Segments From This Episode

• Gaming gets back to kid stuff

  by Ethan Lindsey

  Video game makers and players are in LA this week for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. One thing you won't find this year — scantily clad women. There's a reason for it, Ethan Lindsey reports.

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• New player in high-speed Internet game

  by Marketplace Staff

  Millions of Americans connect to the Internet with high-speed connections from their phone or cable company. But now electricity companies are starting to get into the mix with Broadband over Power Lines or BPL. From Pittsburgh, Mark Nootbaar reports.

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• Northwest’s $1 billion loss

  by Tess Vigeland

  The airline on Wednesday reported a quarterly loss of $1.1 billion. Tess Vigeland looks at how the mounting red ink is likely to impact Northwest's efforts to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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• Why our economy’s still growing

  by Scott Jagow

  Personal finance expert Chris Farrell and host Scott Jagow discuss why the US economy continues to grow despite soaring energy costs and rising interest rates.

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• Landline-osaurus?

  by Janet Babin

  Verizon and other telecom companies are looking to sell portions of their vast network of phone lines as more consumers disconnect their landlines. Janet Babin reports.

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