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CAFTA and Costa Rica

| May 11, 2005
President Bush has returned to the U.S. after making nice with Eastern Europe. Now, he turns his attention to Costa Rica -- which is pushing back against a planned free trade deal. Why? Marketplace's Americas Desk correspondent Dan Grech reports.

The Mouse's good old days

| May 11, 2005
Walt Disney reports its quarterly results tomorrow, and is in the midst of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Disneyland resort. Host David Brown talks to professor Steven Mintz about marketing nostalgia for Disney toys.

The recruiting within

| May 11, 2005
Attracting teachers to inner-city schools has long been a challenge for many school districts. But officials in Broward County, Florida, may have come up with a solution: Recruit inner-city high school students and pay their college expenses. From the Work & Family Desk, Dan Grech reports.

The Public's Business: Nukes, nukes and more nukes

| May 11, 2005
Officials involved in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are reviewing progress this week on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. In this week's edition of The Public's Business, Marketplace commentator Robert Reich wonders why the U.S. appears to be headed in a different direction.

Cisco security

| May 10, 2005
There was word today that a security breach at Cisco last year was far greater than initially thought. Reports now say it was part of a global hacking plot aimed at university and government data. Nice timing for a house panel to hold a hearing on computer security. It seems we're riding a wave of security breaches at the moment. But it's hard to say for sure. Marketplace's Lisa Napoli reports no one wants to talk about it. Unless they absolutely have to.

The $200 PC

| May 10, 2005
A major technology announcement today from India. The government's teaming with a company called Encore to sell a new computer. The price tag: $200. These units are probably not coming soon to a Wal-Mart near you. And they don't do Windows. But as Miranda Kennedy reports from New Delhi, it may be just what millions of people have been waiting for.
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Coffee cup philosophy

| May 10, 2005
A recap.<br />Woke up, got out of bed.<br />Dragged a comb across my head.<br />Found my way downstairs and...<br />...figured I could use one of those grande mocha frappucinos they sell down the street. Lately, humorist Tim Bedore has been getting an extra kick out of his morning cuppa joe...

Immigrant healthcare

| May 10, 2005
For years now, hospitals in border states have complained about the high cost of treating illegal immigrants. Now Washington's offering some relief. The Feds will put up $250 million dollars for the next four years. The money's supposed to help reimburse doctors and hospitals providing emergency treatment to undocumented aliens. But, as Helen Palmer reports from the Health Desk at WGBH, that's not nearly enough to cover actual costs.
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CAFTA in trouble

| May 10, 2005
Leaders of five Central American countries, plus the Dominican Republic, are in Washington this week. They're trying to lobby U-S lawmakers to approve the Central American Free Trade Agreement. CAFTA, as it's called, is designed to lower quotas and tariffs. It's one of the Bush administration's top trade priorities this year. But as Marketplace's Hillary Wicai reports, the deal could be in trouble on Capitol Hill.
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Mississippi education

| May 10, 2005
Former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale has made an offer to his native Mississippi, one that might sound almost too good to pass up. Barksdale's promising to endow $50 million dollars in grants for Mississippi students...on one condition. The legislature has to fully fund the state's public schools. Mississippi currently ranks 49th in per pupil spending. But lawmakers adjourned last month without an education budget for the upcoming fiscal year. So where does this leave the 'Barksdale challenge'? From Marketplace's Work and Family Desk, Sarah Gardner reports.

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