Tensions Rise as US Troops Killed; Earnings & Fed Decision This Week

<p>On today's podcast:<br /><br />1) Iran sought to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/iran-distances-itself-from-us-base-attack-as-biden-urged-to-act">distance itself from a deadly attack on a US base in Jordan</a> by a Tehran-backed militia, as President Joe Biden faced mounting pressure to order a harsh response against the Islamic Republic.</p> <p>2) <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/3333:HK">China Evergrande Group </a>received a liquidation order from a Hong Kong court, setting off a daunting process to carve up the biggest casualty of a property crisis that’s upending the world’s second-largest economy.</p> <p>3) Nikki Haley <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-28/haley-commits-to-staying-in-2024-gop-race-through-super-tuesday">vowed to stay in the Republican presidential primary race at least through Super Tuesday</a> while chiding a tabled plan by the Republican National Committee that called for the party to coalesce around Donald Trump.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>