Marketplace AM for April 27, 2006

Segments From This Episode

• Honey, they’ve shrunk the labor pool!

  by Marketplace Staff

  Personal finance expert Chris Farrell talks to host Lisa Napoli about the implications of a new study that finds the U.S. labor pool is shrinking.

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• Really big oil

  by Alisa Roth

  ExxonMobil releases its quarterly earnings today, and Alisa Roth reports that the information isn't likely to quell increased calls for a windfall profits tax on oil companies.

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• Romance with a familiar ring

  by Rachel Dornhelm

  The publishers of Harlequin romance novels have teamed with a creator of cell phone applications to offer mobile phone features aimed at women. Rachel Dornhelm has the 411.

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• Softwood dispute

  by Steve McNally

  The US and Canada are close to settling a years-old dispute over the importation of cheap Canadian lumber into the US. Steve McNalley has the details.

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