Mar 2, 2021

An alert on the rise of cryptocurrencies

"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. Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images

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.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James calls cryptocurrencies “high-risk, unstable investments”

Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.

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Manufacturing is on a roll, but labor, some supplies run short

by Mitchell Hartman

Mar 2, 2021

Demand for manufactured goods like automobiles and appliances is starting to create bottlenecks in production.

"It’s just this weird transition from COVID to post-COVID, and one of the near-term impacts is likely to be a little bit of a pop in inflation," said economist Ben Ayers at Nationwide.

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For workers in the funeral industry, an unprecedented year

by Florian Martin

Mar 2, 2021

A Houston funeral director describes the pain of seeing so many deaths, sometimes more than one in a family.

Business increased at Leal Funeral Home in the Houston area, along with distress.

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