“Marketplace” host Kimberly Adams speaks with Courtenay Brown at Axios and Heather Long at The Washington Post about labor market risks, global inflation pressures and this week’s retail sales report.
What is CrowdStrike?
by Elizabeth Trovall
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The cybersecurity firm suddenly gained fame because a global tech outage was tied to its products. Here’s what it does and what happened.
A former floral delivery driver looks in the rearview mirror
by Maria Hollenhorst
Courtesy Irby
Meghan Irby mapped her routes the old-fashioned way before navigation software was a thing. Her boss “used chickens as a landmark.”
Why does the Federal Reserve have blackout periods?
by Stephanie Hughes
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These are times when Fed policymakers and staff must refrain from speaking about monetary policy with the public.
In an Alaska town, generations of fishers face industry’s death
by Theo Greenly
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When Peter Pan Seafood closed in April, King Cove lost its economic engine. Now, the town is struggling to survive.