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Counting New York's homeless ...
Just a few hours ago, for the first time ever, New York City counted its homelesss population. Marketplace's Amy Scott was there to explore why it's so difficult - and economically important for cities to have an accurate count of those living on their streets.
China's development - moving too fast?
China's Congress gathers in Beijing this week for its annual meeting. One of the concerns is the growing number of disgruntled people who are losers in China's rapid economic development. Often because the powerful don't play fair. Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford visited a village on the outskirts of Beijing where farmers have a beef with their village leaders.
Posted In: Canada
Pfizer, and the cholesterol war
Today the world's biggest pharmaceutical company offered a peek at what it hopes will be the next big thing. The company already markets the world's best selling drug - Lipitor. It cuts so-called "bad" cholesterol. Pfizer's new drug boosts "good" cholesterol, and it's looking pretty solid in trials. If you put the good and the bad together, what do you get? A combo designed to deal with more than strictly 'medical' concerns. From the Health Desk at WGBH, Marketplace's Helen Palmer reports.
Posted In: Science
Flexibility at the office
As the baby boom generation gets closer to retirment, some major U.S. firms are offering some flexibility incentives to retain the best talent. It's a lot harder than it sounds, and companies are now hiring more consultants than ever to help them. From the Marketplace Work and Family Desk, Hillary Wicai reports
Tax reforms, tax reforms
39 days ... How are you coming along with those taxes? May want to take notes on what troubles you. The president's panel on tax reform has hit the road to gather suggestions. They won't be hearing from a noted Princeton economist who died a couple of weeks ago. Commentator Glenn Hubbard says that's a real shame, since his ideas deserve a voice. <br />Glenn Hubbard is former head of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. He's now Dean of Columbia's Business School.
Land rights in China?
We could use a little more "social harmony". That seems to be a theme as China's two-week long National People's Congress gets underway. Couldn't everyone use a little more social harmony? Sure, but in this case, the phrase has a specific meaning.It seems to be China's way of saying 'we need a kinder, gentler gentrification'... From what you might call a 'transitional neighborhood', Marketplace's Jocelyn Ford reports.
Posted In: Canada
Video games and the inner geek
It used to be dismissed as the domain of nerds. Nothing like money to improve a reputation. Just ask the folks at the annual Game Developers' Conference. It got underway in San Francisco today. The global video game industry is now worth upwards of $5 Billion. Any wonder that corporate America is ready to embrace its inner geek? As Marketplace's Jeff Tyler reports, that's show biz.
Posted In: Science
Selling the merger
How to you convince stockholders that merging your company with another is a good thing? One way that's becoming more and more popular among dealmakers is to highlight the number of employees you'd be able to lay off. Host Kai Ryssdal explores this unusual selling point with Newsweek's Wall Street editor Allan Sloan in this edition of The Sloan Sessions.
Posted In: Wall Street
Training Iraq's new police
Last week, more Iraqi police died in several attacks. Insurgents have targeted police and killed hundreds of them in the last two years. The U.S. spent more than 70 million dollars on a police training facility near Amman, Jordan to train thousands of new officers. But as Nancy Updike reports, the facility may inadvertently be training some of the wrong people.
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