David Brancaccio

We found out that my wife was pregnant with our second child, and that was sort of the U-turn on everything.

We found out that my wife was pregnant with our second child, and that was sort of the U-turn on everything.

Reading the room if your company throws a holiday party.

I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles.

Good morning to you.

First, some top Federal Reserve officials now have a stretch of job security.

The central bank has announced that most of the presidents of the regional Fed banks have been reappointed.

This is despite some Trump administration proposals to exert greater control over the Fed's regional banks.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer explains.

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion three years ago has been sentenced to 15 years.

34-year-old Do Kwon created the TerraUSD and Luna currencies.

In federal court in New York yesterday, Judge Paul Engelmayer said this, quote, this was a fraud on an epic generational scale.

In the history of federal prosecutions, there are few frauds that have caused as much harm as you have, Mr. Kwon.

Kwon had pleaded guilty and in court apologized to his victims.

He faces other charges if he eventually returns to South Korea.

Some victims lost life savings in a scheme that involved artificially inflating the value of crypto assets.

If they're throwing a holiday party at work, part of me wants to say just go, be in the moment, and enjoy.

But this is Marketplace where there's always work to do.

So let me also say the holiday party is a way to get a fresh read on the health of your company.

Let's talk to a consultant now who says a useful exercise is to take a moment to read the party room with a detached anthropologist's eye.