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Housing plan raises ethical questions

Feb 20, 2009
Mortgage relief is on its way, but not everyone who will receive help from Obama's housing plan may warrant it. Is it fair? Tess Vigeland speaks with ethics columnist Randy Cohen about the questions involved in paying for our neighbors' mortgages.
Posted In: Housing
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Credit card companies are watching you

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Stacey Vanek Smith
Jul 8, 2009
With credit card defaults rising, some companies are looking for reasons to cut your plastic. To make these decisions, banks rely on data about what you buy, where, and the company you keep. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Home selling moves to a new stage

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Mitchell Hartman
Apr 1, 2009
As desperation sets in among home sellers, some are using actors to simulate lively neighborhoods in otherwise empty developments. Mitchell Hartman reports this April 1 exclusive.
Posted In: Housing
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What do you think the fix is?

Nov 11, 2008
We've asked economic and financial experts what they think the fix is for the current financial debacle. But what do you think? Suzie Lechtenberg got some ideas from the general public.
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Doom and gloom earplugs

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Scott Jagow
Mar 25, 2009
I've spent the last hour or so in an all-staff Marketplace editorial meeting. The topic for discussion was -- are we striking the proper tone with...
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Dear Wall Street, this is why the people are angry

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Josh Brown
Oct 14, 2011
Josh Brown may be in the same group as the bankers and brokers that the Occupy movements are protesting against, but he's just as angry as the protestors are at his own industry.
Posted In: protest, Occupy Wall Street
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Crisis explainer: Uncorking CDOs

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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 3, 2008
Marketplace Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch gives a bubbly explanation of the intricacies of "collateralized debt obligations" -- those financial instruments that got us into this financial mess.
Posted In: CDOs, collateralized debt obligation, financial crisis
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Where does bailout money come from?

Sep 17, 2008
The government's been throwing cash around willy-nilly to bail out Bear Stearns, AIG and Fannie and Freddie. Where's all that money coming from? And how often can Bernanke and Paulson keep going back to that well? John Dimsdale reports.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Empty homes, ruined neighborhoods

May 20, 2008
Lenders are selling off thousands of houses they've foreclosed on for pennies on the dollar. And now the neighborhoods where those homes are located are crumbling. Mhari Saito reports from Cleveland.
Posted In: Economy, Housing
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What else can airlines charge us for?

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Rico Gagliano
Feb 9, 2010
American Airlines has announced that economy-class passengers on its domestic flights will have to pay $8 for a blanket and pillow. Our Marketplace Players wonder what's next.
Posted In: Airlines, Spirit Airlines

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