About this episode
On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion , Slate ’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann, and Senior Finance Correspondent at Business Insider , Linette Lopez ( @lopezlinette ). Topics discussed on today’s show include: -What the lending firm, Point , is pitching to homeowners. -A new Census report that shows a 5.2% jump in 2015 U.S. median household incomes . -Why Bayer, Monsanto shareholders are not happy about an over $57 Billion deal. Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply . Email: slatemoney@slate.com Twitter: @felixsalmon , @mathbabedotorg , @JHWeissmann Production by Veralyn Williams . Slate Money is brought to you by ZipRecruiter . Post your job to all the top job sites with a single click. Try it for free by going to ZipRecruiter.com/money . And by Betterment , the largest independent automated investing service. Learn how you can get up to six months of NO FEES by going to Betterment.com/slatemoney . And by Rocket Mortgage from Quicken Loans . Rocket Mortgage brings the mortgage process into the twenty-first century with an easy online process. Check out Rocket Mortgage today at QuickenLoans.com/slatemoney . Equal housing lender. Licensed in all 50 states. N-M-L -S consumer access dot org number 3030. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices