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Is the all-you-can-eat model ever a good idea?
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Unlimited data plans, unlimited airline miles, all-you-can eat buffets -- looking at the logic (or lack of) behind companies that launch all-you-can-eat plans.
Economists say consumers will start spending
Friday, November 11, 2011
The Marketplace Daily Pulse is up today. The U.S. consumer - that beaten-down, bedraggled, hopeless character - seems to be getting a shot of opt...
Apple launches Mac App store, but not without a glitch
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Apple didn't have to attend the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to make headlines.
The company simply took advantage of opportune ti...
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Green v. Green : Environment v. Sales
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
This final note today. A lesson in how going green can come with some corporate pitfalls. Frito Lay announced today it's getting rid of the plant...
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Times-Picayune to cut back jobs and production schedule
As someone born and breaded in New Orleans I'm sorry to see this news from my hometown paper, but as someone who's found reading it an...
BostonPeng | May 24, 2012
High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?
Hi,
First I'd like to thank everyone for listening to what I had to say, it's really an honor to have been on marketplace. Second...
Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy
If the idea of "trickle-down economics" hasn't worked---when governments have actually *tried* it, rather than a form they...
kingjon | May 18, 2012 Time to bring back Glass-Steagall?
I can finally agree with Robert Reich100%. To our detriment, banks have forgotten that there is a difference between manipulating money, and...
pauliswood | May 16, 2012
