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American consumers continue to rack up debt
Oct 7, 2024
Consumer credit overall increased, while revolving debt — that’s mostly on credit cards — was down 1.2%, according to the Federal Reserve.
The CIA runs a nonprofit venture capital firm. What's it investing in?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Oct 7, 2024
Agency's taxpayer-funded investment arm seeks tech that could boost national security. It's made some smart bets, says Jon Keegan of Sherwood.
Facing a tough market and new rules, some real estate agents quit
by
Amy Scott
Oct 7, 2024
For Nina Katsov, a real estate agent in Chicago, it was the hours. The nights and weekends showing houses. Always being on call. She recently had a baby, and on her husband’s first Father’s Day, she had to bail on brunch for a showing. “It was a little bit of a heartbreak,” she said. “Coming […]
Authors Guild to offer "Human Authored" label on books to compete with AI
by
Matt Levin
Oct 7, 2024
The Authors Guild will offer its 15,000 members a new certificate to place book covers: one that shows a book is written by humans and not artificial intelligence.
Why labor force participation has stayed about the same for years, apart from the pandemic
by
Henry Epp
Oct 7, 2024
Friday's jobs report showed the percentage of working age people in a job or looking for one was holding at 62.7% last month.
Is private equity in trouble?
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 7, 2024
Trader Jared Dillian says PE firms are having problems exiting their investments, and he worries that the sector poses systemic risk.
Do celebrities use ATMs? Who pays their bills? Here’s how business managers handle an artist’s finances
by
Janet Nguyen
Oct 4, 2024
They have debit cards and do go to the bank to withdraw money. Stars, they’re just like us.
For public good, not for profit.
Why is there more work for specialty contractors like electricians?
Oct 4, 2024
It has to do with building new data centers and retrofitting old office buildings.
This is what it’s like to work in the death industry
by
Alice Wilder
and Tony Wagner
Oct 4, 2024
Plus, "Hang Up" host Zakiya Gibbons defends her splurge and we learn about the economics of a much-memed stretch of road.
Boeing is a cautionary tale about current American manufacturing
Oct 4, 2024
Outsourcing work overseas has led to short-term financial gain in return for longer-term losses, like the ability to both make and innovate.









![“In Boeing’s case especially, it [outsourcing] ended up more expensive than if it had kind of just stuck with its original culture of manufacturing first," says Jerry Useem, who has written about the company for more than 20 years. Above, Boeing 777s are assembled in its Everett, Washington, facility in 2011.](https://www.marketplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-109090826-e1727988451455.jpg?w=960)