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The Wall Street Journal made a phone for just 70 bucks

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 23, 2017
Chinese smartphone makers can pump out phones at a much cheaper price than well-known U.S. competitors.
“As of the first quarter of 2017, Chinese brands have doubled their market share,” says Wall Street Journal reporter Liza Linn. “So you're looking at a market share globally of 40 percent. Basically, they're eating Apple and Samsung for lunch.”
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Wall Street had a busy day reshuffling popular trading benchmarks

by Aaron Schrank
Jun 23, 2017
It was a busy day on Wall Street today, and there was good reason for that. It was the annual reshuffling of the popular trading benchmarks known as the FTSE Russell Indexes. Those indexes track the largest U.S. companies in the U.S. stock market, and they determine what’s in a bunch of securities mutual funds.  […]
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A year after Brexit vote, some want 'nuclear option'

by Stephen Beard
Jun 23, 2017
Hardliners say Britain should quit Brexit talks and offer unilateral free trade.
Some “hard Brexiters” say that if the U.K. fails to secure a satisfactory deal during negotiations, it should walk out of the talks and make a unilateral declaration of free trade.
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Here’s the company that makes those National Park and Smokey Bear signs

by Robert Garrova
Jun 23, 2017
One woman started it out of a garage and now they make 25,000 signs and markers a year
Wood Product Signs and Rocky Mountain Aluminum workers posing with Smokey the Bear signs.
Courtesy Wood Product Signs and Rocky Mountain Aluminum
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Mayors are hungry for details about Trump's infrastructure plan

by Adriene Hill
Jun 23, 2017
More than 250 mayors are in Miami Beach for the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors. A White House infrastructure adviser is there, too, and city leaders have plenty of questions. What’s in Trump’s infrastructure plan as far as federal partnerships with cities and states? The plan includes about 200 million in federal spending to leverage […]
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Solar tariffs request is dividing the industry

by Jed Kim
Jun 23, 2017
Cheap imported panels hurt manufacturers but are key to other solar businesses.
China went from producing very little of the world's solar equipment 20 years ago to becoming the leading producer.
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Qatar Airways’ plan to invest in American Airlines seen as a bid to undercut criticism

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 22, 2017
Qatar Airways, the national airline of that embattled Persian Gulf nation, plans to invest about $808 million in American Airlines. This is an unsolicited investment — a purchase of voting shares on the open market. This comes as U.S. airlines, including American, have criticized Qatar Airways and two carriers based in the United Arab Emirates […]
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Banker to Hollywood elites branches out to South LA

by Aaron Schrank
Jun 22, 2017
It's part of City National's commitment to the Community Reinvestment Act.
City National Bank’s 30 local branches are found mostly in high-end enclaves like Brentwood and Bel-Air.
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What it's like running a state health care exchange right now

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 22, 2017
'There's a huge amount of froth and churn that we're trying to navigate,' says Covered California's executive director.
“All health coverage is not created equal," says Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee. "A key question we all need to look at is: Are we going back to the days of skimpy benefits?”
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Etsy got famous with macramé and Mason jar chic — then it got more like the rest of them

by Ryan Kailath
Jun 21, 2017
The company changed during the leadup to its IPO.
A handmade necklace.
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