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Nobel Prize in Economics: A history of winners
Oct 15, 2012
It's best known as the Nobel Prize for Economics, but the official name of the award handed out today for the 44th time is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. A list of past winners.
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December ends 2011 employment story on good note
Jan 6, 2012
The December jobs report showed that 200,000 new jobs were created in the month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5, the lowest rate since February 2009.
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Shutdown averted, Congress weighs stimulus
Dec 16, 2011
Now that Congress has averted a government shutdown, it takes up the extension of the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits
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EU RIP? Europe deal fractures union
Dec 9, 2011
A new fiscal pact leaves the U.K. and three other nations out in the cold, as European leaders scramble to convince investors that they have diffused the debt bomb at the European summit in Brussels
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Working moms don't always have it easy
Nov 10, 2011
Checking the Marketplace's Daily Pulse, our offbeat take on the health of the U.S. economy.
There's word today that just over half of working mo...
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Euro crisis: A view from London to Los Angeles
Nov 2, 2011
The programme I present, Business Daily, is broadcast on the BBC's World Service and has a world agenda. But recently we've spent a lot of time...
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A day in the life at Marketplace
Nov 1, 2011
Ever wonder what it takes to put together a day's worth of programming at Marketplace? Check out this behind-the-scenes video that captures "A da...
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Europe Nears Crisis: Weekend at Bernie's Redux
Oct 21, 2011
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have moved the goal post, again. Although they previously promised that Sund...
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Jill Schlesinger: Retail therapy? Americans spend more but feel worse
Oct 14, 2011
My first boss once said to me: "Watch what they do and ignore what they say." He was referring to consumers, who despite telling pollsters that t...
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Get on the bus with Kai Ryssdal
Oct 10, 2011
The Breakdown: What's working in the job market from Marketplace on Vimeo.
Last week Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal and a small team rode the bus ...
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U.S. unemployment picture at a glance: August, 2011
Sep 2, 2011
The U.S. job situation in August is a carbon copy of July (which was revised today to 85,000 new jobs instead of the previously reported 117,000)...
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Nobel Prize in Economics: A history of winners
Oct 15, 2012
It's best known as the Nobel Prize for Economics, but the official name of the award handed out today for the 44th time is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. A list of past winners.
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December ends 2011 employment story on good note
Jan 6, 2012
The December jobs report showed that 200,000 new jobs were created in the month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5, the lowest rate since February 2009.
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Nobel Prize in Economics: A history of winners
Oct 15, 2012
It's best known as the Nobel Prize for Economics, but the official name of the award handed out today for the 44th time is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. A list of past winners.
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December ends 2011 employment story on good note
Jan 6, 2012
The December jobs report showed that 200,000 new jobs were created in the month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5, the lowest rate since February 2009.
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