lawsuit against MindGeek, Pornhub’s owner. The judge upheld the legitimacy of the plaintiff’s allegation that Visa “knowingly” provided t...
1 Aug 202234min
The Gulf Takes the Green, The Influencer’s Influence, & A ‘Really Weird’ Recession 7/29/22
As the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament begins, fans and athletes debate whether pros can simultaneously condemn human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and accept the Kingdom’s prize money. President...
29 Jul 202227min
Recession, Recession, Recession? 7/28/22
The Federal Reserve has once again hiked interest rates by 0.75%, but the markets breathed a sigh of relief at the central bank’s signal that the peak hikes might be behind us. Today’s GDP data reveal...
28 Jul 202226min
Tech’s Quarterly Tea Leaves & Hulu, Open for More Politics 7/27/22
Microsoft and Alphabet both missed analyst expectations in quarterly financial results, pointing to “uncertainty” ahead. Investors were buoyed by certain metrics, though, and Wall Street anxiously awa...
27 Jul 202223min
