It's pretty rare for one person to do one thing that affects nearly every business in the United States. But that's the power of the presidency and the new tariffs that took effect this week.
Over the last few days, as the tariffs have gone up and down, NPR has been talking to Americans who run different kinds of businesses.
Even though their companies don't have much in common, all of them are doing the same thing right now: Trying to figure out what's going on and how to respond.
Trump's tariff plans affect nearly every company in America. We'll hear from a few business owners about what it means for them
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Consider This from NPR - Drowning in tariffs, American businesses try to stay afloat
It's pretty rare for one person to do one thing that affects nearly every business in the United States. But that's the power of the presidency and the new tariffs that took effect this week.
Over the last few days, as the tariffs have gone up and down, NPR has been talking to Americans who run different kinds of businesses.
Even though their companies don't have much in common, all of them are doing the same thing right now: Trying to figure out what's going on and how to respond.
Trump's tariff plans affect nearly every company in America. We'll hear from a few business owners about what it means for them
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Over the last few days, as the tariffs have gone up and down, NPR has been talking to Americans who run different kinds of businesses.
Even though their companies don't have much in common, all of them are doing the same thing right now: Trying to figure out what's going on and how to respond.
Trump's tariff plans affect nearly every company in America. We'll hear from a few business owners about what it means for them
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | The Future of AI in Crypto Markets
The latest price moves and insights with Jennifer Sanasie and Theory Ventures Partner Spencer Farrar.
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Theory Ventures Partner Spencer Farrar joins CoinDesk to discuss the growing influence of AI across all business sectors and the potential for AI agents to automate workflows. Plus, companies and projects Theory Ventures are looking out for, particularly those at the intersection of AI and crypto.
This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.
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The Daily Signal - VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: No Congress, No Coherence—The Left’s Post-Trump Identity Crisis
Why aren't Democrats offering serious alternatives to Donald Trump's agenda? From trade deficits to foreign policy, Victor Davis Hanson points out that many on the Left once held views that mirrored Trump’s—yet now, they offer little more than resistance for resistance’s sake on today’s episode of “ Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“ I see these people in their late 60s and early 70s, mostly white people, and they seem to have the same signs, the same agenda, and they leave at the same time. … And you were doing that when you were 18, 19, and 20, and you haven’t changed. You’ve learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
“ And so, when they wonder why the Harvard/Harris Poll or other polls don’t show Trump dropping … they look for alternatives. And they see nothing but street theater. Maybe they think that’s going to win them the midterms.”
00:00 Introduction: The Democratic Party's Lack of Constructive Criticism
00:09 Performance Art and Street Theater
00:20 A Call for Constructive Alternatives
02:00 Revisiting Past Democratic Leaders' Stances
02:34 Economic Perspectives and Trade Deficits
04:43 The Need for Concrete Proposals
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Trump Slaps 145% Tariffs Against China, Bitcoin Tumbles
Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry after U.S. President Donald Trump raise tariffs against China to 145%.
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump raise tariffs against China to 145%. Plus, crypto friendly Paul Atkins is confirmed as the new chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and Pakistan seeks to utilize up to 10,000 megawatts of surplus energy for Bitcoin mining. CoinDesk's Christine Lee hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Who Tows The Tow Trucks? Soon, It Could Be You
Chicago has a major rogue tow operator problem. Rogue towing operators prowl crash scenes, take vehicles away, and then stick drivers with massive fees to get their cars back. More than 500 predatory tows were reported in the Chicago area in 2023. But now, a new proposed ordinance making its way through City Council could crack down on the problem, and would allow drivers and insurers to sue rogue tow truck drivers. Reset finds out more about this issue from Mitch Armentrout, Chicago Sun-Times reporter.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
Motley Fool Money - The Day After the Market Skyrocketed
If you missed 20 minutes in the market yesterday, then you missed out on almost an average year’s worth of gains.
(00:21) Asit Sharma and Ricky Mulvey discuss:
- Their reflections on one of the best days in the market since WWII, and the hangover today.
- Nike and Lululemon getting caught in a brewing trade war.
- Andy Jassy’s annual letter to Amazon shareholders.
Then, (18:45) Tim Beyers and Mary Long discuss some “icks” for investors to watch as companies report earnings.
Companies discussed: NKE, LULU, AMZN, NFLX, IQ, LCID, CSCO
Host: Ricky Mulvey
Guests: Asit Sharma, Mary Long, Tim Beyers
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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The Journal. - China Unleashes a Trade War Arsenal
In the early days of President Trump’s second term, China was ready to negotiate on trade. Then came Liberation Day. Now China is ready with a trade war arsenal taking aim at U.S. companies. WSJ’s Lingling Wei explains how China is gearing up for an extraordinary conflict with no immediate exits. Kate Linebaugh hosts.
Further Listening:
- Trump’s Tariffs Force a New Era in Global Trade
- The Trade War With China Is On
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Science In Action - Researching pain, painlessly
Pain, particularly chronic pain, is hard to research. New therapeutics are hard to screen for. Patients are not all the same. Sergui Pascu and colleagues at Stanford university have been growing brain samples from stem cells. Then they began connecting different samples, specialised to represent different brain regions. This week they announce their most complex “assembloid” yet, one that even reacts to hot chilli, passing a signal from the sensory neurons through to the thinking bits. The hope is that it can provide insights on how pain, and potential painkillers, work.
Human brains are notoriously large, particularly infants. Whilst for primates the human pelvis is quite narrow, to allow us to walk and run on two legs. This notoriously makes childbirth, well, not as straightforward as most other species. This evolutionary “obstetric dilemma” has been debated for decades. Marianne Brasil, of Western Washington University, and colleagues, have published this week a huge study of contemporary human genes and anatomies available from the UK Biobank to shed some more light on this ongoing compromise.
Malta is an island in the Mediterranean no less than 80km from land. So how come Eleanor Scerri and colleagues have discovered archaeological evidence of hunter-gatherers living there from 8,500 years ago? And they didn’t just visit and leave. They stayed for perhaps a millennium before farming arrived. Maybe a rethink of what nautical capabilities our ancestors had in the deep past is needed?
A year ago, Science in Action gate-crashed a conference looking at plans for meeting the forthcoming arrival of asteroid Apophis in 2029. This year the meeting is in Tokyo, and Richard Binzel, emeritus professor of Astronomy at MIT, gives us an update on how the space agencies are hoping to collaborate to maximise the scientific value from what will be a global, visible, phenomenon in just 4 years. Is there enough time to get our collective wits together?
(Image: 3D illustration of Interconnected neurons with electrical pulses. Credit: Getty Images)
Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield Production co-ordinator: Josie Hardy
The Bulwark Podcast - S2 Ep1018: Andrew Weissmann and Patrick Gaspard: Naked Corruption
Just before he paused the tariffs on Wednesday, an unusual spike in activity on the S&P 500 prompted speculation that Trump was orchestrating an insider trading scheme. After the markets closed, he joked with *the* Charles Schwab about how the financier had made $2.5 billion in trades that day. Meanwhile, Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate two former officials he regards as enemies—this comes on the heels of his efforts to intimidate law firms from taking on clients who oppose him. Plus, Trump's long obsession with white South Africans, and do Democrats listen too much to grassroots activist groups?
Andrew Weissmann and Patrick Gaspard join Tim Miller.
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Andrew Weissmann and Patrick Gaspard join Tim Miller.
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