This Week in the Economy - September 4, 2024

The Economy

Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - 28 minutes

This week Ed and Blair talk about the opposition to Japanese Nippon Steel buying US Steel, the recent jobs reports, the latest on the stock market, China's competitiveness in the electric vehicle industry, the SEC's recent findings, DirectTV's dispute with Disney, possibly causing its subscribers to not have access to Disney's programming, such as ESPN, just when football season is starting, and addressed those commercials we see encouraging seniors to cash in their life insurance policies.

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