09/14/10
Marketplace for Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Episode Description:
Marketplace for Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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Staying in paper in a digital world
Kai Ryssdal talks to Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein about how to make a literary journal work in the 21st century.
7
Tax cuts and their effect on the economy
Both Democrats and Republicans are calling for the extension of the Bush tax cuts -- but of course, applied in different ways. But do tax cuts really have any effect on the economy?
1
No 'blog tax' in Philadelphia
But the city has an unrelenting small business tax that requires you to pay taxes on any money you make -- even if it's just $11 a year from Google Ads.
1
Letters: Hopeful, hopelessness, pension funds
Kai Ryssdal reads through your letters. You were upset that Kai and the Weekly Wrap crew sounded so hopeless. One listener didn't feel so hopeful about all the mergers and acquisitions that have been going on.
1
Cuba's big transition from public to private
Reporter Kenny Malone talks to Cuba experts to see how they expect Cuba will be affected by layoff of half a million public sector workers.
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How AIG will pay back $49 billion
Kai Ryssdal talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Serena Ng about how the insurance company AIG intends to repay bail out funds back to the federal government.
2
Ritz-Carlton introduces loyalty program
Clutch the pearls! The posh Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company announced that it will start a frequent-stay rewards program for its guests.
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Who'll head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
There was much talk of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before and after the financial reform bill passed and a lot of speculation that Elizabeth Warren would be the head of it -- but that is still yet to be determined.
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