

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: Can the stock market just keep on going up?
Can the stock market just keep rising?

Big Business This Week: Is the Fed boxed in by rising unemployment?
Is the Fed boxed in between inflation and rising unemployment?

Big Business This Week: Oracle soars as it cashes in on the AI boom
Oracle soars as it cashes in on the AI boom, Plus: Starbucks shares continue to fall under its new CEO, and does anybody actually want a new iPhone Air?

Big Business This Week: Why does the Fed’s independence matter?
Trump wants interest rates to plummet to make borrowing cheaper and boost growth. Fed chair Jerome Powell and his allies say not so fast, they need to bala

Big Business This Week: Is Elon Musk toxic for Tesla?
Elon Musk may not have founded Tesla, but he has become the company, and it’s become him. Now sales are plummeting. Is he toxic for the Tesla?

Big Business This Week: Never underestimate Microsoft
Microsoft$MSFT ( ▲ 0.19% ) is a tech company most of us take for granted, but it’s been a strong and steady market performer.

Big Business This Week: Is the U.S. economy entering its weird era?
The U.S. economy is in a strange place.

Big Business This Week: It’s a numbers game as Trump fires jobs boss
Plus: Big moves in media, and is AI coming for consultants' jobs?

Big Business This Week: Big investors turn bearish on U.S. stocks
Are U.S. retail investors too complacent about U.S. equities?

Big Business This Week: Stocks reach new highs on Japan trade deal
President Donald Trump pulled a rabbit out of his trade war hat this week, announcing a trade deal with Japan putting 15% tariffs on most Japanese imports.

Big Business This Week: Wall Street cautions against firing Powell
Wall Street cautions against firing Powell, Nvidia's geopolitical balancing act pays off, and banks score an 'A' from investors on Q2 earnings

Big Business This Week: Medtech stocks defy spending cuts and soar
Despite healthcare spending cuts, medtech stocks like Edwards Life Sciences, Stryker, and Boston Scientific are rising, especially those serving older pati

Big Business This Week: In the crypto casino, the house always wins
NYC's mayoral race heats up with a socialist candidate aiming to make the city affordable—and rattling the financial sector. Plus: Coinbase's prospects.

Big Business This Week: How to ride the ‘roller coaster of oil prices’
Plus: Why Krispy Kreme left McDonald's, Boeing's latest woes, the potential Shell-BP merger, Bumble's stumble, Nvidia's cloud ambitions, and Meta's AI recr

Big Business This Week: Market Is A Big Fan of Turbines
DNA firm is back under old management, Meta is poaching AI talent, TikTok's deadline looms, Kraft goes natural with dyes, and WhatsApp introduces ads.

Big Business This Week: What’s the smart bet on the future of energy?
AI data centers need energy, and that’s what’s made the stock price of aptly-named NRG $NRG rise 88% in the past year

Big Business This Week: Trump vs. Musk goes nuclear
Forget Brad and Angelina, Ben and Jenn, The Beatles, Brexit, or even Henry VIII and his wives. This is the biggest split in recent history.
