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09/09/10 Marketplace
The recession for African-Americans; Bonds are hot, but come with risks; Maritime security industry booms; Weimar Republic bonds in dispute; First-time unemployment claims down; Apple loosens app-developer restrictions; The Donald and the Cordoba House; Federal workers overwhelmed by contracts[More at americanpublicmedia.org] [mp3]
09/08/10 Marketplace
Reich: Corporate tax cuts not the answer; Googling and Facebooking to a job; "Green" beauty products are in demand; OnStar: Roadside assistance... and Facebook updater?; Minding your p's and q's with your laptop; What BP says (and doesn't say) in its report; Income gap widening rapidly; Google Instant: Save seconds per search[More at americanpublicmedia.org] [mp3]
09/07/10 Marketplace
Haitians moving to the countryside; The students are alright; Football on the Great White Way; What do the balls mean?!; Business school doesn't want public funds; Will business tax breaks lift the economy?; FHA launches new refi program; Hurd to Oracle: The best personnel decision ever?[More at americanpublicmedia.org] [mp3]
09/06/10 Marketplace
Has the recession changed job fairs?; Food bloggers: Helpful or disruptive?; New non-alcoholic downers to get you off the caffeine buzz; A Xerox beyond copy machines?; Scam artists flourish in the recession; Money can't buy me love, but...; Obama announces new stimulus plan; The cost of the U.K. Tube strike[More at americanpublicmedia.org] [mp3]
09/03/10 Marketplace
Will a payroll tax cut mean more jobs?; Food price surge may not lead to chaos; Lessons BP learned from the oil spill; Weekly Wrap: The recession and more stimulus; Recession changing the way we live; Verizon brings pay-as-you-go- smartphone plans; Fashion may be going high-tech; The best and worst of fast food[More at americanpublicmedia.org] [mp3]
09/02/10 Marketplace
Hertz, Avis offer big bucks for Dollar Thrifty; A lot of firing, not enough hiring; Strawberry Shortcake's trendy new look; The business of estimating risk; Banks must be able to fail, Bernanke says; Burger King going private, again; Twitter makes for better commodities trading; 'The trillion dollar gap' in pension funds; UPDATE: No oil in water after rig explosion[More at americanpublicmedia.org] [mp3]
09/01/10 Marketplace
HUD First Look program gives communities first dibs at foreclosed properties; Old assumptions equal a stagnant economy; Location gone mass market; The campaign ad 'arms race'; Toxic gases found in well water close to drilling sites; The elusive price tag of the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan; Is gold a bubble waiting to burst?[More at americanpublicmedia.org] [mp3]