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The major indexes ticked up for the first trading day since Moody’s Ratings downgraded the U.S.’s credit rating on Friday. Investors are also getting nervous about President Trump’s tax bill as it advances through congress. Plus: UnitedHealth Group notched its second day of gains in a row. Danny Lewis hosts.
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P.M. Edition for May 19. To meet their self-imposed deadline of Memorial Day, House Republicans are facing a tug of war over spending cuts. Siobhan Hughes, who covers Congress for WSJ, discusses the major points of contention and where the bill goes from here. Plus, President Trump wants the U.S. to be a manufacturing powerhouse, even though hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs are currently unfilled. We hear from Journal economics reporter Chao Deng about what makes those jobs less appealing to workers, and what manufacturers are doing to try to woo them. And the U.S. Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to strip Venezuelan migrants of their legal status. Alex Ossola hosts.
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It was supposed to be the highlight of New York’s spring auction week: Sculptor Alberto Giacometti’s masterpiece “Large Thin Head” was this year’s most hotly anticipated piece up for sale. But when the bidding opened, collectors went silent. WSJ’s Kelly Crow explains what this unexpected auction week bust reveals about today’s art market. Annie Minoff hosts.
Further Listening:
- The $6 Million Banana's Appeal
- Is This Painting a Masterpiece? AI Is On the Case
- The Basquiat Sisters on Managing One of Art's Hottest Brands
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Downgrades sound scary, but the U.S. is still the best place for investors to put money to work.
(00:21) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss:
- Moody’s downgrading U.S. debt, and why it’s somewhere between a symbolic and substantial update for investors.
- Whether the downgrade and “Sell America” thinking means international investors are rethinking “there is no alternative” (TINA) to the U.S.
- Coinbase joining the S&P 500, and crypto’s continued march towards legitimacy.
(16:16) Restaurant industry expert and Principal at Technomic David Henkes joins Ricky Mulvey to talk through why more consumers are brown-bagging it for lunch, and what successful restaurants are getting right.
Companies discussed: WMT, COIN
Host: Dylan Lewis
Guests: Asit Sharma, David Henkes, Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Dan Boyd
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Walmart had said it would raise prices in response to tariffs. Then, it got a call from the White House. Now, the retailer says it will swallow some of the costs. This has us wondering: where have all the free market diehards gone? Plus, Kimberly reflects on the tornadoes that hit her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri and explains FEMA’s plan to shift disaster costs to the states. Also? Did the GOP really name their reconciliation bill the “One Big Beautiful Bill?”
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