Kristen Schwab

A holiday does not necessarily equal a light news day, these days at least.

We've got IPOs, homebuyer stats, and the lowdown on a somewhat mysterious retailer that's trending by copying trends.

From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.

In New York, I'm Kristen Schwab in for Kyra's doll.

It's Monday, May 25th.

Good to have you with us on this Memorial Day.

Over the weekend, it seemed like the Trump administration and Iran were maybe getting closer to ending the war.

Now progress seems to have slowed down.

Of course, all of it continues to impact trade routes and the price of oil.

And American businesses are left with little to do but follow the twists and turns.

Though twists and turns might just be a part of doing business in America now.

To get a temperature check, we called up Daniela Velasquez de Leon, general manager of Organics Unlimited, a fruit importer in San Diego.

Daniela, it's great to talk with you again.

Great to talk to you, too.

So it's been a few months since we've caught up.

Tell me, how's business?

What's happening?

It's good.

It's been a good year.

As always, there's stuff going on out in the world, but business has been good this year.