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Marketplace for Friday, September 9, 2016

Sep 9, 2016

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  • Apache Corporation discovered more than 2 billion barrels of oil and 75 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in West Texas.
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    New anti-discrimination policies at Airbnb, new oil in West Texas and a new, post-software HP. Plus: Pumpkin Spice Lattes and why investors are falling back in love with junk bonds.

  • Marketplace for Wednesday, September 7, 2016
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    Today we’ve got: a new iPhone, but no headphone jack; record high job openings, but no raises to match; and a bunch of car loans, but a lot of subprime borrowers. We’ll break it all down, plus: the cost of criminalizing disability.

  • A small group of protesters shout as people wait to enter a campaign event where Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was set to speak. 
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    Congress is “back to school” today and already facing a big deadline. On the other hand, ITT Technical Institutes abruptly cancelled classes for good, and now students are scrambling. Plus: Goldman Sachs is swearing off political donations, but that might be the best way to get what they want. Finally: Where does infrastructure spending get you the biggest bang for your buck?

  • Dr. Patricia Aubanel Riedel was one of Mother Teresa's doctors during the last years of her life and now works at hospital that bears her name. 
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    We talked to a doctor that treated Mother Teresa and asked what it was like to tend to someone always tending to others; Marketplace’s Amy Scott talks about the top issues to keep an eye on this school year; and why Obama’s trip to Laos matters. 

  • Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones are displayed at a Samsung showroom in Seoul. Samsung will suspend sales of its latest high-end smartphone Galaxy Note 7 after reports of exploding batteries, its mobile chief said on September 2. 
 
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    The last five days of economic news in five minutes for the Weekly Wrap; Samsung has recalled 2.5 million of its new smartphones because some of their batteries have caught fire while charging. Marketplace’s Mitchell Hartman takes a look at why batteries keeps causing technology recalls; Kai talks to Meathead Goldwyn, owner of AmazingRibs.com about equipment, changes in the industry, and why you should grill fish with mayonnaise.

  • SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 40 carrying the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite on SpaceXs first deep space mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in February 2015. One of SpaceX's rockets exploded during a routine test the morning of September 1, 2016.
 
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    Apple’s tax bill, SpaceX’s explosive setback and a whole lot of “Minions” merch. Plus: A day after Trump’s big immigration speech, a look at the immigration policies the next president will inherit.

  • Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) and US presidential candidate Donald Trump shake hands after a meeting in Mexico City on August 31, 2016. Trump stunned the political establishment when he announced late Tuesday that he was making the surprise trip south of the border to meet with Pena Nieto, a sharp Trump critic. 
 
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    Mr. Trump goes to Mexico, the sinking shipping industry and sinking oil prices. Plus: only one of Dallas’ top-100 CEOs is a woman, and everything you need to know about Trump’s national finance chairman Steven Mnuchin. 

  • Marketplace for Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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    Apple’s $14.5 billion tax bill, when “publish or perish” runs afoul of the law and a conversation with Delta’s new CEO. Plus: the third and final entry in our series about Florida’s prison problem. When the state is short corrections officers, and can’t retain the ones they have, what happens to inmates? 

  • Hardiman, a man-augmentation system built for the Navy, had thirty powered joints and could lift its own weight plus 1,500 pounds. The exoskeleton prototype mimicked natural human emotions and provided "feel" through touch sensors. Work was cancelled in 1971. Photo from "Rise of the Machines: A Cybernetic History" by Thomas Rid. Copyright ©2016 by Thomas Rid. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
 
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    Florida has lost thousands of correctional officers in its prisons; why the once ubiquitous commodity of frozen orange juice is now steadily disappearing; and we talked with Professor Thomas Rid about the evolving relationship between humans and robots.  

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Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, our leading business news radio program and podcast is about providing context on the economic news of the day. Through stories, conversations and newsworthy developments, we help listeners understand the economic world around them. Marketplace makes sense of the economy for everyone, no econ degree or finance background required. Marketplace doesn’t just report on the numbers, we take it deeper, adding context to what’s happening in the stock market and how macroeconomic policy can affect you and your business. Monday through Friday, our team speaks with a wide range of industry professionals — from small business owners to Fortune 500 CEOs, Marketplace breaks down complex topics related to business and the economy without industry jargon and over-complicated explanations.

Kai Ryssdal has led the program since 2005 and has hosted the program from China, the Middle East and dozens of cities across the United States. As a leading public media voice, Kai has been a trusted broadcaster for two decades and received an Emmy for investigative journalism on a PBS FRONTLINE documentary about money in politics called “Big Sky, Big Money.” He has appeared often on CNN, CNBC and CBS news. His written work has been featured in The New York Times and The Atlantic.

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