05/22/12
Marketplace for Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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Facebook shares fell again today. But how does all this actually affect Facebook -- the company? President Obama travels to the Silicon Valley tomorrow to raise money for his reelection campaign. Google Chrome surpassed Internet Explorer last week as the world's most used web browser. Funding to study the solar system will be cut by 20 percent, and that could affect U.S. missions to Mars. Kai Ryssdal talks to former president of ABC News, David Westin, about how the business of TV news has changed in the last two decades, and to Outside magazine's Nick Heil about the dangers of climbing Mount Everest.
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Another Race to the Top begins
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Obama mines Silicon Valley
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Checkered IPO doesn't define Facebook
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Former ABC News president on the state of the news today
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Moody's raises Ford back up to investment grade
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Missions to Mars may be out of reach as funds fade
Funding to study our solar system will be cut by 20 percent. That's leaving some space programs in limbo.
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Google Chrome gets browser title for a week
Google's Chrome topped Microsoft's Internet Explorer for seven days straight for the first time. The numbers mean less than Google's growing share of the market.
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