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Dec 15, 2016

Marketplace for Thursday, December 15, 2016

Today we’re tracking the fallout of the Fed’s rate hike decision through the global bond market. Plus, after learning earlier this year half a billion Yahoo users were hacked, and the revelation another billion were hacked in 2013 — who still uses Yahoo anyway? Finally, we’ll look at the economics of gift wrapping and the secondary market for sneakers.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of January 27, 2016 in New York City.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images

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Segments From This Episode

Oyster farms grow in Rhode Island. Are they a problem?
by Andy Uhler
Kristin Gourlay for Marketplace
The oyster farms compete with boaters and other users of the coast's shallow salt ponds.
Inside the booming collectible market for sneakers
by Sally Herships
Sally Herships/Marketplace
It's a red hot market, with investors and collectors alike.
Hackers hit Yahoo again in largest data breach ever
by Reema Khrais
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Yahoo users list many reasons to stay loyal.
A global selloff in bonds, and a Fed interest rate hike that could hit sub-prime borrowers hardest
by Adam Allington and Mitchell Hartman
Andrew Burton/Getty Images
There’s been a big selloff worldwide in bond markets since the Fed’s decision yesterday to hike interest rates. The yield on government bonds rose sharply in Germany, the U.K., Australia and Japan. In China bond futures fell so much exchange authorities halted trading of those securities. In fact, yields on long-term U.S. Treasuries have been […]
Department store gift wrapping is a thing of the past
by Kai Ryssdal
Flickr
Many department stores no longer offer free gift wrapping services because it isn't cost effective.
New Facebook features allow users to report fake stories
by Kai Ryssdal
Facebook
Baby steps.
Gatlinburg looks to holiday tourism as it recovers from fire
by Marketplace Contributor
Meribah Knight/WPLN
City's mayor asks those who want to help to "come and visit us."

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Marketplace for Thursday, December 15, 2016

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Segments From This Episode

Oyster farms grow in Rhode Island. Are they a problem?

Inside the booming collectible market for sneakers

Hackers hit Yahoo again in largest data breach ever

A global selloff in bonds, and a Fed interest rate hike that could hit sub-prime borrowers hardest

Department store gift wrapping is a thing of the past

New Facebook features allow users to report fake stories

Gatlinburg looks to holiday tourism as it recovers from fire

Music from the episode