07/13/11
Marketplace for July 13, 2011
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Marketplace for July 13, 2011
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Federal Reserve keeps stimulus options open
The latest stimulus round is over. But Bernanke tells Congress that if needed, the Fed will act again to try to prime pump the economy.
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Bernanke questioned on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers got their once-in-a-quarter shot at grilling Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke today. Many of the questions appeared to have less to do with matters like stimulus and the debt ceiling, and more to do with representatives' political agendas.
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Putting Americans back to work
The debt ceiling debate is dominating the headlines. But there's something else more important to this economy.
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Challenges ahead for China
A booming labor market has made people richer... and pickier.
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A walk to the World Trade Center in one of the largest cities in the world
Host Kai Ryssdal retraces his steps to the site of Marketplace's 2006 broadcast from Chongqing, China.
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Rupert Murdoch loses BSkyB bid, may lose more
News Corp. abandons plans to get full ownership of the profitable British network BSkyB. Can Rupert Murdoch bounce back?
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