Oct 8, 2019

What’s your data worth?

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Plus: Target is joining forces with a resurrected Toys R Us, and California is fighting off wildfires by turning the lights off.

Segments From this episode

Toys R Us and Target make a holiday deal

by Marielle Segarra

Oct 8, 2019

The toy store's creditors — basically a bunch of banks — are trying to figure out how to make money from the brand.

Black Friday 2015, better days for Toys R Us.

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Teens haven't spent so little since 2011 — survey

by Erika Beras

Oct 8, 2019

Phones, food and clothes continue to be in; handbags are right out.

A group of teens look at a photograph they took on a smartphone in Times Square in New York City in 2017.

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Massive power shut-off would cost businesses in California

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Oct 8, 2019

As the risk of wildfire and natural disasters increase with climate change, power disruptions could become more common.

Towers carrying electrical lines in south San Francisco.

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Music from the episode

That Girl Justin Timberlake

Hands of Time Kraak & Smaak, Alxndr London

Colors Collide The Seshen

Natural Green Blazo

Dream Chorus TOKiMONSTA

Loser Beck

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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