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Scott Jagow

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  • Marriott has decided to offer a new perk for guests — if you don't want a newspaper, we won't give you one. The company says starting June 1,…

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  • Reality TV knows no bounds. The day after Navy snipers took out three Somali pirates is the perfect time, it seems, for Spike TV to announce a new…

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  • Apr 13, 2009

    On The Road Again

    This week, Marketplace is back on the "Road to Ruin?" Last October, reporters Tess Vigeland and Amy Scott started at opposite ends of the country…

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  • There may not be as many TV ads for toothpaste or breakfast cereal, but Politico points out the "avalanche" of issue ads on cable TV. Lobbyists,…

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  • Impromptu poll question — If your employer offered you a year off from work and paid you a third of your salary to do it, would you take it? A…

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  • Apr 13, 2009

    Morning Reading

    The government is telling GM to get ready for a June 1st bankruptcy, according to the New York Times. GM bondholders have a tough call. Do they…

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  • Apr 11, 2009

    The week that was

    My weekly After the Bell podcast is now available for download. You can access it on the Marketplace podcast page or go directly to iTunes. It's…

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  • Apr 11, 2009

    Always Be Closing

    You probably heard that Fox is planning a new reality series called "Someone's Gotta Go." Each episode, employees of a small business that needs…

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  • If you just hear the news that pirates hijacked an American ship and took the captain hostage, maybe it's natural to shout, "Off with their heads!"…

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  • The banks are stressing me out. I can't stand all the secrecy and the magic accounting tricks and the government's indecipherable measurement…

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