06/02/11
Marketplace for June 2, 2011
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Marketplace for June 2, 2011
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Is China ready to help save the world?
Kai Ryssdal discusses why GM is such a success story in China and whether the Chinese are ready to help drive the global economy.
2
Eurozone may look toward IMF for debt crisis help
Just a few years ago, some Eurozone countries tagged the IMF as irrelevant. But now faced with numerous bailouts and a changing of the guard at the IMF, France and others may soon be asking the organization for help.
0
Bond prices reflect fears of economic slowdown
Budget deficits should raise interest rates. But investors fear slow growth and unemployment more, so borrowing -- and savings -- rates stay low.
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Latest crop problem: A late spring in the West
The West may be free of tornadoes and drought, but it has its own weather problems. A cool wet spring is damaging some crops, and delaying others.
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Foreigners in China get new taxes, benefits
Foreigners working in China face new taxes in exchange for social security and health care benefits, but they may never reap those benefits.
3
New standards for for-profit colleges
Rules on federal financial aid press career-oriented schools to prepare students better.
7
Green vs. Green on environmental priorities
Renewable energy projects need massive amounts of land, often in environmentally-sensitive areas -- sometimes the same land that greens have fought to protect.
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Day Four: A space-age ride through the Industrial Revolution
A four-hour trip turns into an hour-and-a-half ride as passengers bullet through China's countryside at 210 mph.
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