Bloomberg Baystate Business for Tuesday, August 24th, 2021


- Boston Globe business reporter Jon Chesto on the controversy over Amazon’s wish to build a distribution center in Boston (3:31 )

- Boston Business Journal reporter Andy Medici on the reasons why some of the unemployed do not want to go back to work (15:46 )

- Bloomberg News reporter Chris Condon on Fed Chair Powell’s charm offensive in Congress that has him poised to keep his job (28:03 )

- Janet Wu interviews Amanda Wallace, MassMutual’s head of insurance operation about their survey of Massachusetts office workers about attitudes concerning returning to the office (34:24 )

- State House News Service reporter Katie Lannan on the approval of a mask mandate for Massachusetts schools (43:52 )

- Boston Herald political reporter and columnist Joe Battenfeld on the latest news from the race for Mayor of Boston (50:19 )

- Bloomberg News reporter Matthew Boyle on how workers are inclined to agree with a harsh vaccine stance by employers (59:34 )

- Bloomberg Radio and Television Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu interviews former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift on the ascension of Kathy Hochul to be the first female governor of New York (1:07:38 )

Hosts: Tom Moroney, Joe Shortsleeve and Kim Carrigan
Producer: Dan Pierce

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