Oct 4, 2006

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Mexico's tomato shortage spikes prices

by Bob Moon

Oct 4, 2006

Damaging storms have sent tomato prices in Mexico skyrocketing. The rise is hurting shoppers' pockets, stoking inflation fears and upsetting economic forecasts. Host Bob Moon speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Marla Dickerson.

Charges filed in HP spying scandal

by Amy Scott

Oct 4, 2006

California's attorney general today filed criminal charges against former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn and four others involved in the corporate spying scandal. Amy Scott reports.

Commentary

It's time to play the inequality card

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 4, 2006

Do Americans feel strongly enough about the widening wage gap that it can be a winning issue for Democrats in the upcoming midterm Congressional elections? Commentator Robert Reich says yes.

Rethinking investments in Thailand

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 4, 2006

Thailand's new military-backed government came to power in a bloodless coup, but foreign investors are nervous — and already prospecting for other locations, Megan Cossey reports.

Housing slowdown fells lumber industry

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 4, 2006

Lumber prices have been cut down to their lowest weekly level in nearly five years — a drop that's followed the slowdown in the U.S. housing market. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Easing up the war on Canadian drugs

by Helen Palmer

Oct 4, 2006

It's still illegal to import them, but starting next week U.S. Customs agents will no longer routinely seize packages of prescription drugs arriving by mail from Canada. Helen Palmer reports.

Will Vista be pirate-proof?

by Lisa Napoli

Oct 4, 2006

Preventing software theft has been an expensive problem for the tech industry, but Microsoft may have found a way to out-clever the most clever pirates with its new operating system. Lisa Napoli reports.

Robots didn't write <i>this</i> news story

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 4, 2006

But Thomson Financial has developed computer software that can compile corporate earnings data and write short news articles — sans humans. Flesh-and-blood reporter Sean Cole puts it to the test.

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