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WSJ What’s News

WSJ What’s News

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What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step back with our What’s News in Markets wrap-up on Saturday and our What’s News Sunday deep dive.Copyright © Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Why Anthropic is On Track to Beat OpenAI to a Profit

    Why Anthropic is On Track to Beat OpenAI to a Profit
    Nov 11 2025
    A.M. Edition for Nov. 11. Anthropic's business-first strategy means the AI start-up is likely to turn a profit years before its consumer-focused rival, OpenAI. WSJ tech reporter Sam Schechner explains what this says about the path to success in the AI race. Plus, Congress has voted to end the longest government shutdown in history, with Democrats descending into infighting. And WSJ editor Bertrand Benoit details how Europe is facing a frightening new reality of hybrid attacks, putting the continent somewhere between war and peace. Caitlin McCabe hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • A Settlement in a 20-Year Legal Fight Could Make it Harder to Use Your Rewards Credit Card

    A Settlement in a 20-Year Legal Fight Could Make it Harder to Use Your Rewards Credit Card
    Nov 10 2025
    P.M. Edition for Nov. 10. A settlement between merchants and Visa and Mastercard over interchange fees would let stores reject popular credit cards. WSJ reporter AnnaMaria Andriotis, who covers banking for the Journal, discusses why that’s a big change in the industry that could change how often you use premium credit cards. Plus, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has an end in sight–and Democrats fuming at members of their own party. And while Hollywood box office has been in the doldrums after the pandemic, IMAX is an increasingly hot ticket. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • Alternative Indicators: Can Nevada Employment Predict Where the Economy is Headed?

    Alternative Indicators: Can Nevada Employment Predict Where the Economy is Headed?
    Nov 10 2025
    Since the early 2000s, a fall in employment in the state of Nevada has preceded a broader U.S. recession. It makes sense why—the economic fortunes of Las Vegas, which make up a big part of the state’s overall economy, are intimately tied to consumers’ comfort with spending. Host Alex Ossola speaks with Andrew Woods, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, about what the state data shows now, and what it says about the health of the U.S. economy. This is part one of our four-part series on alternative economic indicators. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins

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The last several days the podcast is updated 24 hours late. In other words, I'm getting yesterday morning's news this morning. When I checked with Audible, they confirmed that the podcast hadn't sent a new update. What's going on?

Updates 24 hours late???

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I wish this gave more information on other big topics and less on Covid 19. I know that I'm not the only person tired of hearing it everywhere we turn.

Same Covid stories over and over

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This is a downgrade from the daily digests. Paying premium for ads?! And I don’t want opinions, want reporting in the news.

Ads and Commentary?

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Excellent overview of what market participants want to know. Unfortunately, it doesn’t arrive consistently every morning, so hard to depend on it. Some days doesn’t show up at all when I check at 9 am, while it used to be available at 5:30 am. NY time. Disappointed.

Good content… when it arrives.

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Why is it delayed by at least a full day or more now since the new logo?

Why isitt a day late now?

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I will not renew when my subscription ends in Nov. A prime reason for listening is now gone.

The decision to drop the daily WSJ and New York Times deprives your listeners of a prime source of excellent content. I will no

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would like a more neutral pro America version. how to run a country from a big government view is not helpful. or the censorship ads of different people

red Chinese point of view

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I switched to this podcast after the WSJ Digest was discontinued. This is not that. If you are looking for a bunch of headlines with brief (!) comments then this is fine. I miss the more in-depth detail of a full article. This doesn't even save time, with the introductions and ad time then cover nearly as many topics in the same time but with less information.

Headlines, not reporting

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This podcast does NOT take the place of WSJ What’s In The News. It is not enjoyable to listen to and I have to listen to adds!!!

Why the change?

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I enjoy the presentation, but the delivery is unreliable. Stories for a period are delivered on time, then not. The function to find the story you want to listen to, often does not respond. Very disappointing.

Unreliable delivery

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