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Happy Birthday, ATMs!

By Marielle SegarraJune 27, 2017

The first automatic teller was installed outside London 50 years ago. Here's how it's changed us.

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Are gunslingers making a comeback thanks to open carry?

By Jana Kasperkevic

June 27, 2017

Art and Diana Ramirez of Austin with their pistols in custom-made holsters during and open carry rally at the Texas State Capitol on January 1, 2016 in Austin, Texas. On January 1, 2016, the open carry law took effect in Texas, and 2nd Amendment activists held an open carry rally. — Erich Schlegel/Getty Images

Even the Wild West had gun control

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What corporate bankruptcy can teach us about morality

By David Brancaccio

June 27, 2017

Greek tragedies — like that of, say, Orestes — can teach us a lot about bankruptcy. — Punch Magazine circa 1858/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

'The Wisdom of Finance' aims to discover the humanity at the heart of high finance.

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How do Uber drivers feel now that Travis Kalanick is gone?

By Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab

June 27, 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick speaks onstage during an event at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, California. — Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

Harry Campbell, Uber driver and blogger at The Rideshare Guy, talks about how Uber's CEO's departure has affected drivers.

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CBO says millions would lose coverage under the Senate health care bill

By Kai Ryssdal

June 26, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) talks to reporters with (L-R) Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sen. John Barrosso (R-WY) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD). — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Why the US buys all its rare earth metals from China

By Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

June 26, 2017

A rare earth refinery. — Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

The obscure minerals are much more costly to mine in America.

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Tell us how the minimum wage affects you

By Marketplace Weekend Staff

June 27, 2017

A Service Employees International Union member celebrates after California Governor Jerry Brown signed landmark legislation SB 3 into law on April 4, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. — David McNew/Getty

Share your experience of living on minimum wage with Marketplace Weekend.

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EU fines Google a record 2.42 billion euros

By Associated Press

June 27, 2017

European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on an antitrust case againts US search engine Google the European Commission in Brussels, on June 27, 2017. The European Commission fined Google 2.42 billion Euros for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service. — EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

European regulators say Google is breaching antitrust rules.

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Why home health monitoring devices could improve care and costs for chronically ill patients

By Dan Gorenstein

June 27, 2017

Cheryl and Steven Larson stand in front of a fountain. Cheryl Larson jumped at the chance to volunteer for a remote monitoring program, ImagineCare, that Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system in New Hampshire was launching. — Joy Hafen

Remote monitoring allows doctors to keep an eye on their patients with chronic conditions and intervene before a health crisis.

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This dairy farm's best worker is a robot

By Annie Baxter

June 26, 2017

Dairy farmer Vickie Baker stands in the holding area in her barn, where cows wait to be milked by a robot. They go through the gate behind her to stand in a cow-sized chamber where the robot attaches milkers to them. — Annie Baxter/Marketplace

Facing labor shortages, some farms are increasingly using automation to get work done.

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