Dec 10, 2009

Marketplace for Thursday, December 10, 2009

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Cleveland restaurants serve up success

by Marketplace Staff

Dec 10, 2009

Despite Cleveland's problems with foreclosures and poverty, restaurants keep opening up and prospering. Why? Dan Bobkoff reports.

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New Peeps store gets hopping

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Dec 10, 2009

The maker of Peeps, those little marshmallow chicks and bunnies, is opening its first store near Washington, D.C. Sabri Ben-Achour reports.

Marshmallow Peeps are seen on display at McCaffrey's Supermarket April 18, 2003 in Southampton, Penn.

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China-Taiwan move to thaw relations

by Scott Tong

Dec 10, 2009

Officials from Taiwan and China are meeting to set up a new round of trade talks. Scott Tong reports on the diplomatic and economic thaw underway.

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The Copenhagen Climate Conference

The atmosphere at Copenhagen

by Marketplace Staff

Dec 10, 2009

There's more going on at the Copenhagen climate conference than delegates sitting around talking about climate policy. European correspondent Stephen Beard discusses the details with Kai Ryssdal.

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AT&T to iPhone users: Cut back on data!

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Dec 10, 2009

Many people who use iPhones in dense cities like New York or San Francisco have experienced dropped calls. So AT&T has a plan to tackle the problem. You could call it the pretty-please approach to customer service. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

House debates financial regulation bill

by Jeremy Hobson

Dec 10, 2009

Fifteen months after Lehman Brothers collapsed there are still no new rules for the financial industry. But the bill for new regulations is finally on the House floor. Jeremy Hobson reports.

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Lack of funding holds up probe of blasts

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Dec 10, 2009

There have been two industrial accidents in Texas recently, but the board in charge of looking at these incidents isn't investigating either one. Why? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.