Segments From This Episode

• To satisfy demand, manufacturers are on a capital-goods spending spree

  by Justin Ho

  

  Sales of things like drill presses, electrical equipment and metalworking tools were up for the seventh-straight month in September.

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• Coca-Cola nearly doubled its advertising this year

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Does Coke even need to advertise? Turns out there are good reasons to do it, like keeping “top of mind” with customers.

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• How a container storage yard fits into our global shipping crunch

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Some containers have been sitting in storage for years. Experts say the problem has more to do with moving them to the right places than increasing the number in circulation.

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• Does trucking have to become a better job to end the driver shortage?

  by Amanda Peacher

  

  Parking and pay are among the biggest frustrations of truck drivers.

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• Voters in St. Paul, Minnesota, to decide on strict rent control proposal

  by Britta Greene

  

  If enacted, the proposal would be one of the most aggressive rent control policies in the country, applying to new construction.

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• San Francisco taxi drivers still struggle with medallion debt

  by Sam Harnett

  

  Uber and Lyft jolted the taxi business. A credit union that loaned money to drivers lost its case against the city’s transit agency.

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