Aug 11, 2008

Marketplace for Monday, August 11, 2008

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Hedging your bets in hard times

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 11, 2008

Commentator Megan McArdle has some advice for making your way through these hard times -- hedge your bets. That's right, just like the big companies do.

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That FDIC insurance doesn't come free

by Steve Henn

Aug 11, 2008

The FDIC's guarantee on our bank deposits is, in fact, an insurance system, not something financed with taxpayer money. In tough times, banks pay higher premiums for that insurance. Steve Henn reports.

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Apple Apps pulling in $1 million a day

by Jeremy Hobson

Aug 11, 2008

Apple's new online store where iPhone and iPod owners can download games and other software is already an incredible success. Jeremy Hobson checks it out.

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Trash company merger could cost us

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

Aug 11, 2008

Waste Management today raised by 10 percent its bid to buy its biggest competitor in the trash business. Ashley Milne-Tyte asks what happens to us if that merger goes through.

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Boeing might not bid for tanker contract

by John Dimsdale

Aug 11, 2008

The Defense Department changed the rules for landing a $35 million contract to build an aerial refueling tanker, and now, word is that Boeing won't bid. John Dimsdale reports.

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Freezing out copycat ice cream trucks

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 11, 2008

I scream, you scream, we all scream for... trademark infringement? Joel Rose has more on ice cream truck company Mister Softee's legal battle against imposters.

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Russian petro-confidence seen in war

by Marketplace Staff

Aug 11, 2008

How will the war in Georgia affect Europe, which gets 25 percent of its oil from Russia? Host Kai Ryssdal turns to a European and Eurasian expert to find out.