Week of April 11th, 2016

Teams will sell a small patch, worth $100 million a year altogether, starting in 2017.

Plus, what's it mean that five big banks don't have good living wills?

Why the President has singled out set-top boxes

Secretary Pritzker joined Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal to discuss set-top boxes, creating competition and the status of the Trans- Pacific Partnership

Mortgage holders who are delinquent and hold too much debt get a federal break .

In his new book, “Door to Door,” Edward Humes uncovers the surprising details of global transportation.

AMC's CEO thought maybe they did, until the internet shut him down.

OPEC members and other nations want to freeze oil production, but the supply of crude is already falling.

Here are the numbers we're reading and watching for Friday.

Amid pressure, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders vows to finally release his tax returns to the public. Here’s a count of who has — and hasn’t — been transparent about their filings.

April 15 is not tax day this year. It's Emancipation Day in Washington, D.C., commemorating President Lincoln's signing of the first emancipation act of the Civil War.

This weekend, some of our favorite stories from the past: A rap group who redefined success; the origin of what makes a boss a jerk — or what makes jerks primed for becoming bosses; and how women directors are changing Hollywood.

Tax-prep costs cut into refunds from the earned income tax credit.

Critics say not enough of the money goes to smoking prevention programs.

Many Puerto Ricans are worried about their retirement money in the face of the territory's debt crisis.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about how five European countries have agreed to share data about who is paying taxes to whom; a study that says tax preparers are taking advantage of low-income filers; and fears over pensions in the fifth installment of our series on Puerto Rico’s debt crisis. 

On today’s show, we’ll talk with Matthew Keys about his two-year prison sentence in the LA Times hacking case, and play this week’s Silicon Tally with entrepreneur Cindy Gallop, founder of the startup company Make Love Not Porn.     

65 percent of U.S. men thought they had a good understanding of how pay is determined, versus 53 percent of women.

Natalie Moore on her new book “The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation”

After months of a strong US dollar, it has begun to weaken. Marketplace’s Mark Garrison explains why this is actually good news for the economy; how data technology is being used to identify neighborhoods where kids are likely to be abused; and what airlines are doing to create revenue during an a decline in air travel

It does a pretty good job captioning photos! And it's not racist like the last one.

Facebook's moonshots, Yahoo's bidding war and how biomimicry could outshine all of it.

Both major and budget airlines are banking on amenities to turn more profit

Texas doctors are using predictive data to pre-empt child abuse before it happens

The sports network is out to turn the fledgling sport into a NASCAR of the sky

Here are the numbers we're reading and watching for Thursday.

A new study has found many electronic records to be incomplete.

Ford has announced a big building and renovation spree at its professional facilities in the Detroit area.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about the ongoing Verizon strike, in which 36,000 workers are protesting the company’s labor practices; theaters’ attempts to use gadgetry to attract audiences; and the sentencing of Matthew Keys, a former Reuters journalist who was accused of giving hacker group Anonymous access to the LA Times’ website. 

On today’s show, we’ll talk about the link between the Zika virus and birth defects; look at Ford’s billion-dollar plan to renovate its headquarters; and interview Duncan Clark about his new book, “Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built.”

Alibaba is an e-commerce juggernaut that competes with the likes of Wal-Mart and Amazon.

The people whose job it is to know what's going to happen in the markets are in the dark.

The publication illustrates the economy with some anecdotal notes.

But even if we did, would it matter?

Marketplace’s Adriene Hill reports from the annual movie-industry gathering

Retail sales were down unexpectedly in March.

Feds and financial institutions still negotiating the rules on regulation

The Fed and the FDIC rejected the “living wills” of five U.S. banks; what its like to maintain a house like Downton Abbey; and a look at the growing market for kids’ football helmets

For crops where GMO seeds are big, they're 90 percent of the market

When you inherit a fine old house, you need to find the funds to maintain it.

As football faces concussion worries, helmet makers respond with safety features

Here are the numbers we're reading and watching for Wednesday.

The firm has denied wrongdoing.

Cyberthieves impersonate corporate executives to access information used in tax return fraud.

We talked with several Puerto Ricans who came back to Old San Juan.

The economy of the oil-dependent nation has been shaken by falling revenues.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about Facebook’s F8 developer conference where they announced their focus on bots and unveiled a 360-degree camera; tax fraud season; and the idea for a fleet of tiny spacecraft that would travel to our closest star system, Alpha Centauri.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about a possible tax evasion investigation in response to the Panama Papers leak; a Verizon workers’ strike; and attitudes toward free trade. 

Because the world just needed more zombie content.

In Missouri, the squabble between government officials and residents over red light cameras; Marketplace’s Scott Tong continues his series “The Resource Curse” on Venezuela; and why Goldman-Sachs has agreed to a 5 billion dollar settlement with the US Department if Justice 

The unions represent workers in the wireline business, which is shrinking.

The penalty portion is pretty straightforward. Then it gets squishy.

St. Louis officials hope to restart a controversial red light camera program

The socialist president used oil revenue to buy support for his regime and now the country is suffering for it

The role of non-banks has increased 400 percent in the past three years, one analyst says.

With more than 90 million books sold, the children's author is a literary force.

Historically black colleges and universities pay 15 to 20 percent more to borrow.

Local holidays in Washington, D.C., Maine and Massachusetts are giving Americans a three- or four-day grace period for filing their taxes this year.

The insurer VSP Global invests in smart eyewear.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about the rise of bots; a tech company that has secured the digital rights to create a Notorious B.I.G. hologram; and a pair of glasses from VSP Global, a vision insurance company, that’ll track your health. 

On today’s show, we’ll talk about China’s growing investment in the U.S.; how Puerto Rico’s debt crisis is affecting one of the territory’s most populated cities, Ponce; and why tax day isn’t on April 15 this year. 

Many of the businesses in Ponce are now for sale.

Booking a flight? There's a bot for that. Trying to find the right foundation? There's a bot for that, too.

The Treasury has an "interesting announcement," but we're gonna have to Wait For It.

The Treasury Secretary also made his case for the U.S. leading the global economy.

Chatbots are becoming more available and more ubiquitous.

Kai talks to the United States Treasury Secretary Jack Lew about inversions, the global economy and keeping Hamilton on the 10 dollar bill; Marketplace’s Sabri Ben-Achour looks at the rise of chat bots ahead of Facebook’s F8 conference; and how your income may be tied to your life expectancy. 

We went to the treasury to talk inversions, MetLife, America's place in the global economy and — of course — the $10 bill.

The rich tend to live 10+ years longer than the worst-off. Health choices matter.

One auction house in Denver is selling a record amount of used oil equipment.

The company's new Mirai envisions a world where we fill up with hydrogen instead of gas.

Some poor people live longer than other poor people, according to a new study.

New data shows more than 3 million borrowers have defaulted on their loans.

TacoBot, on the message service Slack, can settle arguments about lunch.

Gas is so cheap that it can be sold at a profit in neighboring Colombia.

The island is dealing with a $72 billion debt crisis. Marketplace's Andy Uhler travels to Puerto Rico to find out how the government's actions are affecting people.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about the link between income and mortality; the Daily Mail’s consideration of a Yahoo bid; and Venezuela’s smuggling economy.

On today’s show, we’ll talk about Amazon’s plans to introduce a new Kindle e-reader; the government’s ongoing battle with Apple over iPhone access; and our visit to the New York International Auto Show where we took a Toyota Mirai for a spin.