Today’s market decline, explained

Today’s market decline, explained

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By now we don’t have to remind you that the stock market is not the economy, but we’ll give you some more context for today’s decline. Also on today’s show: One of the most influential companies you probably never heard of is going public. The mobile division of Japanese conglomerate Softbank is vying for an IPO. That’s a big deal for American companies, including Uber, Slack and WeWork. Then: About 70 percent of online shopping carts are abandoned before purchase. Now e-commerce retailers are trying to figure out how to get shoppers to that last click. And we remember comic book genius Stan Lee. We talk to Gizmodo’s Evan Narcisse about Lee’s impact on pop culture.