03/23/12
Marketplace for Friday, March 23, 2012
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Starting Monday, all eyes will be on the Supreme Courts as it holds a three-day hearing on the Affordable Care Act -- and the event is the hottest ticket in town. Could Bank of America's plan to turn homeowners facing foreclosure into renters become an industry-wide model in which everybody wins? We explore why Nigeria is a hotbed for credit card scams. And, as the new season of "Mad Men" premieres, we look at how much the characters are like current ad men.
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Everyone's lining up for the Supreme Court health care hearing
The court's grounds will be clogged with a colorful mix of characters: activists, lawyers, journalists and oh, tourists.
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Madison Avenue’s new advertising lords
“Mad Men” returns for a fifth season Sunday. But who are the Don Drapers in today’s advertising industry and how has Madison Avenue changed?
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Bank of America throws homeowners new lifeline
Bank of America starts a foreclosure-prevention program that lets borrowers give up ownership of their home but stay on rent-paying tenants.
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Letters: Chinese factories, diaper debate
Going over listeners' responses to past broadcasts. This week: The bigger picture in the Mike Daisey story, the great American diaper debate and talking to President Obama.
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World Bank presidential nominee as 'Dartmouth Idol'
Check out Jim Yong Kim, whom President Obama today nominated to head the World Bank, in this rap performance.
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Where'd Nigeria get so many princes anyway?
The U.S. Department of Justice takes AT&T to court over yet another Nigerian scam.
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Weekly Wrap: Jon Corzine, World Bank nomination
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: The new memo that reveals Jon Corzine apparently authorized the transfer of customer funds, and the new World Bank nomination.
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Can ignoring medical advice hurt your wallet?
Doctor and commentator John Schumann says it's a medical urban legend.
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