Marketplace for Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Jun 9, 2015

Marketplace for Tuesday, June 9, 2015

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Airing on June, 9, 2015: Small telecoms companies are merging. But they’re really only creating other relatively small telecom companies. They can’t really compete with the big guys. So why merge at all? We explore. Next: California's mandatory water cuts have kicked in, which means utilities are passing rules about what Californians can and can't do. In a state with nearly 40 million people, that's creating some winning and losing industries. Today we look at one of the winners. KQED's Lauren Sommer has the story.

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My First Job: Rosie the Riveter

Jun 9, 2015
Marian Sousa's first job was in a WWII shipyard.

One California drought winner? The local car wash.

Jun 9, 2015
San Jose has banned washing cars in your own driveway, but commercial car washes are okay

Brace yourselves; more branded news is coming

Jun 9, 2015
More media outlets are blurring the line between journalism and advertising.

Muppets make great substitute teachers, study says

Jun 9, 2015
A new study shows that kids can learn as much, or more, from Sesame Street as they do from preschool.

Why even small telecoms are merging

Jun 9, 2015
Big dreams, small reasons.

How bad are Chicago's debt problems, really?

Jun 9, 2015
...and how did our third-largest city end up with a junk-bond rating from Moody's?

How Ford is competing with Google

Jun 24, 2015
Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields on how tech is competing with the auto industry.

Airing on June, 9, 2015: Small telecoms companies are merging. But they’re really only creating other relatively small telecom companies. They can’t really compete with the big guys. So why merge at all? We explore. Next: California’s mandatory water cuts have kicked in, which means utilities are passing rules about what Californians can and can’t do. In a state with nearly 40 million people, that’s creating some winning and losing industries. Today we look at one of the winners. KQED’s Lauren Sommer has the story.

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