Segments From This Episode

• Typhoon Haiyan: Filipinos in U.S. rush to aid homeland

  by Jeff Tyler

  The extensive Filipino community here in the U.S. is rushing to the aid of its typhoon-struck homeland with grass-roots fundraising initiatives.

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• Elon Musk and Tesla under fire after latest mishap

  by David Weinberg

  It’s unclear how serious the issue of battery fires in Tesla cars is, but concern over them has taken shareholders on a fast ride in the last month.

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• Special delivery from Amazon and USPS: Sunday packages

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Amazon has signed a deal with the U.S. Postal Service for Sunday deliveries this holiday season.

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• A vintage for Veterans Day

  by Aarti Shahani

  Valor Winery, founded by a group of Iraq War veterans and named after the cherished military virtue, defies the delicate, cultivated image of the wine industry.

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• Holiday shopping deals may not all be bargains

  by Lizzie O'Leary

  Stores and online retailers are trying to suck you in with emails, discounts, Black Friday promotions. But how much of a bargain are you really getting?

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• Debut novelist nets $2 million advance in publishers bidding war

  by Lizzie O'Leary

  One publishing analyst isn't surprised at the $2 million dollar advance paid to a debut novelist for his 900-page work.

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• Economic kvetching over knish shortage

  by Lizzie O'Leary

  And this final note on supply and demand: Of Knishes.

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• Staying behind to rebuild after Typhoon Haiyan

  by Lizzie O'Leary

  The BBC's Alastair Leithead shares the scene from Cebu, an island in the Philippines that was hit hard by the typhoon

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