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Reporter's notebook: Clearing up the $600,000 average white wealth
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May 7, 2013
You asked us about numbers in a story about black wealth. Here's the outcome.
Social media is no soap box for the poor: Study
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Apr 26, 2013
A new study by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project shows that social media and the Internet are not helping much to get poorer people engaged in civic life.
A surprise viral hit: Income inequality, the movie
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Mar 8, 2013
You may have been forwarded an unusual YouTube video this week, based on an economic analysis of income inequality. But where did it come from?
Wealth gap grows between black and white in U.S.
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Mar 1, 2013
The racial wealth gap in the United States has tripled in the past 25 years.
Why the Tesla-New York Times dispute doesn't matter for electric cars
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Feb 15, 2013
The battle between Elon Musk of Tesla and the New York Times in the wake of a bad review for a test drive of the company’s car continues. But what is the real takeaway from the flap?
Who'd win in a fight? Tesla or the New York Times?
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Feb 14, 2013
Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk is challenging a recent New York Times article that says the latest Tesla model failed a test drive from Washington, D.C., to Boston.
Marketplace Tech for Friday, February 1, 2013
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Feb 1, 2013
Chinese hackers infiltrated The New York Times for months, and the technique they used was something not so advanced -- email. Google’s “Project Glass” promises to put the functionality of a smart phone on your face. But is that what people want? And, the first down line you see on TV football games could be coming to a real-world Super Bowl, but not yet.
The New York Times says it was attacked by Chinese hackers
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Jan 31, 2013
A look at how Chinese hackers broke into the computer systems of The New York Times.
New Orleans residents: You know you're wealthy when...
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Apr 10, 2013
In the third installment of Marketplace's "You Know You're Wealthy When" series, we traveled to New Orleans to ask residents of "The Big Easy" what being wealthy means to them.
Photos: You know you're wealthy when...
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Jan 31, 2013
People from all backgrounds weigh in on what makes a person wealthy.












