Marketplace for October 21, 2011

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Listen to the latest episode of Marketplace with Host Kai Rysdall. Today on the program: The future of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and more headlines from Wall Street and Main Street.

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Scotland's governing party urges split from U.K.

The Scottish National Party is holding its annual conference. It wants Scotland to be politically and economically independent of the U.K.
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EPA announces plans to regulate "fracking"

The natural gas drilling technique has usher in a market revolution with controversial environmental consequences.
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Will new ACO regulations help with health care costs?

Reporter Gregory Warner discusses the new health care regulations that will change how doctors and hospitals get paid.
Posted In: Health
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Wal-Mart announces cutbacks on employee health care

It's going to stop offering health insurance to any new hires who work less than 24 hours a week and up the premiums for full-time employees.
Posted In: Health
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Weekly Wrap: Greece and Obama's jobs plan

Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: more aid for Greece, and the roadblocks for the president's jobs act.
Posted In: Wall Street
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Want to drive a NYC taxi? It could cost you $1 million

This final note today. Taxicabs are a regular sight along New York City's busy streets. But you can't drive one without a taxi medallion, an alum...
Posted In: taxi, New York City
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A 'letter' to Goldman shareholders

Commentator and humorist Andy Borowitz imagines correspondence from the offices of Goldman Sachs.
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News Corp. on the grill

Rupert Murdoch faces shareholders at today's annual meeting in Los Angeles
Posted In: Law

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