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What It's Like To Be On The Blacklist In China's New Social Credit System

China is piloting a new social credit system, calculated from financial transactions and daily behavior. NPR's The Indicator learns what it's like to be on the country's list of untrustworthy people.

What It's Like To Be On The Blacklist In China's New Social Credit System

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Chinese Yuan Continues To Tumble In Value Against U.S. Dollar

This makes Chinese goods imported to the U.S. cheaper and offsets the impact of President Trump's tariffs. At the same time, the stronger dollar makes it harder for U.S. companies to export to China.

Chinese Yuan Continues To Tumble In Value Against U.S. Dollar

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Why Pop-Up Shops Keeping Popping Up

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Halloween pop-up stores occupying temporarily vacant storefronts are back and the pop-up concept is expanding. Now online retailers and digital brands are taking the pop-up model and refining it.

Why Pop-Up Shops Keeping Popping Up

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The Tinder-Bumble Feud: Dating Apps Fight Over Who Owns The Swipe

In dueling lawsuits, Match, which owns Tinder, alleges that Bumble infringed on Tinder's intellectual property — while Bumble says that argument is bogus. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption

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The Tinder-Bumble Feud: Dating Apps Fight Over Who Owns The Swipe

The companies are battling over whether Bumble swiped Tinder's features. Their dispute sheds new light on how the patent system is grappling with invention on the Internet.

The Tinder-Bumble Feud: Dating Apps Fight Over Who Owns The Swipe

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How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book

People pass books down a chain to help the bookstore October Books move to a new location on Sunday in Southampton, England. October Books hide caption

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How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book

Shoulder to shoulder, they formed a line 500 feet long: from the stockroom of the old shop, down the sidewalk, and onto the shop floor of the new store.

How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book

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VIDEO: As Elections Loom, Workers In Trump Country Reckon With Tariffs Fallout

Philip Bennett repairs machines at Mid Continent Nail in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A self-proclaimed Democrat who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, Bennett's support for the president has waned since Trump instituted steel tariffs earlier this year. NPR hide caption

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VIDEO: As Elections Loom, Workers In Trump Country Reckon With Tariffs Fallout

President Trump's steel tariffs may force America's largest nail manufacturer out of business. Despite an uncertain future, many factory workers there say they still support the president.

VIDEO: As Elections Loom, Workers In Trump Country Reckon With Tariffs Fallout

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California Voters May Force Meat And Egg Producers Across The Country To Go Cage-Free

A Berkshire pig at Root Down Farm in Pescadero, Calif. Californians will vote on a proposition in November that would require all pork sold in the state be from pigs raised in more spacious pens. Lesley McClurg/KQED hide caption

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California Voters May Force Meat And Egg Producers Across The Country To Go Cage-Free

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California voters will soon decide whether to ban the sale of all veal, pork and eggs from farm animals raised in cages, even when raised in other states.

California Voters May Force Meat And Egg Producers Across The Country To Go Cage-Free

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Is It Time For The Fed To Say Goodbye To The Phillips Curve Theory?

The U.S. economy is in a sweet spot, with unemployment at a near 50-year low and an inflation rate that's low and stable. But that combination — low unemployment and low inflation — has economists at the Fed wondering if a theory they've had about how the economy works is still relevant.

Is It Time For The Fed To Say Goodbye To The Phillips Curve Theory?

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