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Who makes money off your political donations?
Sep 10, 2019

Who makes money off your political donations?

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Plus: Why Moody's says Ford is "junk," and looking ahead to the holiday hiring season.

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The business behind political donations made online

Sep 10, 2019
With more and more people donating to campaigns online, there’s more competition for who gets a slice of the fees attached to those donations.
Democratic presidential candidates on stage at the second round of primary debates in July in Detroit.
Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

More Americans are going without health insurance, census report says

Sep 10, 2019
Despite a strong a economy, the uninsured rate rose last year for the first time since Obamacare.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of Americans going without health insurance rose last year for the first time this decade.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A small bike shop with a big, customer-first idea

Sep 10, 2019
HubBub Bicycles specializes in something you can't easily buy online.
Diane and Brian Jenks riding their tandem bicycle on a trip to Israel.
Courtesy of Diane Jenks

What $130 billion company Salesforce actually does

Sep 10, 2019
Megan Graham wrote about Salesforce's attempt to clarify its work for CNBC.
One Salesforce ad shows how the company can help an online shoe retailer make a sale through data it has on customer tastes. Above, shoe fashion in 1960.
Hulton Archive/Getty Images

It's September and holiday workers are already in high demand

Sep 10, 2019
Big retailers are out with plans to staff up ahead of the holidays. Perks include discounts, holiday pay, and in some cases, higher wages.
A clerk rings up sales for a customer at a Target store in Chicago, Illinois, during the holiday shopping season.
Scott Olson/Getty Images

It's not easy being a car company — just ask Ford

Sep 10, 2019
Like all automakers, Ford's trying to balance selling profit-making vehicles and preparing for an uncertain future.
The chassis of a 2018 Ford F-150 truck on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

The amount of money people took home last year was the same as the year before

Sep 10, 2019
The median U.S. household income was $533 higher last year than in 2017, which economists say is statistically insignificant.
Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images)

Music from the episode

Burn the Witch Radiohead
House Common Market
Tape Machine STRFKR
Fu-Gee-La Fugees
Colors - Audien Remix Halsey, Audien

The team

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

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