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Oreck departure will leave Gulf Coast vacuum
Tess Vigeland Sep 1, 2007
Oreck Corp., maker of vacuum cleaners, is closing its Long Beach, Miss., plant and moving to Tennessee. And that's got a lot of people mad.Company President Tom Oreck talked with host Tess Vigeland about the decision.
Banks want you!
Lisa Napoli Sep 1, 2007
Keep your old customers close, but your new customers closer. Banks are rolling out the perks to get you to switch alliances. Lisa Napoli reports.
Feds still tied to last year's budgets
John Dimsdale Sep 1, 2007
Last year Congress didn't pass spending bills for most of the government, so most of the bureaucracy is working from last year's budgets and people are feeling the pinch. John Dimsdale reports.
For retailers, it was a holiday season after all
Alisa Roth Sep 1, 2007
Despite the usual concerns about consumer spending voiced before the holidays, the Commerce Department reported today that retail sales rose in December — to the highest level in five months. Alisa Roth has more.
The cubicle clinic
Jun 7, 2007
Companies want to make it easier for sick workers to visit the doctor's office. Get ready for the office clinic next door to your cubicle. Marketplace's Sam Eaton reports.
Buzzword: Botnet
Jun 7, 2007
Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance -- "Botnet." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
Day in the Work Life: The inspiration
Sep 22, 2011
On this week's 'A Day In the Work Life' - our regular look at how folks trade time for money - we sketch with an artist's model.
From cell-phone TVs to talking thermometers
Bob Moon Sep 1, 2007
Our Bob Moon was among the thousands roaming the massive 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Bob searched out the more interesting gadgets and talked to the people showing them off.
Flat gadgets, flat profits
Amy Scott Sep 1, 2007
Consumers keep buying bigger, better flat-panel TVs and sleeker, skinnier mobile phones — but electronics makers aren't seeing fat profits. Amy Scott reports.
How to pay for Iraq jobs proposal?
John Dimsdale Sep 1, 2007
The President is expected to propose a reconstruction package with more focus on employing Iraqis. John Dimsdale reports that there may not be enough in the budget.
