Maybe don’t take a stand
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Marketplace
4.6 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The number of Americans who want brands to take a stance on political issues is trending down, according to a Bentley-Gallup poll. While a company’s public position on current events may have been on point over the last few years, consumers may see such statements as a ploy to make a buck. Still, there are some issues Americans want companies to speak up about, like climate change and labor conditions. Also in this episode: optimism ahead of corporate earnings reports, the problem with fixing AI bias, and a visit to a mushroom farm.
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| 1:51.0 | On the program today, a little bit of small business, some economic data because, of course, and then mushrooms, really. |
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| 2:12.0 | In Los Angeles, I'm Kai Rizdal. It is Tuesday today. This one is the 10th of October. Good as always to have you along. |
| 2:22.0 | Everybody, we are going to begin today with an eye, of course, on the Middle East and a couple of quick data points on the economic ripple effects of the horrible violence over there. |
| 2:31.0 | Equities, which is to say stocks here and in Europe and in most of Asia, mostly come up a little bit actually crude oil today down just a hair, but generally stable. |
| 2:44.0 | The dollar about which we talked yesterday, the whole flight to quality thing, also steady. |
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