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Scott Jagow

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  • President Obama unveiled his plan for the housing market this morning. Here's a detailed article from Bloomberg about the proposal, but I'll also…

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  • Feb 18, 2009

    A thousand words

    Here's my picture of the day. It was sent to us by a listener who heard the story by Marketplace's Amy Scott about Greenwich, Connecticut — home…

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  • This week, Marketplace is paying special attention to military families. Our weekend program, Marketplace Money, airs "Debt of Service," an hour…

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  • Does it bother you that the big winners in this recession are Wal-Mart and McDonald's? Yesterday, Wal-Mart said sales set a record last quarter,…

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  • I don't know how much longer I can ignore Twitter. I've tried to stay away. "Micro-blogging" sounds like a major time-sucking activity to me. …

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  • The banks that are too big to fail sure do have small stock prices. Bank of America, $5. Citigroup, $3. Wells Fargo, $14. And investors are…

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  • Tonight, the PBS show "Frontline" airs an episode called "Inside the Meltdown." It looks back on the scary days of last summer and fall — the…

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  • Reuters has a story today about two wine investment funds. The Noble Crus Fund returned more than 20% to investors last year, but the Vintage Wine…

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  • EA Sports just announced a strange move. It's getting into children's sports equipment. EA will partner with Toy Island to make footballs,…

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  • The President will sign the stimulus bill into law today in Denver. Then, he'll focus on the housing market, with some kind of announcement coming…

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