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After the Bell - Labor Day
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No bell today — U.S. markets were closed for Labor Day. So instead of a session recap, one question: why does the government close the exchange to honor labor, when the actual history of that honor is considerably more complicated than a long weekend suggests?
WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE
On This Date in History — John Merrick, born into slavery in 1859, who built barbershops into North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance — at its peak, the largest Black-owned business in America.
Closed-Market Deep…
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