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Mar 2, 2021

An alert on the rise of cryptocurrencies

New York Attorney General Letitia James is warning that the hypersonic rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin has brought more crooks into the mix. Plus, high demand for manufactured goods is starting to create bottlenecks in production. And, funeral homes under pressure in a pandemic that has killed more than half a million people in the U.S. alone.

"That's what's changed this time — time and the quality of the investors," Jordi Visser, of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, says about Bitcoin's development. — "That's what's changed this time — time and the quality of the investors," Jordi Visser, of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, says about Bitcoin's development.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James calls cryptocurrencies “high-risk, unstable investments”
Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.
Manufacturing is on a roll, but labor, some supplies run short
by Mitchell Hartman
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Demand for manufactured goods like automobiles and appliances is starting to create bottlenecks in production.
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For workers in the funeral industry, an unprecedented year
by Florian Martin
Florian Martin
A Houston funeral director describes the pain of seeing so many deaths, sometimes more than one in a family.
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An alert on the rise of cryptocurrencies