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Marketplace for Tuesday May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014

Marketplace for Tuesday May 20, 2014

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The White House is touting its record of bringing foreign investment to the US. We evaluate the claims and explain the many factors at play when it comes to insourcing and outsourcing. Plus, Dairy Queen comes to Manhattan – what does the arrival of heartland America mean to the island of Duane Read, Carvel and Tad’s? Also, Google is buying Divide, a New York-based startup. Divide does just what it says on the tin: it allows users to separate work and play on their mobile devices. Useful for businesses because they’re able to better secure and control the work side of their employees mobiles. Better for individuals because they can secure their personal data.   

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Fashion soared as the economy faltered in the 1930s

May 20, 2014
Clothes made the (wo)man... even during the Great Depression.
1930s fashion.
Sasha/Hulton Archive

Eating out? Leave a big tip

May 20, 2014
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The margarita bar at Fonda San Miguel restaurant in Austin, Tx.
Filipa Rodrigues/KUT

Divide, Google's latest buy, hardens Android security

May 20, 2014
People are using their mobile devices for work and personal life interchangeably.

How much would an all-American iPhone cost?

May 20, 2014
A 100 percent U.S.-made iPhone would cost more than $2,000.
John Moore/Getty Images

A motorcycle design for the history books

May 20, 2014
Funded by a patronage-type system modeled on, well, history.

Manhattan gets its first Dairy Queen

May 20, 2014
Will this arrival bring more than a Blizzard?

Shocker: No one likes ISPs or cable providers

May 20, 2014
A recent survey of the telecommunications industry by the ACSI shows low scores.

Is 'insourcing' enough to boost the U.S. economy?

May 20, 2014
President Obama is touting companies that have made investments in the U.S.

The White House is touting its record of bringing foreign investment to the US. We evaluate the claims and explain the many factors at play when it comes to insourcing and outsourcing. Plus, Dairy Queen comes to Manhattan – what does the arrival of heartland America mean to the island of Duane Read, Carvel and Tad’s? Also, Google is buying Divide, a New York-based startup. Divide does just what it says on the tin: it allows users to separate work and play on their mobile devices. Useful for businesses because they’re able to better secure and control the work side of their employees mobiles. Better for individuals because they can secure their personal data.