Melissa Kaplan

In what might seem like a counter-intuitive move on Mother Nature's part, Germany's fried crop of extra-large potatoes will have an adverse effect...

Bill Radke had a great talk this morning with former poet laureate Billy Collins. With so much business rhyme in the air between Collins and our...

On the profit front, China's Baidu search engine slays the there-contentious Google. This is largely attributed to Google's ongoing issues with the...

Posted by Melissa Kaplan For Marketplace Morning Report, Wednesday, July 21 Arizona's new hardline immigration law has inspired waves of pro...

It may be a highly viral ad campaign, but if you're looking at the bottom line, the Old Spice ads aren't necessarily successful. Advertising news...

Posted by Melissa Kaplan For Marketplace Morning Report, Tuesday, July 20 Our stories today were mostly pieces of a larger picture, headlines t...

It's hard enough preparing for parenthood and trying to get a mortgage going; if you're trying to do both at the same time, these days it's never...

Posted by Melissa Kaplan For Marketplace Morning Report, Monday, July 19 Lobbyists hustling, climate scientists softening and cocoa bean moguls...

Whether or not gamblers want to admit it, control is an illusion at the casino; patrons must leave themselves at the mercy of any manipulation that...

Posted by Melissa Kaplan For Marketplace Morning Report, Friday, July 16 It's hard to know where to start. BP has plugged its massive oil leak ...