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    • How do small businesses manage when workers just up and quit?

    by Justin Ho
    Nov 15, 2021
    As more and more workers voluntarily leave jobs, business owners are having to get creative about finding and retaining employees.
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    Marketplace Morning Report

    New year ... new economy?

    Jan 2, 2023
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    Not playing at a theater near you: Why are some movies so hard to find? 

    by Janet Nguyen
    Feb 16, 2024
    It comes down to how much money the theaters think they’re going to earn.
    If a movie doesn't show up at the theater, it's because the theater doesn't think it will make money, one filmmaker told us.
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    Why do teachers pay for school supplies with their own money?

    by Janet Nguyen
    Apr 7, 2023
    Instructors are investing their cash, along with their skill and passion, in their students' education.
    School supplies are often in short supply in the classroom, so many teachers dig into their own pockets to provide them.
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    In "Easy Money," crypto's central premise is put to the test

    by Ben McKenzie
    Jul 18, 2023
    The cryptocurrency industry seeks to create a decentralized, peer-to-peer means of exchange, but is it really just a speculative bubble?
    "Cryptocurrencies are not currencies, economically speaking, because they don't do what money does," says actor and author Ben McKenzie.
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    Cactus poachers are picking the Texas desert clean of rare species

    by Zoe Kurland
    Feb 21, 2022
    The lucrative cactus black market is booming, and many species are threatened with extinction.
    Karen Little, manager of the Sul Ross State University greenhouse, holds a rare Pelecyphora aselliformis cactus, seized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service en route to markets overseas.
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    Marketplace Tech

    What fake Drake means for the music industry

    May 5, 2023
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    How do Europe and the U.S. compare in their pandemic recoveries?

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Dec 13, 2021
    In Europe, there's inflation, but it's not as high as it is in the U.S.
    A recent Brooking reports shows how the U.S. and Europe are handling inflation and job recovery during the pandemic.
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    Fed Chair Powell: Interest rates likely won't return to "historically low levels" before the pandemic

    by Kai Ryssdal , Sean McHenry and Andie Corban
    Mar 29, 2024
    Powell discusses how monetary policymakers arrive at consensus, the value of transparency and the issues that influence interest rate decisions.
    "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal interviews Jay Powell, head of the Federal Reserve.
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    Marketplace Tech

    Silicon Valley gets a taste of what the public thinks of the tech sector

    Mar 16, 2023
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