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Alternative Indicator: Green GDP
Emilie Mutert Nov 3, 2011
The Green Gross Domestic Product is an economic growth index that quantifies and calculates the environmental consequences of that growth....
MIDDAY UPDATE: Groupon and the Fed
Katharine Crnko Dec 1, 2010
All eyes were on Google today and the Internet mega-corp deliberates on buying the up-and-coming Groupon. In a move that can only be seen as...
China was behind Google attacks, say Wikileaks leaks
John Moe Nov 29, 2010
251,287 US diplomatic cables were leaked in the latest round of Wikileaks documents and some of them point to China's politburo as being behind...
MID-DAY UPDATE: T-day air travel and the economy
Christina Huh Nov 24, 2010
Hey all you travelers: Today and tomorrow may be a massive headache! Steve Chiotakis talked to George Hobica of airfarewatchdog.com about how all...
iPad production cranks up at Foxconn
John Moe Nov 23, 2010
DigiTimes reports that Foxconn production lines in Chengdu are ramping up dramatically in order to satisfy both demands for the current iPad model...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Ireland in the spotlight
Katharine Crnko Nov 22, 2010
Today's big story was Ireland. Yesterday, the country agreed to a bailout from The European Central Bank and the IMF, though the terms and...
MID-DAY UPDATE: GM ticks on Wall Street and Rolls Royce engines replaced
Shelly Moulton Nov 18, 2010
GM officially goes public today, the first time since it went bankrupt more than a year ago. This is just one of many new Initial Public Offers...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Wells Fargo re-files, Nissan recalls and high speed rails
Shelly Moulton Oct 28, 2010
Wells Fargo will re-file 55,000 problematic foreclosure documents, but will not issue a blanket moratorium. Today, we learned that the number of...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Sustainable jobs and cell phones
Katharine Crnko Oct 28, 2010
This week on Marketplace we'll be following sustainable jobs. Today, we learned about the fastest growing industry in the job field: biomedical...
Top three most desired toys this holiday season are...
John Moe Oct 25, 2010
Not Tickle Me Elmo, not Cabbage Patch Kids, not a hula hoop....
