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Marketplace for Monday August 11, 2014
Aug 11, 2014

Marketplace for Monday August 11, 2014

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Kinder Morgan, the alleged largest pipeline company in North America, is folding three of its separately-traded subsidiaries into its parent company. The merger will help Kinder Morgan expand its network of pipelines and position it to acquire other pipeline companies. Plus, you might think BuzzFeed is just a vapid company that produces listicle clickbait. But a venture capital company has valued it just shy of a billion dollars and touted its value as a tech company. Which goes to show that there’s still a lot we don’t know about BuzzFeed. Also, Amazon is under fire for not accepting pre-orders of forthcoming Disney DVD and Blu-ray titles including "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Maleficent." It echoes an earlier dispute between the online retailer and publisher Hachette over Hachette’s pricing policies. But in pressuring suppliers over pricing, is Amazon not doing what many other big retailers do?

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Aug 11, 2014
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Why 'Apple University' teaches new hires Picasso

Aug 11, 2014
The New York Times' Brian Chen on the tech giant's employee training program.

Phil Hamm's no billionaire, but he's got something to say about oil

Aug 11, 2014
Billionaire Harold Hamm is a leading oil man. Phil Hamm - he's a different story

As humanitarian crises grow, so does the aid industry

Aug 11, 2014
The industry that cares for vulnerable people expands with the need.
A displaced Iraqi girl from the Yazidi community holds a piece of bread after crossing the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing, in northern Iraq, on August 11, 2014. Most of the Yazidi is out of reach for humanitarian aid workers.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images

It's Amazon vs. Disney in a new pricing dispute

Aug 11, 2014
The question: Is it price pressuring, or exercising the market muscle?

Why BuzzFeed might be worth $850 million

Aug 11, 2014
A venture capital company has valued Buzzfeed just shy of a billion dollars.

Kinder Morgan deal lays groundwork for more pipelines

Aug 11, 2014
Consolidation will allow Kinder Morgan to acquire other pipeline companies

Are your sneakers real?

Aug 11, 2014
Nike is the most counterfeited brand, according to the World Customs Organization.

Kinder Morgan, the alleged largest pipeline company in North America, is folding three of its separately-traded subsidiaries into its parent company. The merger will help Kinder Morgan expand its network of pipelines and position it to acquire other pipeline companies. Plus, you might think BuzzFeed is just a vapid company that produces listicle clickbait. But a venture capital company has valued it just shy of a billion dollars and touted its value as a tech company. Which goes to show that there’s still a lot we don’t know about BuzzFeed. Also, Amazon is under fire for not accepting pre-orders of forthcoming Disney DVD and Blu-ray titles including “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “Maleficent.” It echoes an earlier dispute between the online retailer and publisher Hachette over Hachette’s pricing policies. But in pressuring suppliers over pricing, is Amazon not doing what many other big retailers do?

Music from the episode

Swagger Mocean Worker
Swagger Mocean Worker
Varsity Smith Westerns
Varsity Smith Westerns
Varsity Smith Westerns
Varsity Smith Westerns