Aug 9, 2019

Penney is a penny

Plus: the future of gig economy workers in California and the unwritten rules of the middle class.

Segments From this episode

What happens when a company gets kicked off a stock exchange

by Marielle Segarra

Aug 9, 2019

JCPenney just got a letter from the NYSE warning that its days on the exchange are numbered.

Shoppers in the Manhattan Mall walk past a sign for a J.C. Penney department store in 2017 in the Herald Square neighborhood in New York City.

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Workplace Culture

Could the gig be up for Uber and Lyft?

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Aug 9, 2019

A law under consideration in California would require the companies to classify their drivers as employees.

A woman holds up a sign as people protest outside Uber's corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California in May 2019.

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Home refinancing bonanza is upon us

by Amy Scott

Aug 9, 2019

The average rate on a 30-year fixed loan just hit 3.6%, according to Freddie Mac. That's a three-year low.

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Music from the episode

I Got Burned (feat. Tim Rogers) The Bamboos, Tim Rogers

Tidal Waves The Shacks

Un Universo Para Los Dos Oktoberklubben

Tangerine Beach Fossils

Killer Palehound

Volcanic Love The Aces

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Daisy Palacios Senior Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer

Sean McHenry Associate Producer

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