Nov 4, 2016

Marketplace for Friday, November 4, 2016

People line up to vote at an early polling center in Miami. RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images

Four days from Election Day, and it's the calm before the storm — or it would be, if there weren't a jobs report to talk about! We'll get to that in the Weekly Wrap, plus wages. We'll also talk about the fight for a higher minimum wage in Florida and how it could affect turnout Tuesday. Finally, a long conversation with "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins.

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Weekly Wrap

Weekly Wrap: The 'Goldilocks' level of employment

by Kai Ryssdal

Nov 4, 2016

Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks to Nela Richardson of Redfin and John Carney of the Wall Street Journal for the Weekly Wrap.

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'Moonlight': The anti-blockbuster shaking up Hollywood

by Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres

Nov 4, 2016

Director Barry Jenkins talks about the film everyone is talking about.

"Moonlight," based on the play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue," was made for less than $5 million.

Courtesy: A24

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Yes, wages are rising faster than in several years. No, that isn’t great.

by Scott Tong

Nov 4, 2016

The monthly jobs report from the Labor Department said wages are growing at the fastest rate since the economic recovery started seven years. That’s good, certainly. But labor market experts looking at the bigger picture might revise that assessment downward for working Americans to kind of OK.

A woman waits for a job at a temporary employment agency in North Dakota. ProPublica's Emily Corwin discusses the work opportunity tax credit's benefits for temp agencies and the persistent lack of solutions for workers.

Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

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Chinese firm Wanda to buy Dick Clark Productions

by Reema Khrais

Nov 4, 2016

The Chinese Company Dalian Wanda Group has been on a shopping spree in Hollywood. Today, the company announced that it bought Dick Clark Productions. That gives them the rights to high-profile events like the Golden Globes awards and the Miss American Pageant. Marketplace’s Reema Khrais reports on the latest buy from Wanda, and what it […]

Dalian Wanda is buying Dick Clark Productions, its first step into TV production. Above, the Wanda cinema next to the Wanda Group building in Beijing.

FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images

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Minimum wage pumps up Florida voters

by Mitchell Hartman

Nov 4, 2016

A state pay-hike proposal didn't make it on the ballot, but the campaign continues.

People line up to vote at an early polling center in Miami.

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Google Chrome is going to crack the whip on unprotected websites

by Gigi Douban

Nov 4, 2016

The Google Chrome security team is getting tough on websites that are not encrypted. Those are the ones without the HTTPS at the beginning of its URL. Anyone looking at what you’re doing online on that site can capture all of your information, including important user names and passwords. Most of the pages desktop users […]

Google says it will start marking unsecure websites in January.

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Final Note

Broadway is going dark on election night

by Kai Ryssdal

Nov 4, 2016

Don't worry, Hamilton is still running.

Secret Service agents await U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre following a special performance of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" in New York City.

Yana Paskova/Getty Images

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Four days from Election Day, and it’s the calm before the storm — or it would be, if there weren’t a jobs report to talk about! We’ll get to that in the Weekly Wrap, plus wages. We’ll also talk about the fight for a higher minimum wage in Florida and how it could affect turnout Tuesday. Finally, a long conversation with “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins.

Music from the episode

Falling - Psychemagik Remix HAIM, Psychemagik

The World Ender Lord Huron

The Less I Know The Better Tame Impala

New Adventures (feat. Pav) Coucheron, Pav

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