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  • Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon announced that it will buy Whole Foods for over $13 billion.
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    It wasn't long ago Amazon was just a quaint online book store.

  • National flags flutter near the the Elizabeth Tower, commonly referred to as Big Ben, in central London today.
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    Sheelah Kolhatkar of The New Yorker and David Gura of Bloomberg join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. With the stunning election results in Britain now final, we look at how the political turmoil will impact Brexit negotiations and if the European Union now has leverage. Then, we turn our attention to […]

  • President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House June 1, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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    Ana Swanson of The Washington Post and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. We discuss the latest unemployment rate; with the country at almost full employment, what are the chances of inflation rising? Plus, we look at the business world’s reaction after President Trump’s withdrawal from the […]

  • Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee Thursday on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal.
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    Ana Swanson of The Washington Post and Nela Richardson of Redfin join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about Donald Trump’s plan on achieving 3 percent economic growth and if the math adds up. How does Paul Ryan plan on dealing with the administration’s budget? Plus, we revisit […]

  • President Trump arrives for a press conference in the East Room of the White House.
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    Rachel Abrams of the New York Times and Sudeep Reddy of Politico join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about how the latest revelations from the White House will affect Donald Trump’s economic agenda ahead of his trip to Saudi Arabia. Plus, with the controversies surrounding Trump and former […]

  • President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin walk out of the Treasury Department after a financial services Executive Order signing ceremony on April 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. 
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    Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post and Linette Lopez of Business Insider join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week they talk about if President Trump’s firing of James Comey will slow down the administration’s economic agenda. Plus, they analyze Trump’s handling of the facts in his interview with The Economist.

  • President Trump speaks in the White House Rose Garden following the House of Representatives vote on the health care bill on May 4.
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    Cardiff Garcia from FT Alphaville and Rachel Abrams from The New York Times join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week they discuss the numbers from the recent jobs report and try to piece together President Trump’s tax reform plan. Just what challenges does his plan present? 

  • President Trump with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, holds up the first of three executive orders concerning financial services today in Washington, D.C.
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    Rachel Abrams of the New York Times and David Gura of Bloomberg join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about whether the Trump administration can meet any of its major pledges before its first 100 days. Also, Trump has signed a lot of executive orders, but are they doing […]

  • US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, April 13, 2017.
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    Which begs the question: Did he know what he was talking about during the campaign?

  • Weekly Wrap: What the numbers are really telling us
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    Sudeep Reddy of Politico and Linette Lopez of Business Insider join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. This week, they talk about what numbers we should really be focusing on to judge the economy, and the latest happenings at the Federal Reserve.