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Oct 3, 2024

U.S. exporters are on edge as port strike continues

Three days into the port strike, exporters are feeling the heat. Plus, we visit a Detroit frame shop and a U.S. military base in the Marshall Islands.

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After an equipment hiccup, this retailer found an affordable solution to keep business running smoothly
by Sofia Terenzio
Eric Vaughn, owner of Eric’s I’ve Been Framed in Detroit, talks about selling merchandise at a recent festival and replacing broken equipment.
“This couldn’t have come at a worse time”: Exporters brace for port strike delays
by Justin Ho
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
There’s only so much capacity to store backed-up products, including foodstuffs.
The U.S. military and Coca-Cola go way back
by Hayley Hershman and Kai Ryssdal
Hayley Hershman/Marketplace
Archaeologists have uncovered World War II-era human remains and caches of Coca-Cola bottles at a U.S. military base on the Marshall Islands.
Inflation is coming down, but prices won’t
by Kristin Schwab
Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images
Generally once prices rise, they don’t go back down.
As the labor market cools, keep an eye on this number in the jobs report
by Sean McHenry
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
It looks at the concentration of job growth. When it’s above 50, more industries added jobs than shed them that month.