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Wishing you and yours a happy(?) Tax Day
Apr 15, 2019

Wishing you and yours a happy(?) Tax Day

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Therapist and executive coach Angela Sasseville says that the pandemic and other factors have primed us to feel more anxious than before. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images
Tax Day used to be a big deal, with parties and protests at U.S. post offices. Plus, the most audited county in the United States and the latest in the talks between Hollywood writers and agents.

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Tax Day used to be a party at the post office

by Marielle Segarra
Apr 15, 2019
It was a deadline that brought people together.
A Playboy-branded Tax Day rest stop in the 1990s.
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What's ahead for Best Buy's new CEO?

by Andy Uhler
Apr 15, 2019
Corie Barry will replace Hubert Joly in June.
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Study looks at where the IRS audits more and less

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 15, 2019
“It is, in a way, a map of poverty in this country,” ProPublica reporter Paul Kiel says.
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More hurdles in place for America's farmers

by Kai Ryssdal and Liz Sanchez
Apr 15, 2019
Growers in the Midwest are coping with the trade war and bad weather.
Soybeans are harvested in 2018.
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When nightlife becomes your living

by Marketplace Staff
Apr 15, 2019
For Gregory Alexander, co-founder of A Club Called Rhonda, it all started with his 21st birthday.
Gregory Alexander at a Rhonda event.
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As writers fire their agents, can small agencies benefit?

by Justin Ho
Apr 15, 2019
When it comes to pursuing newly unrepresented talent, small agencies don't have much to lose.
WGA West President David Goodman speaks during the 2019 Writers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 17 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Tonight Little People
Square One CRAFT
Flowers The Deli
Sunset Sesh Cienfue
It's the Light Gavin Turek
LA Trance Four Tet
Owl Beach II Yppah
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