Marketplace for Friday, December 9, 2016

Segments From This Episode

• How this woman went from nurse to inventor

  by Bridget Bodnar

  

  Bessie Blount Griffin cared for soldiers who lost limbs and was inspired to invent a special tool for them.

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• Weekly Wrap: Twitter, calling out, and building economic policy

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks with Linette Lopez of Business Insider and John Carney of the Wall Street Journal for the Weekly Wrap.

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• Velvet expands from holiday tradition to fashion craze

  by Reema Khrais

  

  The plush, cozy fabric has become ubiquitous, and very affordable.

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• Labor Secretary pick opposes many current regulations

  by Mitchell Hartman

  

  President-elect Donald Trump has has tapped fast food executive Andy Puzder as his nominee Secretary of Labor. Puzder is Chief Executive of CKE Restaurants Holdings-that’s the parent of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. The fast-food conglomerate has 75,000 employees when you include franchises and more than $4 billion in worldwide sales. Puzder has a track record […]

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• OPEC hopes to include Russia in its pact to cut oil production

  by Scott Tong

  

  Pledging to cut production hasn’t always led to actual cuts.

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• Sugar plantation closure marks end of a way of life in Hawaii

  by Marketplace Contributor

  

  At its peak in the 1930’s, sugar employed 50,000 people across the islands.

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