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Money Girl - Should I Convert a Term Policy to Whole Life?

973. Laura answers a listener's question about when it makes sense to convert term life insurance to a whole life policy.

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CBS News Roundup - 11/07/2025 | World News Roundup

Flight cutbacks begin. SNAP food payments ordered. The search continues for the missing in the UPS jet crash. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.

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WSJ Minute Briefing - Tesla Shareholders Approve Musk’s Trillion Dollar Pay Package

Plus, a federal judge orders the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits for November by today. And U.S. transportation officials begin reducing commercial air traffic at 40 major airports due to the continuing government shutdown. Caitlin McCabe hosts. 


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WSJ What’s News - Judge Orders White House to Pay for SNAP Food Benefits

A.M. Edition for Nov. 7. A federal judge mandated that the administration release full SNAP funds by Friday, but officials are appealing the order, even as millions of Americans await aid. Plus, we look at what nuclear testing looks like in 2025, as WSJ correspondent Thomas Grove explains what recent threats between Washington and Moscow mean. And air passengers brace for chaos as flight cancellations across the U.S. take hold. Caitlin McCabe hosts.


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The Intelligence from The Economist - Heir Jordan: the rising star of France’s populist right

Jordan Bardella, the leader of the National Rally party, has a stonking lead in voting-intention polls. His plans, our correspondent says, would put France on a collision course with the rest of Europe. We examine a new conservation-finance mechanism being trialled in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And reflecting on the life of Dick Cheney, a remarkably consequential American vice-president.


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Marketplace All-in-One - Bytes: Week in Review – Quantifying AI’s impact on job cuts

On today's “Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we discuss federal cybersecurity cutbacks that affected this week’s elections and a caucus of Midwestern states pushing to join the AI boom. Plus, Sens. Josh Hawley and Mark Warner introduced a bipartisan bill requiring some companies to report when AI replaces workers.


Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Axios tech policy reporter Maria Curi about these headlines and more.

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Headlines From The Times - Pelosi to Retire, FAA Cuts Flights Amid Shutdown, Typhoon Devastates Asia, U.S. Job Cuts Surge, California Faces Coastal Flooding, Starbucks Workers Plan Strike, Newsom Scales Back AI Laws

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she won’t seek reelection, marking the end of an era in Democratic politics. The FAA cuts flights nationwide as the government shutdown deepens, straining air travel. Typhoon Kal-Maggiei kills more than 100 across Asia. U.S. job cuts soar to the highest October total in over 20 years. King tides and an atmospheric river bring flooding risks to California’s coast. In business, Starbucks baristas prepare to strike amid stalled contract talks and Governor Gavin Newsom backs away from tough AI restrictions after pushback from Silicon Valley.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Interview: Conversate, with Killer Mike, Chapter Two: Think Global, Act Local

In these divided times, how can communities unite? How can we, the average people, empower ourselves and our neighbors? Also -- what's the perfect day in Atlanta? In the second part of this historic, wide-ranging conversation, Ben and Matt return with the legendary MC, activist, and Atlanta community leader Killer Mike to discuss his new podcast Conversate, the importance of connection, and the future of the United States.

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Up First from NPR - FAA Cuts Flights, SNAP Ruling, Trump Focused Abroad

The FAA directs airlines to cut flights by ten percent as the government shutdown strains the nation’s air traffic system. A federal judge orders the Trump administration to fully restore SNAP food benefits by today, blasting it for ignoring the harm to millions of Americans who rely on them. And President Trump hosts Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at the White House, while some of his allies say he should be paying more attention to the economy at home.

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