10/17/11
Marketplace for October 17, 2011
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Marketplace for October 17, 2011
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Electric cars creating buzz
There's a new must have for business travelers in the rental car market: electric vehicles.
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Goodbye to cell phone bill shock
Within two years, phone companies must text users when they near their limits.
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The return of the impulse buy
Retailers mix old approaches and new technologies so consumers can make quick decisions
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Big business filling campaign coffers
President Barack Obama has raised $90 million for his re-election. Taken together, the GOP candidates aren't far behind. Marketplace looks at the biggest contributors.
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Deal would create the largest oil and gas pipeline company in North America
Houston-based Kinder Morgan looks to buy rival El Paso Corp. for $21 billion.
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$35 billion of jobs bill to go to states
President Obama is breaking up his $447 American Jobs Act into pieces to help push it through Congress. First up is a $35 billion package to go to states.
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Running through the recession
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