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Marketplace for Thursday, June 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015

Marketplace for Thursday, June 25, 2015

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Airing on Thursday, June 25, 2015:  The Department of Education is bailing on its giant college ratings system, but plans to launch a website this summer that will let users compare colleges against a series of yet unnamed criteria, which may include employment and earnings data and graduation rates. How useful will the site be for students? Marketplace explores. Next: Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal talks to Funny Or Die CEO Dick Clover and President Mike Farah for Marketplace's newest installment of "Conversations from the Corner Office." The team talks about surviving the recession, taking risks and attracting A-list talent. 

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Funny or Die trying

The heads of Funny or Die discuss their silly path to success.

Making electricity demand match the supply

Jun 25, 2015
Denmark gets some 40 percent of its power from wind energy — but it's aiming for even more.

There's an appetizer for that

Jun 25, 2015
Turns out iPhone users are more likely to go for soups and salads.

With Obamacare upheld, health care firms exhale

Jun 25, 2015
Hospital stocks jumped eight to 15 percent as the ruling came down.

Ex-convicts struggle to find work in Baltimore

Jun 25, 2015
In Baltimore, and elsewhere, having a criminal record can be a barrier to work.
A view of downtown Baltimore. Twenty years ago, the city received $100 million as part of a federal program to target the nation's poorest neighborhoods.
Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Federal plan to rate colleges fizzles

Jun 25, 2015
The Obama Administration has scaled back its proposal to hold colleges accountable for cost and value.

Airing on Thursday, June 25, 2015:  The Department of Education is bailing on its giant college ratings system, but plans to launch a website this summer that will let users compare colleges against a series of yet unnamed criteria, which may include employment and earnings data and graduation rates. How useful will the site be for students? Marketplace explores. Next: Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal talks to Funny Or Die CEO Dick Clover and President Mike Farah for Marketplace’s newest installment of “Conversations from the Corner Office.” The team talks about surviving the recession, taking risks and attracting A-list talent. 

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