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When he's not busy brainstorming how to tear apart and rebuild America's democratic system, David Graeber prefers to think about simpler things, like why we still don't have flying cars.

Your home isn't the only asset you should be preparing for winter. Car owners also need to get their vehicles ready for winter driving before the season officially changes.

A few months after Netflix(NFLX_) set off a furor by increasing prices by 60%, upstart competitor Redbox, owned by Coinstar(CSTR_), has increased the price of its daily rentals by 20%. The price increase, the first since Redbox began selling DVDs eight years ago, was announced last week in an email to subscribers.

The markets have whipsawed investors over the past three months. After sinking in August and September, stocks soared in October.