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Sep 17, 2020

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Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest container port, on Nov. 7, 2019 in San Pedro, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Plus: the LGBTQ economy, gyms going out of business and why Chuck E. Cheese wants to destroy seven billion prize tickets.

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COVID-19

U.S.-China long-term investment falls to 9-year low amid pandemic, protectionism

by Scott Tong
Sep 17, 2020
Chinese investment in the U.S. also fell because of the pandemic recession.
Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest container port, on Nov. 7, 2019 in San Pedro, California.
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New census data reveals more details about LGBTQ community

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 17, 2020
The data isn't perfect, advocates say, but it's likely to prove useful to government agencies and employers.
The U.S. Census found same-sex couples participate in the labor force at a higher rate than opposite-sex couples — almost 85% compared to just over 80%.
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"It's been busier than ever": What's behind LA's real estate resurgence

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Sep 17, 2020
The pandemic has surprisingly become a busy time for this mortgage broker.
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Will gyms go extinct?

by Jasmine Garsd
Sep 17, 2020
The pandemic is reshaping how, and where, we get exercise. Many gyms are out, exercise apps are in.
People exercise in workout pods at a gym in Redondo Beach, California, in June.
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Why Chuck E. Cheese wants 7 billion prize tickets shredded

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 17, 2020
The restaurant chain, in bankruptcy proceedings, has an excess-paper-prize-ticket problem amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The restaurant chain’s parent company asked a bankruptcy court for permission to have "enough tickets to fill approximately 65 40-foot cargo shipping containers" destroyed.
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As sales boom, Black business owner juggles two jobs

by Andie Corban
Sep 17, 2020
The push to support Black-owned businesses has meant exponential growth for Aliya Wanek's clothing line.
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Music from the episode

Let's Love Crown City Rockers
First Choice Oddisee
Make Me Better Little People
Cataracts Freddie Gibbs, Madlib
Outer Sunset Tycho
Feel Good (feat. Khruangbin) Maribou State, Khruangbin

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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