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Oct 21, 2010
A sheriff temporarily halts evictions
Some have been saying that the faulty paperwork involved in the foreclosure crisis is criminal, but while that's being worked out, one sheriff is taking the situation into his own hands. Kai Ryssdal talks to Sheriff Thomas Dart of Cook County, Ill., about what he's doing.
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Oct 20, 2010
FBI investigating whether banks broke criminal laws
The FBI is looking into whether criminal laws were broken by banks that may not have complied with documentation requirements when ownership of mortgages was transferred.
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Oct 20, 2010
China’s central bank raises interest rates
China's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in nearly three years. Neil MacKinnon, a senior currency strategist at VTB Capital, talks with Jeremy Hobson about why China made the move and whether this will cool off a currency war.
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Oct 20, 2010
Wired magazine co-founder discusses "What Technology Wants"
Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine and author of "What Technology Wants," speaks with Kai Ryssdal about how technology is changing what it means to be human.
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Oct 20, 2010
Letters: What about the groom, and a lesson about qat
Kai Ryssdal goes through listener responses to recent Marketplace stories. This week: looking from the perspectives of "green" hotels and grooms in Indian marriages, and a lesson about qat.
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Oct 20, 2010
Freakonomics Radio: A government official in venture capitalist’s clothing?
What do the X Prize, Google, and the Department of Education have in common? "Freakonomics" coauthor Stephen Dubner gives Kai Ryssdal a pop quiz that compares American aviator Charles Lindbergh to the Race to the Top education-reform program, which makes the government seem a bit more like a sleek venture capitalist than its typical bureaucratic self.
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Oct 19, 2010
B of A to resume foreclosures
Bank of America says foreclosures will go forward on more than 100,000 properties after they were halted a week ago over so-called "robo-filings." Reporter Mitchell Hartman talks with Jeremy Hobson about why B of A is resuming the foreclosures.
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Oct 19, 2010
How’s the banking sector doing?
Bank of America lost more than $7 billion in its latest quarter whle Goldman Sachs reported it made nearly $2 billion. Why the disparity in this morning's earnings? David Kelly, JP Morgan Funds chief market strategist, talks the details with Steve Chiotakis.
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Oct 19, 2010
Calculating the costs of flight delays
A new study finds that flight delays cost U.S. society more than $32 billion a year. Reporter Mitchell Hartman talks with Jeremy Hobson about how researchers came up with that figure and breaks down the number.
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Oct 19, 2010
Foreclosure mess helps home builders?
There's been a lot of confusion about mortgage documents and whether banks will continue to seize homes. Some will move forward with foreclosures, others will observe a voluntary moratorium in the wake of allegations that many homes were seized improperly. How will that affect the foreclosure mess going forward? Tony Arnold reports.
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