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Kai Ryssdal
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Marketplace for Monday, December 7, 2015

Dec 8, 2015

Episodes 2881 - 2890 of 5795

  • Nashville is now home to a vending machine for cars; NBC’s “The Wiz Live!” draws millions in tweets and viewers; and a look back on this week in business and finance. 

  • The S&P lowered ratings for major banks today, but that may not be a bad thing; a profile of the woman behind Pantone’s Color of the Year; and an interview with the man behind the “Oscars of video games.”

  • Yahoo turns to the possibility of selling as the company struggles to grow; how David Price’s $217 million deal with the Red Sox is just one example of salary inflation in baseball; and why some of China’s renewable energy is going to waste. 

  • As the U.N. climate summit continues, questions arise about which countries should provide funding for change; a look into the life of a young woman seeking asylum in the United States; and how a merger is waking up the mattress industry. 

  • World leaders and billionaires commit to clean energy at the U.N. climate change summit; China joins the “grown-ups table” at the IMF; and how Adele’s record-breaking album is defying market trends in the music industry.

  • The month or so between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is huge for charities. But when you make a year-end donations, you could be contributing personal information to marketers too. Plus, new guidelines for the commercial space industry and LAX’s new terminal for the rich and famous.

  • The IMF debates adding the Chinese renminbi to its basket of currencies, why Georgia has seen the highest growth in Latina-owned businesses in the U.S. and Marketplace’s Scott Tong explains whats at stake ahead of next week’s United Nations’ Paris Climate Change Conference.

  • Farm income will fall 38 percent this year, a look at what this means for consumers; Baltimore businesses recover after riots earlier this year; and the science behind Christmas shopping.

  • The State Department issued a travel advisory, but for some it is business as usual; how to Instagram your way to a career in food photography; and the Uber v. taxi battle for the curb at Atlanta’s airport.

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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.

Produced and distributed by American Public Media (APM) our popular business news podcasts are available worldwide on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and RSS Feeds and any place else where you get your podcasts.

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