Jul 29, 2016

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People play "Pokemon Go," a came partially developed by Alphabet, on smartphones on July 24, 2016 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Facebook and Google's mobile ad domination, the war over pool toys and Exxon's tanking profits. Plus: Work and housing discrimination toward LGBTQ people is still legal in 31 states. We look into the cycle of poverty, that helps create, particularly among trans people of color.

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Help Wanted: beer historian

by Kai Ryssdal

Jul 29, 2016

The Smithsonian Institution is hiring a beer historian and the gig comes with a $65,000 paycheck.

Men in their traditional Bavarian clothing clink beer mugs on the second day of the 2014 Oktoberfest at Theresienhoehe on Sept. 21, 2014 in Munich, Germany.

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In mobile advertising, Google and Facebook are king

by Gigi Douban

Jul 29, 2016

Google and Facebook's strong earnings are powered by a surge in mobile advertising

People play "Pokemon Go," a came partially developed by Alphabet, on smartphones on July 24, 2016 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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ExxonMobil's profits fall further

by Jed Kim

Jul 29, 2016

The company's petrochemicals business helped keep it in the black as oil prices stayed low.

Chairman and CEO of US oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, speaks during the 2015 Oil and Money conference in central London on October 7, 2015.

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Facing job discrimination without legal protection

by Lewis Wallace

Jul 29, 2016

LGBTQ people, especially trans people of color, are more likely to be poor.

A makeshift memorial for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting is left at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts on June 15, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The shooting at Pulse Nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, is the worst mass-shooting event in American history.

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Nashville accelerator home for music tech start-ups

by Marketplace Contributor

Aug 1, 2016

Music tech start-ups welcomed to Nashville after little love elsewhere

Erik Mendelson pitches his music app company, RecordGram, to an auditorium of investors at the Country Music Hall of Fame in May.

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Facebook and Google’s mobile ad domination, the war over pool toys and Exxon’s tanking profits. Plus: Work and housing discrimination toward LGBTQ people is still legal in 31 states. We look into the cycle of poverty, that helps create, particularly among trans people of color.