03/01/11
Marketplace for March 1, 2011
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Marketplace for March 1, 2011
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Race in major league baseball
Author and history professor Rob Ruck talks about how race plays a big part of the business of major league baseball.
2
Christian Dior fires John Galliano
After the designer's anti-Semitic comments, the question is whether the damage could spread from haute couture to more affordable licensed products.
3
Wisconsin targets public employees
Budget plan with $1 billion in cuts relies on restricting collective bargaining by some public unions.
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The Medi-Medi problem
As in Medicare and Medicaid. Conflicts in the two government health care programs can drive up costs for states. But change could be on the way.
0
Foreign workers flee fighting in Libya
Tens of thousands of foreign workers are fleeing Libya as President Muammar Gaddafi's regime goes to war with those seeking his ouster.
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Pittsburgh bank clings to free checking
Defying a trend, regional bank PNC Financial Services says it will keep free checking accounts -- but withdraw other perks for bank customers.
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HOV lanes create business opportunity for Jakarta's poor
Major roads in Jakarta are reserved for cars with three or more passengers. So professionals in the Indonesian city pay "jockeys" to ride along with them.
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