04/07/17: Jobs day

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• UPS ups its game with Saturday deliveries

  by Dan Gorenstein

  UPS is upping its game. The parcel carrier this week announced it’s going to extend service out to Saturday, competing with the likes of FedEx and the U.S.Postal Service. The move comes as e-commerce continues to expand, with customers demanding faster delivery times.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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• Will first quarter earnings back up Wall Street’s optimism?

  by Aaron Schrank

  The first quarter of the fiscal year ended in March, and over the next few weeks, many companies will report earnings for the first time since Donald Trump was elected president. The stock market has surged since then. But will the hard data back up all that optimism?  Click the audio player above to hear […]

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• Say hello to your robot co-worker

  by David Brancaccio and Katie Long

  

  There's a new emphasis on designing robots to be teammates, not just tools.

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• 04/07/17: And the jobs numbers are…

  We discuss just-released jobs report numbers with Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial. And Marketplace's Kimberly Adams provides some context for Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's Mar-a-Lago meetings, which have been overshadowed by U.S. airstrikes in Syria.

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