04/02/10
Marketplace for Friday, April 2, 2010
Episode Description:
Marketplace for Friday, April 2, 2010
To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed.
4
Personal bankruptcy filings increase
More people are filing for bankruptcy than any time since the recession began. And some filers are deciding to walk away from their deeply underwater homes through bankruptcy. Kai Ryssdal talks to reporter Mitchell Hartman about what's behind the increase.
3
Weekly Wrap: Jobs and CEO pay
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon and Fortune magazine's Leigh Gallagher talk with Kai Ryssdal about the latest jobs report and what's going on with CEO compensation.
0
Malls prepare for iPad debut
Malls are preparing for a big weekend, but the crowds won't be coming for the Easter holiday -- they're coming for the new Apple iPad. Sally Herships reports.
0
Egg sellers are celebrating this Easter
So far, Easter looks like it'll bring in slightly more money for retailers than it did last year. Shoppers are snatching up all kinds of candies and food, including eggs. Jeremy Hobson reports.
0
Steel spat may push up product prices
Europe correspondent Stephen Beard talks with Kai Ryssdal about how a battle between steel makers and iron ore producers may affect consumer product prices.
1
Local, state tax revenues on the rise
State and local tax revenues have increased for the first time in more than a year, according to the Census Bureau. But what does that mean for local economies and will it continue? Alisa Roth reports.
3
What's driving job creation?
The government reported that 162,000 new jobs were created in March, the biggest monthly increase in three years. But will the numbers continue to grow? Nancy Marshall Genzer 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.
