Segments From This Episode

• Could reopening idled oil refineries ease gasoline prices?

  by Lily Jamali

  

  The idea is drawing attention, but analysts disagree on whether White House pressure on the industry would work.

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• Improving the database behind gun sale background checks could help prevent mass shootings

  From “Marketplace Tech,” Kimberly Adams talks with Cassandra Crifasi, a professor and deputy director at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, about improving the system of background checks.

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• Despite high prices, pandemic-weary Americans are likely to spend this Memorial Day

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  The holiday’s staples, like meat and propane, are more expensive. But people are willing to pay more as they gather to celebrate.

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• For this toy store, summer is here, and so are inventory woes

  by Sean McHenry

  

  Business is up at a North Carolina shop, but managing inventory and costs are headaches.

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• Will new, diverse leadership help bring cultural change to Broadway?

  by Alexandra Starr

  

  Lileana Blain-Cruz, the new resident director at Lincoln Center Theater, is in an influential position. Her choices could resonate nationally.

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• Electronic waste from your old laptop could make cash for “urban miners”

  by Ivana Davidovic and Stephen Ryan

  

  Valuable raw materials can be extracted from your used devices and gadgets for recycling, reducing the amount of electronic waste.

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