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    • Manufacturing lags overall economy

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Sep 23, 2016
    Data on industrial production and business activity don't indicate a broad-based rebound in manufacturing is likely in the near term.
    A worker handles an engine at a Dodge assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan.
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    Charlotte's economy is strong but inequality remains

    by Reema Khrais
    Sep 22, 2016
    The unemployment rate for black people is double that for white people.
    Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against police brutality in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 21, 2016, following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott the previous day.
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    Should ad agencies have their pay linked to performance?

    by Adam Allington
    Sep 16, 2016
    McDonald's new ad agency will be paid according to how much business increases.
    McDonald's new deal with Omnicon will include some aspect of pay-for-performance.
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    Fed officials touch a market nerve

    by Sabri Ben-Achour
    Sep 12, 2016
    Governors offering their (opposing) thoughts spark volatility in markets.
    Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in June.
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    Labor Secretary Tom Perez reflects on this summer's job growth

    by David Brancaccio
    Sep 5, 2016
    Perez joined us to talk about job growth, the manufacturing sector, and eligibility for overtime pay.
    U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez (C-R) listens to trainee Tim Demol explain the functions of an automated coffee brewing machine created as a technical exercise at the Siemens training facility in Berlin, Germany. Secretary Perez visited the center to learn more about the German trainee system, in which manufacturers offer paid multi-year training programs to recent high school graduates.
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    Americans are eating more cheese than ever

    by Donna Tam
    Aug 26, 2016
    Then why is the government buying surplus of the dairy staple? The global market is saturated.
    Lenny Zimmel puts Colby cheese curds into forms to make 40 pounds blocks of cheese at the Widmer's Cheese Cellars on June 27, 2016 in Theresa, Wisconsin. In 2015, Americans were consuming over 34 pounds of cheese per capita.
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    Some NGOs in Nairobi have to pay locals to attend meetings

    by Dan Bobkoff
    Aug 25, 2016
    For years, NGOs have poured money into Kenya but many residents are skeptical over the groups' intentions.
    Sharon Ogolla stands in front of her salon in Kibera.
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    States and cities don't invest in infrastructure

    by Scott Tong
    Aug 9, 2016
    Low interest rates aren't enough when local governments must pay pension and Medicaid costs.
    A view of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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    Why party platforms still matter in an election

    by Marketplace Staff
    Jul 29, 2016
    What are the economic issues in the GOP and Democrats’ policy roadmaps and why should voters care?
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    The middle-class American vacation: a history

    by Mitchell Hartman
    Jul 22, 2016
    A Marketplace-Edison Research Poll finds that nearly 1 in 4 Americans haven't taken a vacation in more than 5 years.
    A historic mural in the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver depicts wealthy high-society tourists arriving by plane to vacation in the Rockies.
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