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Walmart brings back layaway plans

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Kai Ryssdal
Sep 8, 2011
This final note today, a somewhat distressing sign of the economic times, direct from Bentonville, Ark....
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Bernanke: nothing for now

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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 8, 2011
The Fed Chairman said today that he "expects economic growth to improve slowly and inflation to ease":http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents...
Posted In: The Breakdown: Markets
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The Euro debt crisis, explained in Legos

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Kai Ryssdal
Sep 7, 2011
This final note today. It's come to this: the Euro debt crisis, explained in Legos. Seriously....
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The problem with Operation Twist

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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 7, 2011
Or should I say, another problem. Operation Twist is designed to lower long term interest rates, in order to make it cheaper or consumers to borrow...
Posted In: The Breakdown: Markets
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My job is to watch dreams die

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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 7, 2011
This is from a recent Business Insider post by Joe Wiesenthal:...
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We may soon be able to keep our shoes on at the airport

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Kai Ryssdal
Sep 6, 2011
This final note on the way out today, just to put things into some kind of Sept. 11th perspective....
Posted In: airline safety
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OP-ED: August jobs report shows Obama blew it

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Jill Schlesinger
Sep 2, 2011
The August jobs report is out and it was even worse than last month. The Labor Department said the US economy did not add any jobs last month (an...
Posted In: jobs report
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A list of America's best and worst driving cities

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Daryl Paranada
Sep 2, 2011
Insurance company Allstate has released it seventh annual "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report" revealing the American cities with the best an...
Posted In: cars
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U.S. unemployment picture at a glance: August, 2011

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Matt Berger
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)...
Posted In: infographic, Jobs, jobs report, picture this, unemployment
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Auto sales report for August: U.S. up, Japan down

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Kai Ryssdal
Sep 1, 2011
This final note today. It being the first of the month, here's your Detroit-versus-the-world update....
Posted In: Auto, cars

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld's interview on Marketplace today was absolutely unbelievable. Really. Is one of his rules not to believe your own spin? I...

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

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