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Nov 4, 2016

Marketplace for Friday, November 4, 2016

Four days from Election Day, and it’s the calm before the storm — or it would be, if there weren’t a jobs report to talk about! We’ll get to that in the Weekly Wrap, plus wages. We’ll also talk about the fight for a higher minimum wage in Florida and how it could affect turnout Tuesday. Finally, a long conversation with “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins.

People line up to vote at an early polling center in Miami.
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Segments From This Episode

Weekly Wrap: The ‘Goldilocks’ level of employment
by Kai Ryssdal
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks to Nela Richardson of Redfin and John Carney of the Wall Street Journal for the Weekly Wrap.
‘Moonlight’: The anti-blockbuster shaking up Hollywood
by Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres
Courtesy: A24
Director Barry Jenkins talks about the film everyone is talking about.
Yes, wages are rising faster than in several years. No, that isn’t great.
by Scott Tong
Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
The monthly jobs report from the Labor Department said wages are growing at the fastest rate since the economic recovery started seven years. That’s good, certainly. But labor market experts looking at the bigger picture might revise that assessment downward for working Americans to kind of OK.
Chinese firm Wanda to buy Dick Clark Productions
by Reema Khrais
FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images
The Chinese Company Dalian Wanda Group has been on a shopping spree in Hollywood. Today, the company announced that it bought Dick Clark Productions. That gives them the rights to high-profile events like the Golden Globes awards and the Miss American Pageant. Marketplace’s Reema Khrais reports on the latest buy from Wanda, and what it […]
Minimum wage pumps up Florida voters
by Mitchell Hartman
RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images
A state pay-hike proposal didn't make it on the ballot, but the campaign continues.
Google Chrome is going to crack the whip on unprotected websites
by Gigi Douban
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The Google Chrome security team is getting tough on websites that are not encrypted. Those are the ones without the HTTPS at the beginning of its URL. Anyone looking at what you’re doing online on that site can capture all of your information, including important user names and passwords. Most of the pages desktop users […]
Broadway is going dark on election night
by Kai Ryssdal
Yana Paskova/Getty Images
Don't worry, Hamilton is still running.

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Marketplace for Friday, November 4, 2016

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Segments From This Episode

Weekly Wrap: The ‘Goldilocks’ level of employment

‘Moonlight’: The anti-blockbuster shaking up Hollywood

Yes, wages are rising faster than in several years. No, that isn’t great.

Chinese firm Wanda to buy Dick Clark Productions

Minimum wage pumps up Florida voters

Google Chrome is going to crack the whip on unprotected websites

Broadway is going dark on election night

Music from the episode