Let's 'TACO' 'bout General Motors gassing up V-8s and golden shares

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

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It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating numbers from the news.

On today's episode, we examine: General Motors invests big in V-8s; U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel flirt with the Golden Share; Trump's tariffs just got more unpredictable.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.7	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.8	I'm Waylon Wong.
0:14.9	And I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:16.0	And I'm Darym Woods.
0:17.4	The three of us are gathered here once again.
0:20.4	The tariff Troika.
0:22.2	Oh. Chat GP3. For that special time of the week.
0:27.3	Taco Friday. What? It's indicators of the week? Yes. And my reference wasn't completely out of the
0:34.9	blue. I made a taco about a new acronym referring to Trump's tariff behavior.
0:40.1	GM doubles up on gas guzzling engines.
0:43.4	And I've got the golden ticket.
0:45.9	Or a golden share.
0:47.4	You'll find out more after the break.
0:52.0	Really?
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