06/23/11
Marketplace for June 23, 2011
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Marketplace for June 23, 2011
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Is tapping into oil reserves a confidence-building measure?
Sarah Emerson, president of Energy Security Analysis, discusses why the International Energy Agency decided to sell off some of its strategic petroleum oil reserves and how much good the move can do.
6
The slowing economy changes debt-ceiling talks
Increasing signs that the U.S. economy is stalling are strengthening talk that the government has to help create jobs, not just cut spending.
1
The FTC launches anti-trust probe over Google ads
The company's ad-search practices are at issue.
1
Environmentalists, timber industry team up to fight wildfires
The Wallow Fire is Arizona's largest fire ever. But a new business venture could help pay to protect other forests in the Western U.S.
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Plane-maker Airbus cashes in at Paris Air Show
Plane-manufacturer Airbus has snagged some very large orders at the Paris Air Show. Its U.S. rival Boeing is not doing so well at the show.
1
Best Buy gets smaller
The big-box retailer shrinks its box size to grow profits.
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Separate and unequal economies in the Arab world
Separate economic systems are meant to spur investment and foreign entrepreneurialism. But the Arab economic model may in fact be holding economies back.
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