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Marketplace for March 18, 2011
Mar 18, 2011

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Manufacturers scramble to cover parts shortages

by Alisa Roth
Mar 18, 2011
Japan's crisis prompts General Motors to close U.S. plant and divert auto parts to others. Companies improvise to cope with disrupted supplies.
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Japan's quake

A long road ahead for Japanese taxi company

by Rob Schmitz
Mar 18, 2011
The cabbies and owner of Smile Smile Taxi in Sendai try to fight through tears as they rebuild the business.
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Cities take aim at couch surfers

by Mose Buchele
Mar 18, 2011
Short-term housing rentals are the latest cottage industry coming on to tax collectors' radar screens.
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Japan's quake

World's big economies act to tame Japan's yen

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Mar 18, 2011
In its first joint action on a currency in over a decade, the Group of Seven nations sold yen to halt its rise and help spur Japanese exports.
A money changer counts Japanese yen notes.
Theresa Barraclough/AFP/Getty Images
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Microsoft nails big spammer

by Steve Henn
Mar 18, 2011
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit helps take down one of the biggest email spammers in cyberspace -- at least for now.
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Japan's quake

Weekly Wrap: The aftermath of the Japan quake

by Marketplace Staff
Mar 18, 2011
Discussing the week in Wall Street with Lizzie O'Leary from Bloomberg News and John Carney from CNBC.
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Discontent in the Middle East

The economics of Bahrain's Sunni-Shiite divide

by Marketplace Staff
Mar 18, 2011
University of Vermont professor Gregory Gause discusses how the Sunni-Shiite split is feeding into economic and political unrest in Bahrain.
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