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How the shopping season has changed
Nov 25, 2019

How the shopping season has changed

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Plus: Why companies are splitting up the chairman and CEO, who's actually paying tariffs and how cryptocurrency works.

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The Season

How much does the holiday retail season matter? Ask these retailers.

by Sean McHenry
Nov 25, 2019
Marketplace checks in with three small business retailers throughout the holiday season.
Inside of Dean's Sweets, which Kristin Thalheimer Bingham co-owns with her husband, Dean.
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Kai Explains

What is a cryptocurrency, anyway?

by Maria Hollenhorst and Kai Ryssdal
Nov 25, 2019
Sorting blockchain from bitcoin and everything else.
A photo illustration of the litecoin, ripple and ethereum cryptocurrencies.
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Trade showdown

Who's paying the tariffs on Chinese goods? A new report says it isn't the Chinese

by Mitchell Hartman
Nov 25, 2019
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Americans are paying.
Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province in 2018.
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More and more companies are separating the role of CEO and chairman. Why?

by Bennett Purser
Nov 25, 2019
A Wall Street Journal reporter walks us through the trend.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg stepped down as chairman after fatal crashes of Boeing jets. He stayed on as CEO to address the company crisis.
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Music from the episode

Last Minute Session Cut - The Outro Bluestaeb, Melodiesinfonie, S. Fidelity
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - 2005 Remaster Talking Heads
My Dearest Friend Manatee Commune
Maneater Daryl Hall & John Oates
My Only Swerving El Ten Eleven
Standing In The Middle Of The Field - FIO'S 100% ARIA AWARD SHOE-IN MIX Cut Copy, Francis Inferno Orchestra
Feel Your Weight - Poolside Remix Rhye, Poolside

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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