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Power, risk and Jamie Dimon
May 20, 2013
Jamie Dimon faces shareholder judgment on whether he should remain chairman -- as well ask CEO -- of JPMorgan Chase. It's a symbolic vote, but important to a banker who prefers control.
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Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion to get hip
May 20, 2013
Yahoo buys Tumblr in an effort to reach a younger audience.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner returns to the skies
May 20, 2013
Four months after being grounded for safety inspections, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner flew safely from Houston to Chicago today.
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A week of scandal and taxes
May 17, 2013
Check out weekend reading picks (not about the IRS scandal) from our Weekly Wrap.
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How much is the DSM-5 worth?
May 17, 2013
The diagnostic mental health bible comes out this weekend and as doctors' manuals go, it's high profile and big money.
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Could Bloomberg lose the trust of Wall Street?
May 17, 2013
Wall Street banks are taking on Bloomberg in the wake of news that the news service’s reporters snooped on clients. Could there be business implications for the company?
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Connecticut grabs TV business from other states
May 17, 2013
Connecticut may not have the glitz and glamour of L.A. or New York, but what it does have is an increasing number of TV shows.
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What's behind the uptick in consumer spending?
May 17, 2013
Retail sales rose a tenth of a percent in April. Why are people spending more and are they going back into credit card debit over these purchases?
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Will dollars follow the stem cell breakthrough?
May 16, 2013
Researchers have figured out how to clone human embryonic stems cells, which can be used to develop tissue for many uses. Will investors jump in?
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How not to take over a company like Sony
May 15, 2013
If the history of foreign investor activism in Japan is any indication, the outlook for hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb is not too loving.
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Got a topic for our next Whiteboard video? Submit your ideas!
Aug 28, 2012
Help us break down complex financial topics into easy-to-understand analogies. Post a comment suggesting the topic of our next Whiteboard video and you could win a signed copy of Paddy Hirsch's new book "Man vs. Markets"
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A conference room by any other name...
May 8, 2013
The naming of the conference room can be a very important thing. And now, you can name Marketplace's two main meeting rooms.
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Who should pay for public radio?
Apr 17, 2012
How do you think public media should be funded? Commentator Tucker Carlson says cut federal funding and let the listeners pitch in.
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Ending 19 years of Week on Wall Street
Aug 29, 2008
In his final appearance on our regular Friday segment, stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson reflects with host Kai Ryssdal on his 19 years of watching the markets.
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Auto union drove GM to trouble
Mar 30, 2009
The Obama administration's force out of GM CEO Rick Wagoner is supposed to help the automaker survive. But commentator Kevin Hassett says for the automaker to thrive, Wagoner's not the only one who should go.
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New office crisis: Boomers won't leave!
Mar 24, 2009
Many baby boomers who were planning to retire soon will have to hold off, due to the plummeting values of their retirement funds. Commentator Dan Drezner says this may make things worse for Generation X in the office.
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No representation without taxation
Mar 13, 2009
The earned-income tax credit is designed to give a break to low-income workers. But commentator Amity Shlaes says these days the poor may be paying too few taxes and the rich may have too big of a burden, which is not helping economic recovery.
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Volkswagen releases the Bulli van concept vehicle
Mar 1, 2011
The 81st Gevena International Motor Show kicks off this week, and motorheads are already buzzing about big news from Volkswagen. The New York Tim...
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On the flip side...
Oct 15, 2009
Sticking with the housing market, here's the story of a young first-time home buyer. And I mean young. She bought a foreclosed home about a month...
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Why home ownership is U.S. obsession
Mar 26, 2009
Kai Ryssdal speaks with Columbia Professor Edmund Phelps about the reason why so many Americans want to own their own homes.
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Cell phone theft is on the rise, but the industry isn't helping much (Infographic)
May 13, 2013
Cell phone theft in this country is on the rise – some are calling it an epidemic – but there’s not really any incentive for the industry to help curb the increase.
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Think good beer only comes in bottles? Can it.
Oct 12, 2012
The explosion in craft brewing has meant a huge increase in the number of small breweries who ship their beers in cans.
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U.S. unemployment picture at a glance: August, 2011
Sep 2, 2011
The U.S. job situation in August is a carbon copy of July (which was revised today to 85,000 new jobs instead of the previously reported 117,000)...
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Power, risk and Jamie Dimon
May 20, 2013
Jamie Dimon faces shareholder judgment on whether he should remain chairman -- as well ask CEO -- of JPMorgan Chase. It's a symbolic vote, but important to a banker who prefers control.
0
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion to get hip
May 20, 2013
Yahoo buys Tumblr in an effort to reach a younger audience.
0
Boeing 787 Dreamliner returns to the skies
May 20, 2013
Four months after being grounded for safety inspections, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner flew safely from Houston to Chicago today.
1
A week of scandal and taxes
May 17, 2013
Check out weekend reading picks (not about the IRS scandal) from our Weekly Wrap.
0
Could Bloomberg lose the trust of Wall Street?
May 17, 2013
Wall Street banks are taking on Bloomberg in the wake of news that the news service’s reporters snooped on clients. Could there be business implications for the company?
0
How much is the DSM-5 worth?
May 17, 2013
The diagnostic mental health bible comes out this weekend and as doctors' manuals go, it's high profile and big money.
0
Connecticut grabs TV business from other states
May 17, 2013
Connecticut may not have the glitz and glamour of L.A. or New York, but what it does have is an increasing number of TV shows.
0
What's behind the uptick in consumer spending?
May 17, 2013
Retail sales rose a tenth of a percent in April. Why are people spending more and are they going back into credit card debit over these purchases?
0
Will dollars follow the stem cell breakthrough?
May 16, 2013
Researchers have figured out how to clone human embryonic stems cells, which can be used to develop tissue for many uses. Will investors jump in?
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How not to take over a company like Sony
May 15, 2013
If the history of foreign investor activism in Japan is any indication, the outlook for hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb is not too loving.
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