09/03/10
Marketplace for Friday, September 3, 2010
Episode Description:
Marketplace for Friday, September 3, 2010
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Fashion may be going high-tech
Ball gowns that literally make you glow, a chic mini dress that doubles as phone -- these aren't ideas from the future, but ideas that are already available on the market. Janet Babin reports.
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Verizon brings pay-as-you-go- smartphone plans
Verizon introduced pay-as-you-go plans for many of the smartphones it offers. With the high cost of smartphone plans, Verizon may open itself to a new market with its lower cost deals.
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Lessons BP learned from the oil spill
Marketplace's Eve Troeh looks at some of what BP learned, but as one engineer points out, those lessons are just the start.
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Weekly Wrap: The recession and more stimulus
Kai Ryssdal talks to Leigh Gallagher from Fortune magazine and Felix Salmon from Reuters about the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
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Food price surge may not lead to chaos
Food riots are starting to break out with the spike in food prices -- particularly wheat -- like the last time food costs jumped two years ago. Will the wheat shortage cause a repeat of the unrest two years ago?
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Will a payroll tax cut mean more jobs?
One idea the president may propose in his jobs plan is a temporary cut in payroll taxes to encourage hiring. But critics say that once the taxes are raised again, high unemployment numbers will be back.
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Recession changing the way we live
Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman about job creation and how long-term unemployment is redirecting many Americans' life choices.
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