Oct 1, 2010

Marketplace for Friday, October 1, 2010

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Flash Crash

Trans-Atlantic cables for even higher frequency trading

by Jeremy Hobson

Oct 1, 2010

Because milliseconds matter in the world of high-frequency trading, the new cables being laid between New Jersey and London will take cable speed from 65 milliseconds to below 60 milliseconds.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Predict a bubble, and then what?

by Amy Scott

Oct 1, 2010

There's a group of high-level financial regulators -- including Timothy Geithner and Ben Bernanke -- who will keep their ears to the ground to predict future bubbles. But what will they do once they predict one?

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Some retailers starting to raise prices

by Janet Babin

Oct 1, 2010

Consumer spending went up a wee bit in August. After two years of selling at bargain prices -- and getting consumers addicted to low low prices -- can retailers start raising prices now?

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Weekly Wrap: The Flash Crash, TARP

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 1, 2010

Kai Ryssdal talks to Leigh Gallagher from Fortune magazine and John Carney from CNBC about whether they feel better that they know what caused the Flash Crash and if TARP was a success or not.

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Corner Office

TIAA-CREF CEO on retirement in times of uncertainty

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 1, 2010

Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal and Marketplace Money's Tess Vigeland talk to Roger Ferguson, CEO of TIAA-CREF, about retirement after the Great Recession.

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Marketers like that you "Like"

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Oct 1, 2010

The ubiquitous, but innocuous "Like" button on your favorite retail and media websites is a boon for marketers. Just one click and they access to a full range of your personal details -- and your friends' too.