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America losing its homeowners

Oct 7, 2011
This final note today. We added jobs in September, but we're losing something else in this economy: Homeowners. The Census Bureau said earlier ...

Steve Jobs in his own words

Oct 6, 2011
This final note today. Ending as we started, with Steve Jobs, this time in his own words....

Chevron uses solar power to get more oil

Oct 5, 2011
And this final note. You know more often than not the debate over energy and the environment is framed as either/or. Oil and gas versus, say, wind...

President Obama's jobs bill in trouble

Oct 3, 2011
This final note on the way out, yet another piece of evidence in my developing theory that the economy we've got today is the one we'll have on...

What the protestors at Occupy Wall Street are angry about

Sep 30, 2011
This final note on the way out today, a word or two about the protests in Lower Manhattan that've become known as Occupy Wall Street. Maybe a cou...

What's better: A share of B of A, or a debit fee?

Sep 29, 2011
This final note today. One share of Bank of America could be had at the close this afternoon for $6.35. The country's biggest bank's been in some...

For public good, not for profit.

Reebok offers refunds for EasyTone shoes

Sep 28, 2011
This final note today, from the Marketplace Desk of Yeah, We All Kinda Knew That. You know those EasyTone sneakers that Reebok promised would fi...

Why Germany wants to help Greece

Sep 27, 2011
This final note today, which comes with the observation that German chancellor Angela Merkel met with her Greek counterpart Prime Minister George...

Could you be on the next postage stamp?

Sep 26, 2011
And this final note. If you're thinking you'd be a good candidate to be featured on a postage stamp -- but don't want to wait until the tradition...