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Oil prices rise over Middle East tensions

Oct 7, 2024
From the BBC World Service: The biggest rise in oil prices for nearly two years was recorded on Friday. We'll discuss the latest developments.
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The quest to discover the creator of bitcoin

Director Cullen Hoback has a new documentary, “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery,” in which he explores the real identity of bitcoin’s creator, known by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
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The political attacks on economic data

Oct 4, 2024
No, the jobs report isn't fake.
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked right-wing loyalist J.D. Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Don't be like Boeing

Oct 4, 2024
How can companies preserve the culture of quality manufacturing? Plus, we check in with a customs broker as dockworkers halt their strike.
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Why work as a "bee chauffeur" is big business

Oct 4, 2024
Several times a year, millions of honeybees are transported back and forth across the country to help pollinate the nation’s crops. Whose job is it to move them? Plus, what to make of the gangbusters September jobs report.
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Dockworkers suspend their strike — for now

Oct 4, 2024
Dockworkers have suspended their strike until Jan. 15 in response to a new, higher wage offer from port operators. But what about their demands around automation?
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What impact will new tariffs on Chinese EVs have on the EU market?

Oct 4, 2024
From the BBC World Service: The European Union has given the green light to big tariffs on electric vehicles made in China, but not all member states or European car manufacturers are happy with the decision. 
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Beware of guarantees

Oct 4, 2024
Financial advice is everywhere, but how do you know whom you can trust?
Mallory Brangan

Bytes: Week in Review — OpenAI's valuation doubles, biotech investment grows and a prescription giant is acquired

Christina Farr, managing director at Manatt Health, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."
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U.S. exporters are on edge as port strike continues

Oct 3, 2024
Three days into the port strike, exporters are feeling the heat. Plus, we visit a Detroit frame shop and a U.S. military base in the Marshall Islands.
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