06/02/05
Marketplace PM for June 2, 2005
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Euro in trouble
The Euro hit an eight month low against the dollar today, following this week's rejection of the European Union Constitution by the Dutch and the French. From our European Desk, Marketplace's Stephen Beard points to one of the factors behind the "no" vote: hostility to the Euro itself.
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Mortgage "rescue" schemes
A new report from the <a href="http://www.consumerlaw.org" target="_blank">National Consumer Law Center</a> says that Americans across the country are being cheated out of their homes by mortgage scams. And thanks to a confluence of economic forces, the number of victims is expected to rise.
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Think Tanks: Commentary
Commentator John Micklethwait is co-author of <a href="http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/oop/click_ord/showdetail.html?sid=5325&isbn=0143035398&music=&buyable=0&assoc_id=" target="_blank">The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America</a>. <P><P>
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Under the Influence: an idea takes hold
In part two of four of <a href="http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/under_the_influence/">Under the Influence</a>, the Marketplace special report on think tanks, Amy Scott reports on how an idea seemingly out of nowhere became the next big thing. It's why you've heard of the estate tax.
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