10/13/06
Marketplace Money for October 13, 2006
Episode Description:
Marketplace Money for October 13, 2006
To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed.
0
Straight Story: Minimum wage
It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. This week, Chris rallies to raise the minimum wage.
0
Day in the Work Life: Legal gatekeeper
On this week's A Day in the Work Life, our look at how folks trade their time for money, we go door-to-door with a process server.
0
Buzzword: Honest services fraud
Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance: Honest services fraud. You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
0
Mailbag for Friday, October 13, 2006
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week, advice on investing in ETFs, using a Simple IRA and managing a credit score.
0
Why private equity?
Cablevision is trying to go private. So is HCA. What's fueling the trend of public companies turning private? Kai interviews Andy Baker from Cathay Financial.
0
Best places to retire
Location matters. So does weather. Throw in low taxes and you've got a retiree's idea of paradise. Money Magazine just published a list of the best places to spend your golden years. Kai speaks with Kate Ashford.
0
What really matters in Sun's corner office
Host Kai Ryssdal visits Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy in the latest Conversation from the Corner Office. McNealy discusses how his company has survived the tech industry's ups and downs.
0
Tax whammy for winners
Winning the lottery is an American dream. Paying taxes on your winnings . . . that's a nightmare. And the IRS doesn't just take its cut from the big wins. Apryl Lundsten reports.
0
Small business, big downside
Small businesses are behind the job boom in the United States, but the workforce driving it faces an unhealthy dilemma. Bob Moon reports.
Browse the show calendar
Buzzworthy
Recent comments on our stories..
The safety payoff of the big business of gun training
Great story, but I didn't hear the two most important things in firearm safety. A gun is ALWAYS loaded, and don't point a gun at...
JerryCPP | May 22, 2013 Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld
Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.
Annapolis57 | May 17, 2013 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...
jgrothues | May 16, 2013 Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld
Ryssdal's interview with Rumsfeld was breathtakingly inappropriate. "Marketplace?" If Ryssdal wants to promote his obvious biases...
rcd43 | May 16, 2013
Connect
Submit your Personal Finance Questions to the Getting Personal blog.
BECOME A MARKETPLACE SOURCE!
Join the Public Insight Network and help us
tell the story.
Sign Up Now or browse recent questions from
the Network below.
