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Aug 28, 2010
Small Talk: Auto lashes, do-gooders and pet insurance
Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam talk to Marketplace staffers about fake lashes for your ride, goody two-shoes and the things pet insurance pays for.
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Aug 28, 2010
New FTC guidelines apply truth-in-advertising principles to online reviews
Bill Radke talks to New York Times tech report Miguel Helft about a lawsuit between a PR firm and the Federal Trade Commission over fake reviews on the Internet.
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Aug 28, 2010
Weekly Wrap: The Fed and the economy
Bill Radke talks to freelance reporter Heidi Moore and and Sudeep Reddy of the Wall Street Journal of week's top headlines.
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Aug 28, 2010
Billionaire sues high-tech companies over patents
Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Steve Henn about billionaire Paul Allen's multi-patent lawsuit against a slew of top high-tech companies, like Facebook and Google.
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Aug 27, 2010
Dell, HP in a ping-pong match for 3PAR
Dell and Hewlett-Packard keep vying for data store manager 3PAR, throwing down offers back and forth. Amy Scott reports.
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Aug 27, 2010
What Fed can do to avoid a double dip
The government revised downward the nation's annual rate of growth. Scott Minerd, is chief investment officer at financial services firm Guggenheim Partners, talks with Steve Chiotakis about his reaction to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech.
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Aug 27, 2010
Unmanned vehicle market looks to grow
American troops are leaving Iraq, but its robots are not. The Army said unmanned aircraft flights over Iraq are increasing. That's good news for the people who make unmanned vehicles — many of them gathering in Denver to show off their products. Zachary Barr reports.
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Aug 27, 2010
Is economic growth still in our future?
The government has revised the second quarter Gross Domestic Product downward to 1.6 percent. CBS MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger talks with Steve Chiotakis about whether this means the nation has experienced all the growth it can muster for a while and if this gives us a better idea of where the U.S. economy is.
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Aug 27, 2010
P-PIP program making money
P-PIP, the public-private investment program, is a key piece of the Obama administration's efforts to bring the financial system back from the brink. And nine months into the program, it's making a lot of money for taxpayers. Reporter Amy Scott talks the details with Bob Moon.
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Aug 27, 2010
Detective mulls NY’s new divorce law
New York recently became one of the last states to switch to no-fault divorce. That means couples can dissolve a marriage without the need for one spouse to accuse the other of misbehavior like adultery. How might the law affect those who make their living off suspicious spouses?
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