Maria Aspan
@mariaaspan.bsky.social
Business correspondent @NPR. Newsletter: https://ladybiz.substack.com/
Had a great time talking Mad Max, hoarding gold, and the very weird economy today on @whyy.org with @avi-wa.bsky.social, Kevin McCorry, and Drexel's Ed Nelling: whyy.org/episodes/eco...
What the price of gold tells us about the US economy - WHYY
Gold and silver prices surged to record highs in the past week – a pattern often tied to investor uncertainty. But how uncertain could they be when the stock market is booming? Even as newly announced...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Had a great time talking Mad Max, hoarding gold, and the very weird economy today on @whyy.org with @avi-wa.bsky.social, Kevin McCorry, and Drexel's Ed Nelling: whyy.org/episodes/eco...
"The company has lost nearly half its market valuation since the merger... Zaslav had a compensation package valued at $52M last year - making him one of the country's highest-paid corporate chieftains, according to a study by Harvard Law School. (Shareholders voted against it in a symbolic vote.)"
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"The company has lost nearly half its market valuation since the merger... Zaslav had a compensation package valued at $52M last year - making him one of the country's highest-paid corporate chieftains, according to a study by Harvard Law School. (Shareholders voted against it in a symbolic vote.)"
And flashback to December, when I dug into all of these industry-wide problems: Consumers are furious, lawmakers are stepping up scrutiny, "costs are up, profits are down, top executives have lost their jobs, and investors are selling off the shares."
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Big Health Care is ending a terrible year. Is anyone happy with this business?
Patients are protesting, bipartisan lawmakers are threatening regulation – and investors are selling their shares.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
And flashback to December, when I dug into all of these industry-wide problems: Consumers are furious, lawmakers are stepping up scrutiny, "costs are up, profits are down, top executives have lost their jobs, and investors are selling off the shares."
www.npr.org/2024/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/20/n...