Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Microsoft's AI for Earth helps researchers with climate data - MarketplaceMarketplace The latest installment of Marketplace Tech’s How We Survive series looks at leveraging big data tools for better climate intelligence. It’s part of …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesWeWork Why is WeWork worth $47 billion? - Marketplace for June 17, ,2019Marketplace - by Stephen Beard Could a proposed Italian government bond turn into a parallel currency ... and replace the euro? It seems more and more people wear headphones all …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Abandoned Spanish towns selling for as little as $100K - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Lucia Benavides Manufacturing in the U.S. is way down. Puerto Rico might deal its way out of debt. Entire Spanish "ghost towns" are up for sale, and they're pretty …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesAtlanta, GA Atlanta's "food forest" offers free, quality produce - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Stephannie Stokes In Atlanta’s food desert, residents find an oasis in its “food forest” India retaliates on tariffs. There's been little progress on child poverty in …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesAdidas Nike, Adidas turning ocean plastic into shoes - MarketplaceMarketplace Huawei's boss warns that production will be hit hard by the US.. ban. Why the Paris air show is more about safety than sales for Boeing. How Adidas …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesUber Ride-hailing made San Francisco traffic worse, studies found - MarketplaceMarketplace There’s a saying that you’re never in traffic, you are traffic. In the early visions of companies like Uber and Lyft was the promise that they’d help …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Introducing "This Is Uncomfortable" - The Uncertain Hour from MarketplaceMarketplace
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Bonus: This Is Uncomfortable, episode 1 - Marketplace for June 15, 2019Marketplace
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Who decided salt and pepper go together? - Marketplace for June 14, 2019Marketplace - by Renata Sago Americans import more black pepper than anyone else. Some folks are mystified by that. Sales rose, and many of the gains were in discretionary …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Paternal leave basically nonexistent in US, says UN - MarketplaceMarketplace Retail sales are up. The U.S. could do a lot more for new parents. So much for cutting back on energy consumption.
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness How to get a lower credit card APR: just ask - MarketplaceMarketplace Manufacturing is up, but not where we need it. Getting a lower credit card APR could be as easy as asking. Talking about money gets awkward in our …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness How expensive is it to change Victory in Europe Day? - MarketplaceMarketplace Swiss women go on a nationwide strike over unequal pay. E.U. countries finally agree on a common budget. Changing the date of a national holiday is …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesCable Companies Would you buy cellphone service from your cable company? - MarketplaceMarketplace Some cable companies are new players in the cellphone business. Since 2017, Comcast has offered Xfinity Mobile. Charter Communications offers …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesChurch of England Church of England is a climate crusader - Marketplace for June 13 2019Marketplace Exxon Mobil’s annual shareholder’s meeting had a special guest recently: a senior figure from the Church of England. But why's the church so …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesWeird When money makes it weird - This Is Uncomfortable from MarketplaceMarketplace When Shawnika Giger met Terence McPherson, she was $40,000 in debt. But that’s not something she brought up with Terence. She didn’t even really …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Class action lawsuits get play on TV, and lawyers are happy - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Nancy Marshall-Genzer Some are hoping the Fed preemptively cut interest rates next week. Lawyers are counting on all those TV ads for their class-action lawsuit business. …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesPizza Paying top euro for pizza-making lessons in Naples - MarketplaceMarketplace Oil jumps after alleged tanker attacks. The economy is growing, but so is the deficit. People pay top euro to make pizza the Napoli way.
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesGulf of Oman Oil prices jump after Gulf of Oman tanker attack - MarketplaceMarketplace Oil prices jump after two tankers in the Gulf of Oman are reportedly attacked. Australia gives the green light to a controversial coal project. Game …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesKim Stanley Robinson Looking back at what "WALL-E" says about how we live - MarketplaceMarketplace This summer we’re bringing back our tech-in-entertainment series. To kick it off, here’s an interview we love on the lessons of “WALL-E.” The Pixar …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Cloud computing isn't good for the atmosphere - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst In a new film called, "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" Jimmie Fails plays a fictionalized version of himself. Training a typical AI, or …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Parking lots as refuge for homeless college students - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez Inflation seems to be in check. Big business braces for a recession. California’s homeless college students could soon find safety in school parking …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness No wait time for money transfers - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Andy Uhler Hong Kong's name as a business hub gets thrown into question. Where's the "emergency" in FEMA? Moving money just got a lot faster. The agency's acting …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesHong Kong Investors worry as Hong Kong protests turn violent - MarketplaceMarketplace Massive protests against a controversial new extradition bill in Hong Kong turn violent. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to ease tensions …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesHuawei On the ground at Huawei's headquarters: anger, and polite robots - MarketplaceMarketplace Huawei is the world’s second biggest smartphone maker and the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications gear. Huawei is also the face of the …
Marketplaceadded this to All Stories The internet as we know it rests on 26 words from 1996 - MarketplaceMarketplace Donate $30 or more TODAY and your investment in Marketplace goes twice as far, thanks to a dollar-for-dollar match from the Kendeda Fund!
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesDJ Khaled We the (second-)best music! DJ Khaled! - Marketplace for June 11, 2019Marketplace - by Erika Beras A recent spat with DJ Khaled is making the music industry question what really counts as a sold copy of an album. Wells Fargo, in trouble with …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesChina The U.S. wants even more access to China's markets - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Jennifer Pak American firms have been in China for a while not, but they still want access in restricted sectors. Plus, businesses are expanding, and Senators try …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness China fakes "Made in Vietnam" labels to skirt tariffs - MarketplaceMarketplace - by Mitchell Hartman Flooding and trade tensions hit U.S. farmers hard. China fakes products "Made in Vietnam." Plus, we look at how women revolutionized Chicago's …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesFoxconn Foxconn revamps management as founder seeks Taiwan presidency - MarketplaceMarketplace Foxconn unveils a new management structure so its founder can step down and run for Taiwan's presidency. Pakistan will release its annual budget …
Marketplaceadded this to All StoriesBusiness Video games went from virtual currency to real money, and it changed the business - MarketplaceMarketplace This week is E3, the huge video game trade show. People spent around $138 billion on games in 2018 according to various analysts. The game industry …
