A judge has refused to toss out a copyright infringement case against the pop superstar, saying that a 2001 song, “Playas Gonna Play” by the group 3LW had enough similarities to the chorus in her song “Shake It Off” to let a jury decide if she needs to pay copyright holders for the use. The Fed is turning away from pandemic support for the economy while focusing on inflation. Housing data shows that home builders are actually feeling confident in the wake of costs and shortages.

From the BBC World Service: Turkey is on the brink of hyperinflation and the lira currency has imploded after the country’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, turned his back on fundamental economics and interest rates. Turkey’s economic turmoil is a warning shot to the world about what happens when a central bank’s independence gets compromised. We’re in the heart of Istanbul – the city straddling Europe and Asia – sharing how ordinary people’s lives have become much, much tougher.

The nation’s biggest grocery chain has been offering paid sick leave to any of its workers if they got COVID-19, but that option is now off the table for salaried staff and managers who happen to be unvaccinated. There’s also a health insurance surcharge for those employees who are unvaccinated. Susan Schmidt talks to us about the ever-present topic of inflation as the Fed prepares to meet today. In Nashville, out-of-state real estate investors are adding another layer to the issues of a tight housing market.

Early in the pandemic, COVID-19 outbreaks forced some of the country’s largest slaughterhouses and meat processors to shut down, leading to fears of meat shortages across the U.S. Now, there’s interest in diversifying that supply chain by boosting capacity at the local level. We check in on the status of the various vaccine mandates across the U.S., including the national one for health care staff. Supply chain issues have retailers preparing for a surplus of late-coming Christmas inventory that could flow into 2022.

From the BBC World Service: The omicron coronavirus variant is creating more uncertainty for the international travel industry during a peak period. The CEO of Expedia-owned travel website Trivago says Christmas bookings have dropped sharply. U.K. inflation rises to a 10-year high in November. The original creators of the rubber toy Pop Its aren’t benefiting financially from its surge in popularity among both children and adults.

The Labor Department says the producer price index rose 9.6 % in November, compared to a year earlier. That’s more than forecast and could signal more price hikes for consumers. David Kelly of J.P. Morgan helps talk us through it in our markets discussion. Toyota wants to add an even bigger spark to its electrification efforts. We look at some of the best ways to ensure people use the hundreds of thousands of EV charging stations outlined in President Biden’s plans. How to nonprofit hospitals deal with gifts and donation in the form of cryptocurrency?

A report from the Belfer Center at Harvard says that’s possible if the U.S. doesn’t step up its investment in important technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence. We spoke to Graham Allison, one of the report’s authors, about the implications of these findings. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois. The warehouse was hit by one of several tornadoes that ripped through several states on Friday.

From the BBC World Service: The U.K. government is under pressure over tighter coronavirus restrictions including mandatory mask-wearing and so-called vaccine passports. A group of friends from the beauty industry are looking to challenge colourism within the South Asian community. A study finds that you don’t need to be exceptionally clever to pursue careers in rocket science or brain surgery.

The currency of Turkey, the lira, has dropped to an all-time low in value. Its central bank is contemplating a cut in interest rates. But the impact has been most felt in the everyday lives of the Turkish people, who are left financially paralyzed as their money keeps tumbling. The BBC is reporting from Turkey, and we spoke to them about what they’ve seen so far. Julia Coronado joins us to discuss the markets, especially when it comes to what to expect from the Federal Reserve in the coming days.

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From the BBC World Service: Turkey’s central bank is selling U.S. dollars to try stabilize the lira currency as another rate decision looms, the U.K. government is hiring around 2,000 investigators to help reclaim billions of dollars lost to benefits fraud and criminal gangs. A meeting in Geneva this week seeks to regulate investments in autonomous weapons like killer robots.

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