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Latest episodes
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6 min
A merger of two food delivery giants
DoorDash is in advanced talks to buy the grocery delivery company Instacart, according to multiple media reports. The deal would value Instacart at about $17 billion. The two compa…
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6 min
The Trump administration, H-1B visas, and U.S. innovation
The Trump administration has escalated its crackdown on legal immigration pathways that involve foreign workers and students. The most recent example is the suspension of eight maj…
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5 min
Only in San Francisco: A picnic about AI's potential risks
Urgent concerns about losing control of AI have burst into the national conversation recently after the OpenAI hack of the open-source AI platform Hugging Face, the high-profile re…
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28 min
What's a recession?
To help celebrate spooky season we’re sharing an episode from our dustry haunted archives about two of the biggest economic frights of all. When Lulu wrote in asking about recessio…
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25 min
What's in AI's next chapter?
A few Big Tech firms are slated to explain their quarterly earnings later this week. AI will, of course, be the protagonist of these earnings calls. Investors are hoping for some p…
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6 min
What to expect from this week's Fed meeting
The Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting on interest rates tomorrow. Just last month, the Fed hiked rates by a quarter percentage point. Since then, oil prices have surged, and…
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6 min
The latest on trade negotiations with Canada
Trump administration officials say they’re making progress in trade negotiations with Canada. Talks have been stalled since August, when President Donald Trump announced 50% tariff…
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8 min
When ChatGPT writes your obituary
Donna Guthrie had obituaries on her mind after her brother passed away in May. She recently celebrated her 80th birthday and started wondering how she might be remembered. So, she…
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25 min
Your 401(k) is probably invested in AI
Big Tech is kind of carrying the stock market right now, thanks to all that spendy artificial intelligence innovation. That means your retirement account is probably invested in at…
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6 min
The data center fight ahead of the midterms
This morning, as part of our Economic Pulse series, we continue our conversation with Robyn Vincent, host and producer of WDET’s “The Metro” in Detroit. We dig into how data center…
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6 min
Sticker shock during open enrollment season
If you are in the majority of people under 65 who get health insurance through an employer, you’ve probably noticed it’s getting more expensive. It’s not just monthly premiums that…
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12 min
iPhone Duo's crease is put to the test
Apple's long-awaited iPhone Duo launched this week, and everyone has the same question: can you see a crease? Joanna Stern, founder of media company New Things, has been putting it…
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25 min
High risk, high rates — where's the reward?
Everyday consumers aren’t the only ones contending with rising borrowing costs. Corporations are also subject to those fluctuations — but the rates don’t rise equally across the bo…
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6 min
Interest rates come for everyone — even tech
Meta reported earnings yesterday. Revenue was up 26% year over year, but costs rose 68%. This is the kind of thing that has some investors in the tech space a little nervous; while…
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6 min
The hot new crop is diesel
Farmers in the U.S. are looking for ways to save money and stay afloat. They have not been able to catch a break in the past few years — between tariff retaliation, still-climbing…
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27 min
What do we owe our families?
For many adult children of immigrants, success comes with pressure to give back. This week, Reema asks, what do we owe our families, and how do we care for the people we love witho…
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13 min
Behind the screens: What it’s like to interview an AI news agent
At Alaska News, you can find stories about the new summer sales tax rate in Juneau, a man ticketed for killing a bull moose out of season and about 20 other hyperlocal items a day.…
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25 min
Small town economics clash with Big Tech agendas
In Crook County, Oregon, just east of the Cascade mountains, data centers sprawl across the high desert landscape. The area fell into economic decline during the Great Recession an…
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6 min
Midterm spending is ballooning
Less than two weeks out from the midterm elections, many races are unexpectedly tighter than some analysts predicted earlier in the cycle. That has led to a flood of new spending.…
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6 min
Housing affordability, then and now
The housing industry got a heap of bad news on Tuesday. New construction was down, and pending home sales dropped to their lowest level since 2001. Higher mortgage interest rates a…