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Marketplace for June 8, 2011

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Marketplace for June 8, 2011

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Employers might dump insurance

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Jun 8, 2011

A new study says many employers would stop offering workers health coverage under reform.

Posted In: Health

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Business model for big gaming companies under attack

Jun 8, 2011

Marketplace's Steve Henn discusses how the gaming business is doing from the E3 Conference in Los Angeles.

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China's university students sometimes slack off

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Jun 8, 2011

In China, a student's school years are typically very demanding. But when some students get into university, they start to take it easy.

Posted In: China

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Letters: The iCloud, green versus green

Jun 8, 2011

Going over listeners' responses to past broadcasts. This week: the importance of the iCloud, what you're really thinking about while walking down grocery aisles and the green versus green debate.

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Questioning Germany's nuclear power decision

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Jun 8, 2011

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Washington D.C. for an official visit. There's one topic that should be on the agenda.

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Obama calls for more job training in manufacturing

Jun 8, 2011

In a speech today, President Obama announced a plan for an expanded federal job training program for the manufacturing sector, hoping to jumpstart the industry and provide more education for young people.

Posted In: Jobs

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Arizona wildfire could spread to New Mexico

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Jun 8, 2011

Disasters, from fires to tornadoes and floods, are smacking states across the country when they don't have the funds to pay for clean up.

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OPEC meeting ends without agreement

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Jun 8, 2011

At the latest OPEC meeting in Vienna, Saudi Arabia failed to secure an agreement to lift oil production. The meeting ended in acrimony.

Posted In: Oil

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Empty House

Paper Route

Hold On (Instrumental) [Explicit]

Nicolay

The High Road

Broken Bells

Paper Planes (as made famous by M.I.A.)

Instrumental Hip Hop Beat Makers

Whats Your Priority

D-Tension

Imuluk

Sulumi

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