For decades the Magnificent Mile on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue was a staple of downtown. But in the last few years, the number of vacancies along Chicago’s iconic downtown stretch has continued to rise. A group of business owners and urban planners think it’s time to rethink what the Mag Mile could be and have some ideas. Reset sits down with Judy Crown, freelance reporter with Crain’s Chicago Business, and Mag Mile business owner Nichole Benolken to learn what could be in store.
Russian attacks have repeatedly targeted Ukrainian energy and heating infrastructure, threatening to leave millions vulnerable to the approaching bitter cold of winter.
Winter will also force both sides to change their tactics on the war's frontlines. NPR's Nathan Rott reports on what leafless trees and frozen fields mean for the battlefield.
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Rachel Bovard, senior tech columnist at The Federalist and senior director of policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute, and Inez Feltscher Stepman, senior contributor at The Federalist and senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum, join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the impending rail strike, what it means to be a statist, and how the future of conservative populism could change for the better.
On today’s episode, NLW turns back to the macro, where some amount of optimism had seeped into risk assets since a better-than-expected inflation report a few weeks ago. On Monday, a group of Federal Reserve officials were trotted out to make the point to markets they might once again be getting ahead of themselves with expectations of any sort of soon-to-be Fed pivot.
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With more retail data rolling in, it might also be time to start paying attention to commodities.
(0:21) Asit Sharma discusses: - Cyber Monday's results mirroring Black Friday's - How the headlines around strong holiday retail may be masking weakness underneath - Why stock investors may have to start paying attention to the price of copper
(9:50) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp share some gift ideas the people on your list will actually enjoy.
Stocks mentioned: ADBE
Host: Chris Hill Guest: Asit Sharma, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
Today’s podcast takes up the bizarre behavior of Republican election supervisors in a small county in Arizona who do not want to certify their election results—and the fact that if they were to succeed, a House seat would flip to the Democrats. How crazy is that? Not as crazy, perhaps, as the anti-Semitism-enabling behavior of a former president of the United States. Give a listen. Source
American workers need to get to work, and the systems that support our transportation infrastructure need reform. Colin Grabow authored the transportation chapter in Cato's Empowering the New American Worker book.
Congress considers heading off a possible railroad strike. Tornado threat in the south. A must win against Iran at the World Cup. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
