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Earnings check in: The health of corporate America
Juli Niemann | Apr 9, 2013Juli Niemann, analyst with Smith, Moore & Company, joins Marketplace Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to discuss the latest earnings reports and what they signal about the economy.
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J.C. Penney CEO gets the boot, but were his ideas really that bad?
David Weinberg | Apr 9, 2013J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson has been given the boot after just 17 months as head of the struggling department store chain.
What you need to know to run a marathon at the North Pole
Sabri Ben-Achour | Apr 9, 2013Four dozen trekked to the North Pole in a marathon that costs more than $15,000 to run in. Feel like taking a run on a polar ice floe? Here's what you need to know about the race.
Japan stimulus has investors eyeing Europe
Stephen Beard | Apr 9, 2013The value of the Japanese yen fell to its lowest level in four years after a huge monetary stimulus package was unveiled last week, and the effects of the stimulus are starting to be felt far away from Japan.
Rhode Island Republicans want gun makers to set up shop
Noel King | Apr 9, 2013State Minority Leader Brian Newberry says gun manufacturing would bring well-paid jobs to Rhode Island's struggling economy.
New technology lets deaf, hard of hearing make calls in HD
Ben Johnson | Apr 9, 2013A company called Purple Communications has new technology to help people who are deaf or hearing impaired communicate digitally through an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter.
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California rules against reading phone maps while driving
David Brancaccio | Apr 9, 2013Given that it is legal to manipulate other devices in a car, the court suggests that people should take it up with the legislature to change the law if the ruling seems arbitrary.
NCAA barred Louisville men's team from supporting women's team
Kai Ryssdal | Apr 9, 2013The 2013 NCAA men's basketball championship team from Louisville were told that going to see Louisville's women's championship game would be "an improper benefit."
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Margaret Thatcher's foes turned anger into big business, and a soundtrack for the '80s
Stacey Vanek Smith | Apr 8, 2013From punk rock to TV satires such as Spitting Image, many of those who set out to pillory Margaret Thatcher for her policies made a nice living doing so. Listen to the soundtrack that hate created.
Mike Ullman named CEO of JC Penney after Ron Johnson ousted
Kai Ryssdal | Apr 8, 2013Mike Ullman has been named CEO of JC Penney after Ron Johnson was ousted.
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