12/02/11
Marketplace for Friday, December 2, 2011
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The unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent in November. Will this trend continue or is this just a one time thing? Meanwhile, the Senate failed to pass a one-year extension of the payroll tax cut. The Walt Disney Company has raised its annual dividend by 50 percent. Businesses are warming up to getting green. We look at what it might take to rebrand the euro's tarnished image. And commentator Bethany McLean asks why Enron, 10 years after it filed for bankruptcy, is still the poster child for corporate corruption.
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Jobless rate falls to lowest level since 2009
The U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in November. But the unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent because many more people dropped out of the workforce.
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Businesses warm to going green
Even without government regulation, big business is embracing environmental goals.
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Rebranding the euro
A crisis of confidence besets the euro as it approaches its 10th anniversary. Can the currency be rebranded to restore its luster?
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Weekly Wrap: The 8.6% unemployment, the euro fix
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: Today's latest jobs numbers and whether the central banks' plans to save the euro will work.
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Letters: Payroll tax cut, holiday sales, crap technology
Going over listeners' responses to past broadcasts. This week: What companies can do to help the economy, what's been ignored in the holiday shopping coverage, and old but underrated products.
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Enron, ten years later
The energy giant filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 2nd, 2001. Ten years on, what does Enron mean in the face of the most recent financial crisis?
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Disney's gift to shareholders signals an improved economy
Disney and other big companies have boosted annual stock dividends lately. Does this mean America's economic crystal ball is clearer? Or do companies simply not have better options to spend the cash they're hoarding?
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Donald Trump to moderate debate
Donald Trump will moderate an upcoming Republican debate.
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Payroll tax cut extension still in limbo
Extending the payroll tax cut failed in the Senate over divisions on how to pay for it. If it isn't paid for, that diverts money from Social Security.
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