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Sep 29, 2010
The Grateful Dead’s marketing lessons
For fans of the Grateful Dead who witnessed their music live, it was more than just a concert. It was a world unto itself. And a new book says there are important marketing lessons to be learned from the way the band operated. The book's co-author, Brian Halligan, takes a look at the band as a business model.
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Sep 29, 2010
Groups try to shape consumer bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency designed to help make sure banks and other financial companies are dealing straight with their customers, is on its way. L.A. Times consumer columnist David Lazarus talks with Bill Radke about how financial companies are trying to influence the rules and what activists want.
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Sep 29, 2010
Amtrak rolls out high-speed rail plan
Amtrak released a 30-year vision for high-speed rail travel along the Northeast corridor. It'll cost more than $4 billion a year over the next couple decades. That's more than the annual operating budget for the government-funded rail company. Alex Goldmark reports.
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Sep 29, 2010
Letters: "A Pledge to America," the DIY spirit and urban farming
Kai Ryssdal sifts through the Marketplace mailbag and reads your responses to our stories on the Republicans' "Pledge to America," the DIY spirit and urban farming.
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Sep 29, 2010
S.C. sets up independent firm for state pension fund
Kai Ryssdal talks to the New York Times' Peter Lattman about the South Carolina state government's decision to set up its own firm to oversee the state's pension fund, instead of using a private firm.
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Sep 28, 2010
Home prices rise for 4th straight month
Home prices rose 3% from over a year ago. Why? Juli Niemann, analyst at Smith, Moore & Co., talks the details with Bill Radke. And weighs in on what's happening with banks these days.
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Sep 28, 2010
FTC goes after POM over health claims
The Federal Trade Commission's filed a complaint against the owners of POM Wonderful pomegranate juice, saying the company's marketers are making false claims of health benefits. Washington bureau chief John Dimsdale talks with Steve Chiotakis about the health claims POM is making.
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Sep 28, 2010
Will taxpayers get AIG money back?
The government may soon announce the next steps in its breakup with AIG. Taxpayers bailed out the insurance giant at the height of the financial crisis. Word is, the government is getting ready to sell that stock, so we can get some of our money back. Will we? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
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Sep 28, 2010
Report: Few women in management
At a congressional hearing, the Government Accountability Office will issue a survey that finds little progress in women moving into management positions. Washington bureau chief John Dimsdale talks with Bill Radke about how many women are in management and why there's so much inequality between how much men and women managers are paid.
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Sep 28, 2010
Government helps wholesale credit unions
Kai Ryssdal talks to the New York Times' Eric Dash about how the federal government is stepping into help wholesale credit unions, which support hundreds of credit unions around the country.
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