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Oct 12, 2010
Big bucks offered for children’s apparel retailer
Bain Capital offered nearly $2 billion for children's store Gymboree. What makes kid's clothing so appealing to investors? Marketplace's Alisa Roth reports.
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Oct 7, 2010
Will halted foreclosures hurt housing?
The Justice Department is looking into whether banks have been improperly foreclosing on properties and evicting the owners. Ally Financial, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have halted foreclosures in 23 states while they try to figure out whether legal paperwork is in, in fact, legal. What will the freeze will do to the real estate market? Alisa Roth reports.
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Oct 6, 2010
Stepping inside Microsoft’s retail stores
Microsoft is about to open its fifth and biggest retail store directly across from the Apple store at the Mall of America in Minnesota. It's Microsoft's boldest attempt to compete with Apple. Alisa Roth reports on Microsoft's year-old move into retail.
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Oct 5, 2010
Firms deal with consumer-less recovery
Profits are flowing at a lot of companies — thanks in part to major cost-cutting, not because people are flocking back to stores. But how long we can sustain a consumer-less recovery? Alisa Roth reports.
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Oct 4, 2010
Reinventing Lincoln a hard sell for Ford
More than a thousand Lincoln dealers have been summoned to Ford's headquarters to hear the automaker's plan for reviving the luxury brand. Ford has sold off its other upscale lines and is shutting down Mercury, so its last challenge in a sweeping turnaround is reinventing Lincoln. Alisa Roth reports.
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Sep 29, 2010
FDIC may owe JPMorgan Chase billions
JPMorgan Chase bought the ailing Washington Mutual for less than $2 billion — now it wants the FDIC to give it triple that amount for the lawsuit claims related to Washington Mutual's failure.
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Sep 28, 2010
Banks back in the market for new, expensive talent
Big banks may be loosening its purse strings a bit — Citigroup just made a multi-million-dollars-a-year hire. Is this a sign that Wall Streeters can expect pre-recessionary salaries?
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Sep 24, 2010
GM may be looking at a smaller IPO
It looks like when GM returns to the stock market this fall, it won't be as big a sale as first thought. Reporter Alisa Roth talks with Bill Radke about GM's initial public offering and why we've heard so much speculation about it.
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Sep 21, 2010
U.S. seeks to curb distracted driving
The Transportation Department is hosting a conference on the danger of distracted driving. Reporter Alisa Roth talks with Bill Radke about the pressure the government is under to curb distracted driving and what kind of technology fixes may help.
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Sep 15, 2010
How the 30-year mortgage came to be
Marketplace's Alisa Roth looks into the history of the 30-year mortgage.
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