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Weekly Wrap: 2015's stock market and the gig economy

January 01, 2016

An Uber vehicle in New York City. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Cardiff Garcia and Nela Richardson join Molly Wood to recap the week that was.

POSTED IN: Uber gig economy stock market

Financial markets awash in uncertainty

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer

December 14, 2015

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of December 11, 2015 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed out more than 300 points down. — Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Bond markets are jittery. Energy markets are uneasy.

POSTED IN: bond market oil prices

Weekly Wrap: The future of the U.S. economy

November 13, 2015

A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shows declines on Friday in New York City. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Marketplace recaps the week's business and economics news.

POSTED IN: job growth wage growth labor market

In Dayton, taking fresh food to the bus stop

By Lewis Wallace

November 03, 2015

The Market at Wright Stop Plaza in Dayton, Ohio, is open three days a week inside the city's downtown transportation hub — Lewis Wallace

New approach to fighting food deserts puts fresh produce in the middle of town

POSTED IN: food deserts farmers market Dayton

Introducing Crash Course Economics

By Adriene Hill

October 19, 2015

Marketplace's Adriene Hill co-hosts Crash Course Economics.

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Swipe right for ... your next job?

October 07, 2015

Twenty-seven-year-old Arielle Levine of Santa Monica has a job in digital marketing, but she is looking for her next job on an app called Jobr. — Brian Watt

Smartphones and swipes put more power in the hands of job seekers.

POSTED IN: job seekers employers job market

Alcoa splits itself in two

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer

September 28, 2015

Alcoa kicks off the earnings season with its its fourth quarter earnings report, expected after markets close Monday. — Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

The move could make its stock more appealing to commodity-averse investors.

POSTED IN: Alcoa stock split aluminum

Young people dip into housing market

By Mitchell Hartman

September 15, 2015

Hayley Johansen and Marcus Kienlen at their home in suburban Portland, Oregon. — Mitchell Hartman

More people under 35 could start buying first homes as the economy improves.

POSTED IN: Millenials housing market real estate

U.S. auto makers optimistic about European sales

By Mark Garrison

September 15, 2015

New Astra Sports are seen in a mirror at the Opel stand at the IAA Frankfurt Auto Show Tuesday. — Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images

But the dollar's strength against the euro makes things tricky.

POSTED IN: auto market car sales Auto auto industry