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Nov 5, 2010
Small talk: rabbits, windmills, rodents as fashion
Marketplace's Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers Avishay Artsy, Dalasie Michaelis and Adriene Hill about under-the-radar business stories. This week: the lawsuit between two rabbits, the color of windmills, and rodent fur as fashion?
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Nov 5, 2010
Income inequality pushes U.S. down in well-being ranking
Which are the best-off and the worst-off countries? The United Nations released its latest Human Development Index. It's a ranking of well-being across the globe and the United States is getting a demotion. As Economy 4.0 correspondent David Brancaccio reports, we are getting dinged for our economic inequality.
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Nov 5, 2010
Redefining Detroit
Kai Ryssdal talks to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing about how he's trying to revive a city that was hit hard by the bankruptcies of the local car companies and lost more than half of its population.
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Nov 5, 2010
Letters: Foreclosures, ‘rugged’ menswear
Kai listens to your responses to Marketplace's stories on the foreclosure crisis and "rugged" menswear. He also apologizes for ruining the finale of "Project Runway."
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Nov 5, 2010
Chic trash cans wear black bags
Apparently people do care what color their trash bags are. Kit Yarrow teaches consumer behavior at Golden Gate University and talks with Kai Ryssdal about Hefty's shift to marketing more black trash bags under the tag line, "Keeping garbage in the dark."
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Nov 4, 2010
Explaining the Fed’s move to buy $600 billion in bonds
To explain the Fed's move yesterday and why it's got all the world's stock markets jumping we turn to John Silvia.
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Nov 4, 2010
Survey indicates 5 percent rise in Wall Street bonuses
A new survey out today indicates a 5 percent rise in Wall Street bonuses, which could mean more business. Scott Tong has more.
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Nov 4, 2010
Regulators seek to end stock market skinny dipping
Regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission say stock market buyers and sellers can no longer jump into the market without broker-supervision. Scott Tong explains.
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Nov 4, 2010
Political ads leave little room for other marketing
The end of the election season also means the end of those inescapable political ads. But while those commercials may be gone, the competition still continues — as the other ads all fight for spots during the tight schedule of the holidays. Mitch Teich reports.
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Nov 4, 2010
Latin cuisine’s about to spice up the culinary world
Latinos have been the backbone of the food service industry for decades, but few Hispanic-Americans have gotten their time in the culinary spotlight. That may be about to change, reports David Martin Davies.
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