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Nov 29, 2019

Clocking in is not in the timecards

Will consumers spend big this Black Friday weekend? World leaders meet in Spain to talk climate change. The maker of a popular punch-in clock is clocking out. Upside-down Christmas trees are all the rage this season.

The break room at Lathem Time's headquarters features most of its current lineup, from mechanical time clocks to biometric fingerprint readers. — The break room at Lathem Time's headquarters features most of its current lineup, from mechanical time clocks to biometric fingerprint readers.
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Segments From This Episode

The mechanical time clock is itself clocking out
by Jim Burress
Jim Burress/Marketplace
Employees all across America once punched into work with Lathem time clocks. The company is now moving with the times.
The upside-down Christmas tree. What’s it all about?
by Erika Beras
thomashawk/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)
These trees may be some of the stranger things you’ll see this holiday season.

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