Segments From This Episode

• The betting markets are making election predictions, but there are reasons to be wary

  by David Brancaccio

  With less than two weeks away from voting day, some bettors are feeling like they know who the next president will be and are putting money on their predictions. We get the Low-down with FHN Financial’s Christopher Low on why people might want to be wary about making predictions in such a tight election.

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• Retired EV batteries will get a second life at a new factory in Texas

  by Elizabeth Trovall

  

  This week the DOE announced a $20 million grant to partially finance this new manufacturing facility. It’s part of an emerging EV battery reuse ecosystem.

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• Green packaging innovation could come from...onion skins?

  by Stuart Clarkson

  Plastic waste from packaging is a significant contributor to pollution, so one company based in Scotland is aiming to use more sustainable solutions. The BBC’s Cameron Angus-MacKay reports on how onion skins could become a new packaging option.

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