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Aug 20, 2010
Getting Personal: Your money and your kid, taxes while abroad
Tess Vigeland and Marketplace Money's economics editor Chris Farrell answer listener questions and e-mails about how to deal with financial ties with you and your children and paying your taxes while you're living abroad.
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Aug 20, 2010
Chicago families still trying to get by
Tess Vigeland checks in with Steve Ostrowski and Iris Bess, who were both profiled when Marketplace went to Chicago. Steve was unemployed and Iris had unemployment through an Illinois work program that is soon to expire.
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Aug 20, 2010
Trying to quantify the intangible
It's relatively easy to measure how much a Gulf businessman lost in products and profits due to the BP oil spill — but how about the tears shed and the stress caused by the spill? Marketplace's Krissy Clark looks into the tricky method of measuring "non-use value."
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Aug 20, 2010
Olive oil virginity is in question
The olive oil section at the market has a dizzy array of bottles. At the top of the heap are the extra virgin olive oils — but there's some question as to whether that label actually corresponds to what's in the bottle.
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Aug 20, 2010
Patent applications jumped up during recession
Tess Vigeland talks to David Kappos, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, about how the office is dealing with the huge jump in patent applications over the last few years.
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Aug 19, 2010
What it takes to be an oyster farmer
Maryland is hoping to revive its oyster industry on Chesapeake Bay. Lawmakers there are betting on aquaculture to generate more than 200 jobs and $25 million a year in revenue. Cathy Duchamp reports.
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Aug 19, 2010
NJ, SEC settle securities fraud case
The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled its case against New Jersey. Reporter Gregory Warner talks with Bill Radke about the case, which is the first time a state has been charged with securities fraud.
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Aug 19, 2010
Sears reinvents, aims to bounce back
Sears lost about $40 million in its latest quarter. So the retailer is counting on a reinvention plan to help it come back. In the late 1800s, the retailer revolutionized shopping with its legendary mail-order catalog. Now, as Jay Field reports, it's trying to reclaim that reputation for innovation.
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Aug 19, 2010
A look at jobless claims, Intel-McAfee
Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial talks with Bill Radke about why new unemployment claims jumped last week to half a million, and whether Intel buying McAfee is a good sign about the economy.
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Aug 19, 2010
Why Intel wants a piece of McAfee
Chipmaker Intel says it will buy anti-virus software company McAfee in a cash transaction worth nearly $8 billion. Chris Nuttall of the Financial Times talks with Steve Chiotakis about what Intel wants to do with McAfee.
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