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Oct 4, 2018

All I want for Christmas is a little help

Forecasts are predicting strong holiday sales this season, which means retailers, warehouses and other businesses are going to need more employees. But with a labor market this tight, we’ll look at how companies are competing for seasonal workers. Then, more than a million children had their identities stolen last year, costing families $542 million. We’ll look at what makes kids easy targets and what parents are doing about it. Plus, we’ll take you to the world’s biggest Elvis Presley festival. It isn’t in Nashville or Graceland, but the seaside village of Porthcawl, Wales. 

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Forecasts are predicting strong holiday sales this season, which means retailers, warehouses and other businesses are going to need more employees. But with a labor market this tight, we’ll look at how companies are competing for seasonal workers. Then, more than a million children had their identities stolen last year, costing families $542 million. We’ll look at what makes kids easy targets and what parents are doing about it. Plus, we’ll take you to the world’s biggest Elvis Presley festival. It isn’t in Nashville or Graceland, but the seaside village of Porthcawl, Wales.