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Marketplace for Thursday, September 8, 2016
Sep 8, 2016

Marketplace for Thursday, September 8, 2016

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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.

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The funeral business? Eternally healthy

Sep 8, 2016
But finding younger mortuary workers is a challenge.
“The funeral biz is 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year," says funeral director Doug Williams.
Gigi Douban/Marketplace

New oil find in West Texas holds off 'peak oil' again

Sep 8, 2016
The oil was found in a region heavily drilled for nearly a century.
Apache Corporation discovered more than 2 billion barrels of oil and 75 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in West Texas.
OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images

Tobacco farmers see green in indigo

Sep 8, 2016
One company offers growers a way to raise the dye plant instead.
Farmers David Fulton ,left, and Larry Williams inspect a sprig of indigo in Fulton's field. They primarily farm tobacco.
Emily Siner, WPLN

A private, global super court you've probably never heard of

Sep 8, 2016
Investor-state dispute settlements give corporations enormous power over countries.

HP waves goodbye to its software side in $8.8 billion deal

Sep 8, 2016
Why does a little-known British company think its worth that much?
Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlitt Packard Enterprise, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in 2015. HPE will sell the software portion of its business to Micro Focus in a deal worth $8.8 billion.
Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Why junk bonds are back in vogue

Sep 8, 2016
In a search for yield, investors are turning to these relatively risky investments.
Flags fly over the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C. Investors are choosing the route of junk bonds because the Federal Reserve's policy of low interest rates is helping push down yields on safer bonds. 
Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Airbnb cracks down on bias — but at what cost?

Sep 8, 2016
The company doesn't have to lose it's identity by minimizing the use of photos, consultant says.
Starting later this fall, Airbnb will encourage instant bookings and discourage the use of photos, among other efforts to curb reports of discrimination and racism on the online platform.
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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.

Music from the episode

Make Me Like You Gwen Stefani
Burning The Whitest Boy Alive