A spirited roundup of the biggest stories about the biggest businesses in the biggest economy in the world. New episodes Fridays at 10 a.m. ET.
Big Business This Week: Making Sense of Market Volatility In A Turbulent Week
What the heck, Wall Street? Was there a tech sell-off this week? Perhaps?! Who knows?!
Big Business This Week: The World Cup Is a Money Machine. But for Whom?
FIFA’s soccer World Cup promises to deliver $11.1 billion in spending and $30.5 billion economic impact for the U.S., but how much is it really helping?
Big Business This Week: It’s a sports book. It’s a casino. Wait. It’s a “prediction market?!”
Is a “prediction market” a gambling platform or an investment vehicle? That’s the question dividing state regulators from the Trump Administration.
Big Business This Week: Does the Dollar’s decline matter?
A quiet downturn has been underway since the beginning of the most recent Administration, as the U.S. dollar weakens. But does it matter?
Big Business This Week: The SaaS-pocalypse hits the tech markets
All it took was a gentle nudge for tech markets to fall significantly.
Big Business This Week: Can global prosperity survive a ‘Doom Loop’?
Have we seen the end of 80 years of increasing global prosperity and relative peace?
Big Business This Week: What happens when “Sell America” meets “TACO”?
How resilient are the U.S. markets? Will they always bounce back on the TACO trade? Or is it possible to go to far?
Big Business This Week: Will pressure on Fed chair Powell backfire?
The last 12 months have seen an extraordinary change in the way the U.S. economy works. Some analysts say that hasn’t been working out very well.
Big Business This Week: The $180 Billion gamble on Venezuela’s oil
Experts are finding it hard to see how the plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil makes business sense.
Big Business This Week: Energy, affordability & management ’26 trends
Editor Peter Green spoke with experts about the trends that will shape big business and the economy in 2026.
Big Business This Week: Xmas tricks retailers use to “hack our minds”
How do brands keep consumers spending even when they're strapped for cash at Xmas?
