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Dec 22, 2010
American Airlines opts out of Orbitz
If you are traveling this holiday season, chances are you booked your flight online. But now a major airline is opting out of a discount travel site entirely. Eve Troeh reports.
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Dec 22, 2010
Failing local municipalities could lead to another financial crisis
A new report finds cities in pretty serious trouble. Financial analyst Meredith Whitney says we're about to see another economic crisis because of local economies failing. Eve Troeh has more.
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Dec 22, 2010
Lack of federal funding makes laws difficult to implement
Federal agencies figure out how to implement legislation once they've been passed by Congress. But the lack of funding for agencies will mean that laws, like health care reform, may not be carried out properly.
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Dec 22, 2010
Tech apps for tots
It may be hard to hand over your pricey smartphone or tablet computer over to someone who may not understand what "that phone is very expensive" means. But there's a growing market out there for phone and computer apps for young children.
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Dec 22, 2010
The imaginary world of ‘Catalog Living’
Actor and comedian Molly Erdman talks about her popular website, CatalogLiving.net, which imagines a fictional world based on photos from furniture catalog. Listen to the interview and view a slideshow of some of her favorite images.
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Dec 22, 2010
How the new census numbers will affect state budgets
Marketplace's Eve Troeh looks at who the population gainers and losers are in this year's census and how that may impact how money is distributed across the U.S.
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Dec 21, 2010
Government regulation of executive bank pay
Regulators are reportedly considering making financial firms pay executives partly in stock and other deferred compensation. That's to give executives a stake in the long term health of a company.
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Dec 21, 2010
GE program helps firms figure out water risk
Jeff Fulgham from General Electric Water & Process Technologies talks with Steve Chiotakis about a new program from GE that will help companies assess their water risk, why a program like this hasn't been implemented before, and the economic impact it might have.
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Dec 21, 2010
This ad’s for you
There are rumors that Direct TV is working on getting targeted ads on the TV. To do so, the company will have to obtain a lot of information on you, the TV viewer. Kai Ryssdal talks to the University of Pennsylvania's Joseph Turow about all the implications.
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Dec 21, 2010
Threadless designs success with crowd-sourced business model
The T-shirt company Threadless has been around for about 10 years now and is an icon for crowd-sourced business design. Threadless founder Jake Nickell talks with Kai Ryssdal about the new book he has written on the company's first years, where the idea for the company came from, and what's next.
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