08/24/10
Marketplace for Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Marketplace for Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Corporate America at the Shanghai World Expo
Marketplace's China correspondent Rob Schmitz visits the USA Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo, where corporate sponsors are front and center. Some American visitors find it gauche, but the Chinese seem unperturbed by all the corporate messages.
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Copyright: How should ownership be structured?
Bill Radke talks to Lewis Hyde, author of "Common as Air." Hyde argues that current copyright laws are hindering people's ability to live and act publicly.
5
How to recall half a billion eggs
The FDA has recalled half a billion eggs due to a salmonella outbreak -- no small amount. So how does the FDA go about collecting and destroying so many eggs?
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Private funds helped push Chronic Fatigue research
A study published by the National Academy of Sciences found links between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a virus in the same class as HIV. Research for the syndrome was possible largely due to private funding.
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Winners of second round of 'Race to the Top' announced
The Department of Education the winners of the second phase of the "Race to the Top" program, which awards states that make sufficient changes to their education systems with federal funding. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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If there was a double-dip recession...
Bill Radke speaks to Gus Faucher of Moody's Economy.com about the potential of a double-dip recession and how prepared consumers and businesses are if it happens.
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July existing home sales lowest in 15 years
Home prices are way way down and mortgage rates are at record lows, but people still aren't buying. Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman reports.
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