Segments From This Episode

• Home prices rose in every major metro area last month

  by Samantha Fields

  

  Cleveland, Milwaukee and Philadelphia saw the biggest rises. The Midwest remains a relative haven of affordability.

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• As LA blazes rage, even firefighters turn to Watch Duty

  by Meghan McCarty Carino

  From today’s “Marketplace Tech” podcast: Over the last few weeks, one app that’s emerged as particularly helpful in spreading information about the LA fires is called Watch Duty. It collects updates from emergency responders, maps the fires and evacuation zones in one place, and uses quite a bit of actual human reporting.

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• As egg shortage continues, some businesses are starting to crack

  by Daniel Ackerman

  

  A particularly contagious strain of bird flu continues to spread, killing flocks and causing the price of eggs to nearly double from a year ago.

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