Melissa Kaplan
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Wheat bread beats white in sales, and it's no big wonder
Aug 3, 2010
Health-conscious consumers have been waiting for their day to reach a critical mass, and their wait may be over: For the first time in the history...
Transgenic salmon would be first genetically modified animal for consumption
Aug 2, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing what a Massachusetts company is calling an "advanced hybrid" fish, a cross between Atlantic and...
Playlist: Do the GDP Shuffle
Jul 30, 2010
Slow growth, deflation and cargo. We know we're getting out of this econo-slump but why does it have to take so long? We didn't let it weigh us d...
Playlist: What's Up? Everything.
Jul 29, 2010
Posted by Melissa Kaplan
For Marketplace Morning Report, Thursday, July 29, 2010
From home foreclosures to Shell profits to Chinese pollution, ...
Goldman Sachs to employees: Watch your e-words
Jul 29, 2010
After a string of congressional hearings put Goldman Sachs's e-mails under intense scrutiny, the firm has decided it would rather put its foot down...
A perfect formula for a successful handshake
Jul 28, 2010
This morning we aired a piece on the power of the handshake, a ritual of business culture that can make or break a future associate's impression of...
Playlist: Loopholes and whistle-blowers
Jul 27, 2010
Posted by Melissa Kaplan
For Marketplace Morning Report, Tuesday, July 27, 2010
D.C. is buzzing with regulators poking through financial reform...
Ask a search engine, get a person
Jul 27, 2010
When a website wants to gain a competitive edge, more technology is a common solution. But not for Ask.com; the sixth most popular search engine,...
Playlist: Songs for a Wayward Hayward
Jul 26, 2010
Posted by Melissa Kaplan
For Marketplace Morning Report, Monday, July 26, 2010
BP CEO Tony Hayward is on the outs, and that's gotta be a bummer...