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New film follows Amazon union efforts, challenges for labor ahead

Amazon workers in New York voted to unionize more than two years ago. Amazon still has not met them at the bargaining table.
Union organizer Christian Smalls speaks following the April 1, 2022, vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York.
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How one female CEO landed angel investments

Rosina Samadani is the CEO of Oculogica, a medical device company that has created a new way to diagnose concussions.
"The eyes are a window to how well the brain is working and functioning," said Oculogica CEO Rosina Samadani.
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Closing the gender gap in angel investing

How women-owned companies are getting vital seed funding.
20 years ago, women-led companies represented only about 3% of all the companies that got this funding, said Loretta McCarthy. "Fast forward to 2023, that number has grown to about 45%."
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How to get noticed by angel investors

A veteran angel investor shares how she evaluates potential investment opportunities.
"We’re on the bleeding edge of technology and markets, and some are going to work and some are going to fail. So you have to get comfortable with that," said Deb Kemper at Golden Seeds Venture Fund.
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How a second Trump presidency may influence economies abroad

To learn more, "Marketplace Morning Report" host David Brancaccio spoke with Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist magazine.
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The U.S. economy is on top of the world? Really?

It doesn't necessarily feel like that to everyone living here. This is why.
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Join a club, it's good for democracy

Co-producers of "Join or Die: A Film About Why You Should Join a Club" Rebecca and Pete Davis discuss the importance of community and connectedness.
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The high-end art market is tanking. And that's ... a good thing?

Yes, according to critic Blake Gopnik. When the market was thriving, he says, "the art was just unbelievably terrible."
The art market is in a correction phase, says critic Blake Gopnik. According to him, price and quality weren't closely related.
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Will AI lead to layoffs? New data from CEOs says no

KPMG's latest U.S. CEO Outlook survey finds that more than 70% of corporate executives feel AI "will not dramatically change their workforce."
"What we feel is that these technologies like generative AI and AI are going to augment the skills of workers and employees," said KPMG's Paul Knopp.
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How do Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's economic policy proposals stack up?

We do the numbers on how much each candidate's plans will add to the national debt and impact voters.
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