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Payday lenders inspire mixed feelings from borrowers

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Tracey Samuelson | Feb 20, 2013
New Pew report finds that payday borrowers feel both relief -- and that they are being taken advantage of.
Posted In: payday loans
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Behind the photo: A bankruptcy lawyer who identifies with her clients

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Mitchell Hartman | May 13, 2013
Marketplace reporter Mitchell Hartman tells us the story behind one of the photos in "Beyond payday loans."
Posted In: installment loans, payday loans
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Shop around for surgery? Negotiating health care costs to save cash

Interview by
Barbara Bogaev | May 10, 2013
New data released by the federal government reveals that costs for identical medical procedures can vary widely from hospital-to-hospital. So to get the best deal, you might have to do some comparison shopping.
Posted In: health insurance, healthcare, medical costs
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380 ways to make the government more efficient (Video)

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer | May 15, 2013
A Senate committee on governmental affairs looks at 380 ways “to make Washington more efficient.” What’s likely to be the fate of this cost-cutting initiative?
Posted In: efficiency, federal government
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Google speaks up on desktops and laptops

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Queena Kim | May 15, 2013
Google unveiled the next step in voice recognition technology today at its developers' conference. The race is on for computers to really understand us.
Posted In: Google, siri
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Rich Manhattan moms are hiring disabled to cut Disney World lines

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Kai Ryssdal | May 14, 2013
The New York Post reports wealthy mothers are paying handicapped people to pose as family members so that their families can use the special entrances to Disney World attractions.
Posted In: disney
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Politics, money and power: Inside the IRS' targeting of conservative social welfare groups

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Kai Ryssdal | May 14, 2013
The IRS is now facing a criminal investigation over its targeting of conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status.
Posted In: IRS, tea party
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Sequester funding cuts have researchers worried

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer | Apr 29, 2013
As government spending on medical research drops, some would-be scientists are having second thoughts.
Posted In: research and development, Science, sequester, sequestration
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Why Nielsen isn't watching the cord-cutters

Interview by
Ben Johnson | May 15, 2013
How cord-cutters are impacting TV ad revenue.
Posted In: advertising, television
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Don't have a visa to work here? I have some office space to rent you in the ocean

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal | Mar 14, 2013
A new tech venture wants to reel entrepreneurs in as close to Silicon Valley as possible without the need for a visa. The lure is a crusie ship 12 nautical miles off the shore of Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Posted In: Blueseed, Entrepreneurship, international business, Silicon Valley, startup

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