Segments From This Episode

• It’s time for the Federal Reserve’s annual game of musical chairs

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  The Fed presents a united front when it makes decisions, but not everyone on the Federal Open Market Committee has a say on interest rates.

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• 5 earnings reports you should pay attention to

  by Janet Nguyen

  

  They might reveal how the broader economy is performing.

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• Will AI help humanity? Americans aren’t sure, study finds

  by Kai Ryssdal, Bennett Purser and Sean McHenry

  

  "There is a lot of skepticism" about artificial intelligence, Vox reporter says.

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• Rookie farmers in California are turning to nonprofit groups to boost their business savvy

  by Julia Mitric

  

  “Beginning” farmers operate a quarter of U.S. farms, according to the USDA.

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• Starbucks wants to avoid national political campaigns. Can it?

  by Justin Ho

  Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, has been dominating the 2020 presidential chatter for a few days now. And while the spotlight’s focused on whether Schultz will run as an independent candidate, it’s also casting a big shadow on his former company. In an email, Starbucks’ current CEO Kevin Johnson told employees the company doesn’t […]

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• 5 things to know about the Huawei indictments

  by Scott Tong

  

  It's about national security, fraud and rogue employees.

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