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Mid-day Update

08/23/2017: Public libraries aren’t just for books

David Brancaccio Aug 23, 2017
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Mid-day Update

08/23/2017: Public libraries aren’t just for books

David Brancaccio Aug 23, 2017
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With the summer winding down, we’ll check in with Westwood Holdings Group’s Susan Schmidt about how the markets are doing. Afterwards, we’ll discuss Staples’ struggling sales, and then look at how some public libraries are starting to loan out musical instruments and telescopes.

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