Trump Says He's Firing Fed’s Cook, France Selloff, EU Tariff Struggles

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On today's podcast:

(1) President Donald Trump moved to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her post at the US central bank in the wake of allegations from a White House ally that she falsified documents on mortgage applications.

(2) US President Donald Trump threatened to impose fresh tariffs and export restrictions on advanced technology and semiconductors in retaliation against other nations’ digital services taxes that hit American technology companies.

(3) Prime Minister Francois Bayrou called a confidence vote that may topple France’s government as soon as next month, prompting a selloff in French assets as investors hedged for more political uncertainty.

(4) Britons looking for their first jobs face the worst hiring drought since the depths of the Covid pandemic, as the rise in artificial intelligence and higher employment costs distort career opportunities.

(5) UK grocery prices edged up in August, as bad weather and poor harvests exacerbated the strain of higher operating costs hitting supermarkets.

(6) Elon Musk accused Apple Inc. and OpenAI in a lawsuit of unfairly favoring the artificial intelligence company across iPhones and thwarting competition for other chatbot makers.

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