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LIVE NOW: Missouri AG Investigates Morningstar Over ESG Ratings; Mortgage Rates Drop Below 5% | NTD Business

Good news for homebuyers: Mortgage rates are dropping below 5 percent for the first time since April. Walmart is laying off corporate employees after slashing its profit outlook just last week. One state is investigating ESG ratings for the first time ever. Missouri’s attorney general believes financial services firm Morningstar may have violated state law. The…


Missouri AG Investigates Morningstar Over ESG Ratings; Mortgage Rates Drop Below 5% | NTD Business

Good news for homebuyers: Mortgage rates are dropping below 5 percent for the first time since April. Walmart is laying off corporate employees after slashing its profit outlook just last week. One state is investigating ESG ratings for the first time ever. Missouri’s attorney general believes financial services firm Morningstar may have violated state law. The…


Pelosi’s Trip And China’s Coercion On Taiwan; China Buying of U.S. Land Up 10-fold in Past Decade | NTD Business

Has speaker Pelosi’s trip caused damage to U.S.-china relations? will China put more economic pressure on Taiwan? We talk with an expert. Inside the Democrat tax and climate bill: a tax on imported oil. What will this do to gas prices, at a time when they’re already high? The Chinese communist party is buying up American…


Pelosi’s Trip and China’s Coercion on Taiwan; China Buying of US Land Up 10-fold in Past Decade | NTD Business

Has House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip caused damage to U.S.-China relations? Will China put more economic pressure on Taiwan? We talk with an expert. Inside the Democrat tax and climate bill is a tax on imported oil. What will this do to gas prices, at a time when they’re already high? The Chinese Communist Party is…


LIVE NOW: Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan, to Meet Tsai Wednesday; Consumer Debt Tops $16 Trillion | NTD Business

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan Tuesday. She is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the island in over two decades. How is Beijing reacting to it? Consumers borrowed a record amount of money in the last quarter; what’s inflation have to do with it? Oil giant BP is becoming the latest energy company to announce…


Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan, to Meet Tsai Wednesday; Consumer Debt Tops $16 Trillion | NTD Business

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan Tuesday. She is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the island in over two decades. How is Beijing reacting to it? Consumers borrowed a record amount of money in the last quarter; what’s inflation have to do with it? Oil giant BP is becoming the latest energy company to announce…


Facebook ‘Fact-Checks’ Recession Definition; Amazon Sheds Record Number of Employees | NTD Business

In the biggest quarterly employee drop in Amazon’s history, nearly 100,000 workers have vanished, after GDP declines. Facebook fact-checks an economist for using the textbook definition of “recession.” We talk to Phillip Magness. Will a proposed Securities and Exchange Commission climate change rule on agriculture producers create a Netherlands-style farm crisis? We talk to an economist…


Exxon, Chevron Post Blowout Earnings; Fed’s Main Inflation Figure at 40-Year High | NTD Business

Oil companies are posting record revenues, boosted by surging prices for crude oil and natural gas. The Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation figure hits a 40-year high. How does it compare to the more reported-on number? China could be giving up its 5.5 percent GDP target for this year. One analyst labels it a failure. A Chick-fil-A…


US Economy Slips Into Technical Recession; Manchin Backs Democrat Spending Bill | NTD Business

The U.S. economy shrinks again for the second quarter in a row. Experts say that even if we’re not in a recession, we’re close to one. In a surprise reversal, Sen. Joe Manchin backs a Democrat bill focusing on climate, taxes, and health. What’s in it? JetBlue wins the takeover battle for Spirit Airlines; now it…


U.S. Economy Slips Into Technical Recession; Manchin Backs Democrat Spending Bill | NTD Business

The U.S. economy shrinks again, for the second quarter in a row. Experts say, even if we’re not in a recession, we’re close to one. In a surprise reversal, Senator Joe Manchin backs a Democrat bill focusing on climate, taxes, and health. What’s in it? JetBlue wins the takeover battle for Spirit Airlines; now it faces…