03/30/17: A business model for reused rockets

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• Congressional Budget Office weighs in on the next 30 years

  by Reema Khrais

  If you want to be loved, you don’t go to work for the Congressional Budget Office. The non-partisan agency’s job is to make economic projections and provide Congress with all sorts of budget data. Data that fails to account for all sorts of possibilities and invariably makes somebody unhappy. The agency earned the wrath of […]

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• Millennials are helping to strengthen the home market

  by Sabri Ben-Achour

  

  Sales jumped more than 5 percent last month.

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• SpaceX to make historic re-usable rocket launch

  by Aaron Schrank

  Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to launch a commercial satellite into orbit today using a recycled rocket booster. It’s the first time SpaceX will attempt to use one of its re-landed rockets. And the Falcon 9 would be the first liquid-fueled rocket sent into space using this method.  Click the audio player above to hear the […]

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• Elders don’t need an app for a Lyft

  by Marketplace Contributor

  

  The Phoenix area has become a testing ground of sorts for ride-sharing companies in a relatively untapped market.

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• 03/30/17: What should Trump’s pick for Labor Secretary expect in the role?

  Turns out that GDP growth in the U.S. for the fourth quarter was higher than initially reported. Diane Swonk, CEO of DS Economics, joins us to discuss whether this is a good sign for the upcoming year. Afterwards, we'll look at the different issues that Trump's pick for Labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, will have to tackle if he gets the position. And finally, we'll discuss how ride-sharing companies plan to court an older customer base.

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• Half of college graduates are earning less than they did in 2000

  

  Meanwhile, the top percentile of wage earners are seeing the fastest wage growth.

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• Acosta expected to be confirmed today as labor secretary

  by Marielle Segarra

  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will vote today to confirm the nomination of Alexander Acosta as labor secretary. Acosta, the chairman of Florida-based U.S. Century Bank and a former member of the National Labor Relations Board, is expected to get through the confirmation process. We’ll take a look at some of […]

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