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  • Round Rock police Chief Allen Banks recently won an award at the International Association of Police Chiefs conference for Operation Front Porch, which allows residents to send their packages to the police department for safe keeping instead of having them delivered to their homes.
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    Warehouse clubs lower prices to stay competitive. Trump gives some companies a reprieve to work with Huawei. Police get creative to combat porch pirates. 

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  • Do you fake sickness to escape work?
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    The OECD downgrades its 2020 global growth forecast. The mother of an anti-government student protester in Hong Kong speaks her mind. A BBC survey shows two in five British adults fake a sick day.

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  • The debate stage is seen as it is prepared for the Washington Post and MSNBC fifth Democratic presidential primary debate at the from Tyler Perry Studios on November 19, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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    Will tariff exemptions come up on Trump’s visit to Apple’s Texas factory. Home Depot underperforms. Georgia Dems think they can win in 2020, but with some help.

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  • Nov 20, 2019

    Toy tariff story

    Much of what Hobby Works sells is from China — and destined for a 15% tariff scheduled to start Dec. 15.
    Nancy Marshall Genzer/Marketplace

    The World Bank has a lesson for recession. Bankruptcy leaves GM off the hook. The holidays are even more stressful at one toy store thanks to tariffs.

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  • Items of clothing are used to make an SOS sign on the ground at the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. (Credit: Getty Images).

    Airbus overtakes Boeing in sales at the Dubai Air Show. Japan’s leader breaks a record. We hear from a protester in Hong Kong.

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  • Could Netflix theaters be a thing?
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    Home builders like these lower interest rates. Movie studios could have their own theaters if the DOJ gets its way. Trump makes nice with the Fed.

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  • Get rich, AI buyin’
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    The FCC auctions off airwaves to make way for 5G. PG&E tries to get out its financial responsibility to those affected by west coast fires. Technology is squeezing finance middlemen.

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  • Where art meets anger

    The U.S. and Korea fight over military funding. Why is the humble onion causing so much trouble in south Asia? We hear from a 19-year-old student protester in Iraq.

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  • Lila Johnson, a 72-year-old custodian at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said she would retire if she could afford it.
    Jay Mallin/Service Employees International Union

    President Trump might give vaping companies a reprieve. High home prices are deterring buyers. Ford’s CEO talks China trade. A federal government worker looks back at the shutdown as another one looms.

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  • When it comes to the motorcycle industry, the future is female
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    Saudi Arabia’s giant oil IPO hits a snag. Google is launching its console-free video game service. Millennial women are keeping motorcycles in business. A Ford Mustang SUV?

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