09/16/11
Marketplace for September 16, 2011
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Marketplace for September 16, 2011
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Why Europe needs the Fed's dollars
The European Central Bank may tap the Fed if private creditors, nervous about a potential debt crisis, refuse to lend dollars to European banks.
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The Pacific garbage patch comes home
Plastic harvested from the giant patch of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean will soon find its way into recycled products
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Small talk: Baseball beers and surfing the Internet at work
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: The non-difference of sizes for beers at baseball stadiums, Windows 8's new "blue screen of death," and surfing the Internet during work is OK in Canada.
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Giving up the job search in your 60s
A 60-something reflects on the different generations fighting for jobs in the workforce.
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September consumer sentiment inches up
Consumer sentiment. Consumer comfort. We've got measures galore on consumers. But do these surveys have any predictive value?
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Weekly Wrap: Europe's ongoing debt crisis
Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: the continuing story on the European debt crisis.
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Carnegie Mellon plans Rwanda campus
The American university opens in Central Africa next year
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The Sound of Simon
Does advertising corrupt pop music? WWPSD -- What would Paul Simon do?
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