Latest from Mary Dooe

• Nov 24, 2011

  PODCAST: The cranberry industry, no Thanksgiving for Europe

  

  This Thanksgiving, we talk to a big wig in the cranberry industry, the CEO of Ocean Spray. While the U.S. is on holiday, financial troubles in the eurozone march on. And Google wants to light up your home — with lightbulbs, that is.

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• Nov 23, 2011

  PODCAST: Stress tests are back, China loves smartphones

  

  China has just surpassed the United States as the biggest smartphone market in the world. Smartphones here at home are helping consumers to find the best deal this holiday season. Holiday travel could be hindered by fewer flight delays and cancellations, thanks to new government penalties.

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• Nov 22, 2011

  PODCAST: What the super committee lost, Egypt’s revolutionary flare up

  

  We speak to the President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli about how the debt crises in the U.S. and Europe are affecting his country, and how Panama is continuing to grow. Reporter Mitchell Hartman shows us one place that was shaken to its core by the housing crisis. And what does the OWN network need to do to succeed?

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• Nov 21, 2011

  PODCAST: Super committee nears the end

  

  Talks are winding down at the Congressional super committee, and so far, no deal has been made. Spain has a new government after elections were held over the weekend. Hewlett-Packard reports earnings today, the first time since Meg Whitman took the reins. And Tyson foods, the big meat producer, reported even bigger quarterly losses.

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• Nov 18, 2011

  PODCAST: Boeing signs a deal, passengers shell out money for plane gas

  

  President Barack Obama is in Indonesia today, and will attend the signing of a deal that could bring 110,000 jobs to the U.S. Reporter Scott Tong concludes his three part series from the Horn of Africa. In the ongoing European debt crisis, Spain is the latest hot-button country. And store employees fight back against Black Thursday openings.

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• Nov 18, 2011

  Mid-day Extra: Midnight movie madness

  

  The Twilight movie was released early this morning. Why do so many fans line up at midnight to see big blockbusters?

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• Nov 17, 2011

  PODCAST: Engineers study harder than business majors

  

  In today's Mid-day Update, we look at the ongoing debt crisis and Europe and its potential effects on U.S. banks. Meanwhile, the deadline for the Congressional super committee is not far off. And poverty numbers among the elderly are rising.

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• Nov 16, 2011

  Mid-day Extra: Teaching preschoolers about finance

  

  A new program set to launch in January will have preschoolers learning basic business and finance skills at the Chicago Public Library. The program is inspired by a Sesame Workshop multi-media kit.

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• Nov 16, 2011

  PODCAST: Oil prices over $100, teaching preschoolers finance

  

  In today's Marketplace Morning Report, we take a look at why oil prices have risen so much in the last month. The threat of European contagion is pressing as bonds are quickly being sold off. And the NBA season, if totally cancelled, could have bad effects on the TV business.

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• Nov 15, 2011

  Mid-day Extra: NBA labor dispute breaks down because of "tiny things"

  

  ESPN TrueHoop blogger Henry Abbott says the NBA discussions are like political talks that are influenced by hardliners. And notes that sports reporters are feeling more like court reporters in this drama.

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