02/07/11
Marketplace for February 7, 2011
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Marketplace for February 7, 2011
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The impact of the AOL-Huffington Post merger
AOL is buying the Huffington Post for $315 million. Ken Auletta, media writer for The New Yorker, talks with Kai Ryssdal about whether the deal was a surprise and what this means for Arianna Huffington.
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President Obama asks Chamber of Commerce to hire
In exchange, the president offered American businesses a deal: Incentives like tax breaks, better infrastructure, and trade deals. But economists say it's not that simple.
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Business in Egypt slowly returning to normal
Khalil Nasrallah, co-founder of Wadi Foods in Egypt, discusses how his food export business is recovering from the political unrest in Egypt.
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Under former dictator, corruption stunted economic growth in Tunisia
Tunisians get to work trying to root out wide-spread corruption that held back the country's GDP.
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Google executive freed in Egypt
Google's marketing chief in Egypt had been held for organizing Mubarak opponents. Google itself has taken activist stands on government controls.
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NFL free universe
Green Bay's win over the Steelers set a television record for viewers. But now the NFL has to deal with another blockbuster: It might not be in business next season.
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Climate messages may be all wrong
Environmental activists are adjusting their words and strategy as "climate change" and "global warming" messages fail to win the public's attention.
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Promoting Climate Change: Hits and Misses
If you heard my story today on Marketplace, you know there's some debate over exactly what sort of messaging is best suited to climate change. Co...
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The cost of a Super Bowl ad over a year in time
This final note today, a last word and some perspective on the utter ridiculousness of Super Bowl ads. More specifically, how much money companies...
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Tunisia: Promises of a brighter future
Tunisia's nickname in Arabic is "Tunis the Green." It's kind of puzzling if you come here in the summer, when everything is sun-baked, or if you...
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