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Marketplace All-in-One - What you need to know about TrumpRx

The Trump administration has launched the new TrumpRx website, where people can shop for prescription drugs at discounted rates. The site, a hub that points cash-paying customers to five participating manufacturers' websites, went live yesterday. We dig in. Then, it's been a bumpy week for markets. What should we make of it? Plus, we speak with a Minneapolis restaurant owner who says sales are down 50% due to ICE's crackdown in the city.

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Focus on Africa - ‘I tied my tubes to stay child-free’

The UNFPA has warned that world fertility rates are facing an 'unprecedented decline'. In its 2025 report, it said many people are having fewer children than they want, or none at all, because of factors like the cost of living and difficulties finding a suitable partner.

At the same time, a growing number of people are actively choosing a child-free life, and more women are now opting for sterilisation procedures like tubal ligation. Focus on Africa podcast host, Nkechi Ogbonna, spoke to 29-year-old Naisula Sironka, from Kenya, who has chosen to be child-free and underwent tubal ligation in 2024.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Fana Negash and Carolyne Kiambo Technical Producer: David Nzau Senior Producer: Priya Sippy Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

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Marketplace All-in-One - AI comes for software companies

Software companies are in trouble. Or at least their stocks are. Salesforce is down 25%, and Intuit is down 31%, after startup Anthropic released a new tool sparking fear among investors that software companies are in danger of becoming obsolete. We'll learn more. Then, all kinds of cryptocurrencies are cratering in value, and we'll hear what it's like to be a small business in an anemic job market.

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CBS News Roundup - 02/06/2026 | World News Roundup

New plea from Savannah Guthrie's brother. Millions prepare for a dangerously cold weekend. Opening day in Milan and Cortina. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.

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Marketplace All-in-One - Japan prepares to go to the polls

From the BBC World Service: Japanese voters will give their verdict on the government of Sanae Takaichi this weekend after Japan's first female prime minister called a snap election just months into her first term. How is the economy there shaping the election? Plus, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government is trying to solve an energy crisis exacerbated by U.S. sanctions. And we check in with a company on a tiny Scottish island that produces an essential piece of Winter Olympics equipment.

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WSJ What’s News - Why MAGA Is Fuming Over Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show

A.M. Edition for Feb. 6. Amazon shares sink, putting the Nasdaq on track for its worst week since last April, as investors punish tech companies spending big on AI, and those exposed to the latest Anthropic update. Plus, the White House launches its drug-buying site, TrumpRx, in a bid to tackle high prices. And WSJ’s Sabrina Rodriguez on how Bad Bunny’s anti-ICE comments are sparking a backlash ahead of his Super Bowl halftime performance this weekend. Luke Vargas hosts.


WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains how the U.S. is preparing for a potential strike on Iran.  


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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Legacy Program, Chapter Two: How Aliens (Could) Work

Could the United States really have a multi-generational, 'above-top-secret' operation to retrieve and reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology? In the second chapter of this special two-part series, Ben, Matt and Noel dive deeper in the allegations surrounding "The Legacy Program".

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Headlines From The Times - U.S. and Russia Closing in on New Arms Control Treaty Deal and California Job Losses Slow in January

United States and Russia are reportedly closing in on a deal to continue the expiring arms control treaty called New START. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has joined the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Response Network. Meanwhile in California, officials have green-lit a controversial plan to eliminate all the deer on Catalina island. And for the first time in over ten years, NHL players are preparing to face off on Olympic ice. In business, the Eddie Bauer retailer may close its stores as its parent company prepares to file for bankruptcy, and new data shows California’s job losses slowed in January even as layoffs surged nationwide. Read more at LATimes.com.