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What will Fox really pay Dominion?

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After Fox Corp. agreed to a jaw-dropping $787 million payout to settle a defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems, one listener thought to ask: Can insurance cover that? We’ll get into it and answer more of your questions about how the re-start of student loan payments might affect the economy and the complicated bond market. Plus, what’s up with all the matte, earth tone car colors?

Here’s everything we talked about today:

  • “How does one pay a $787 million settlement?” from Marketplace

      • “Fox’s settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M” from AP News

          • “Biden’s Education Department is planning for student-loan borrowers to resume payments in October — and companies would begin charging interest a month before” from Business Insider

              • “What will the end of the pause on student loan payments mean for retailers?” from Marketplace

                  • “Will student loan forgiveness make inflation worse?” from Vox

                      • “Biden White House Keeps Student Loan Payments at Bay Amid Inflation” from The New York Times

                          • “What’s happening to the color of L.A. cars? Inside the obsession with muted earth tones” from The LA Times

                              • “Why Do Bond Prices and Yields Move in Opposite Directions?” from The Balance Money

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