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Marketplace for Tuesday, December 21. 2010
Dec 21, 2010

Marketplace for Tuesday, December 21. 2010

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The imaginary world of 'Catalog Living'

by Marketplace Staff
Dec 21, 2010
Actor and comedian Molly Erdman talks about her popular website, CatalogLiving.net, which imagines a fictional world based on photos from furniture catalog. Listen to the interview and view a slideshow of some of her favorite images.
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A look at the roots of the U.K.'s social welfare system

by Stephen Beard
Dec 21, 2010
A wealthy social reformer took a hard look at poverty in York, England over a hundred years ago. Marketplace's Stephen Beard took a trip to York to learn about how Seebohm Rowntree changed the quality of living of the poor in the city.
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Tech apps for tots

by Marketplace Staff
Dec 21, 2010
It may be hard to hand over your pricey smartphone or tablet computer over to someone who may not understand what "that phone is very expensive" means. But there's a growing market out there for phone and computer apps for young children.
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Lack of federal funding makes laws difficult to implement

by Marketplace Staff
Dec 21, 2010
Federal agencies figure out how to implement legislation once they've been passed by Congress. But the lack of funding for agencies will mean that laws, like health care reform, may not be carried out properly.
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2010 Census

What the census says about the U.S.

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 21, 2010
The official numbers from the 2010 U.S. Census were released today. Mitchell Hartman takes a look at what the results say about the U.S. as a whole.
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Net neutrality rules could still allow for advantages

by Janet Babin
Dec 21, 2010
The FCC voted on new rules for net neutrality today, prohibiting unreasonable discrimination on the Internet. But as Janet Babin reports, there still might be enough loopholes to allow advantages.
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Holiday Shopping

Why retailers might be out-of-stock of your gift

by Jennifer Collins
Dec 21, 2010
Searching for that last-minute gift? You might find those store shelves empty. Retailers, in anticipation of low shopping numbers, ordered less stock this year, just to play it safe.
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