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Feb 10, 2011
Letters: Michelle Obama’s style, the green message
Kai Ryssdal reads your responses to Marketplace stories.
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Feb 10, 2011
Reich: Legal challenges to the health care law
The legal fight over health care legislation is heating up. The biggest challenge: Requiring individuals to buy insurance.
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Feb 9, 2011
Michelle Obama’s impact on fashion
Kate Betts, author of "Everyday Icon," talks with Kai Ryssdal about Michelle Obama's influence on fashion and how it's being reflected in style trends.
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Feb 9, 2011
Freakonomics: How we sell pain
Life can hurt. Freakonomics Radio's Stephen Dubner talks to Kai Ryssdal about how people sell the notion of pain.
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Feb 9, 2011
Fashionable first ladies of the U.S.
In her new book, "Everyday Icon," author Kate Betts describes Michelle Obama's style as "accessible" — looks that any woman in the U.S. can wear, and talks about the first lady's influence on fashion. View our photo gallery of fashionable U.S. first ladies, and learn what inspired them to be style icons.
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Feb 8, 2011
The impact of the AOL-Huffington Post merger
AOL is buying the Huffington Post for $315 million. Ken Auletta, media writer for The New Yorker, talks with Kai Ryssdal about whether the deal was a surprise and what this means for Arianna Huffington.
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Feb 8, 2011
Business in Egypt slowly returning to normal
Khalil Nasrallah, co-founder of Wadi Foods in Egypt, discusses how his food export business is recovering from the political unrest in Egypt.
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Feb 8, 2011
Under former dictator, corruption stunted economic growth in Tunisia
Tunisians get to work trying to root out wide-spread corruption that held back the country's GDP.
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Feb 8, 2011
NFL free universe
Green Bay's win over the Steelers set a television record for viewers. But now the NFL has to deal with another blockbuster: It might not be in business next season.
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Feb 7, 2011
Egypt’s, Tunisia’s economies face similar challenges
Egypt's banks have opened after a week of closures. But Egypt still faces massive poverty, rising food prices, and high unemployment. The same troubles are present in Tunisia — where a new transitional government is working to address the country's serious economic problems. From Tunisia, Sabri Ben-Achour reports.
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