Marketplace AM for August 22, 2006

Segments From This Episode

• SanDisk takes on iPod

  by Ashley Milne-Tyte

  Can iPod rival SanDisk really give the iconic digital music device a run for its money? Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

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• Chavez talks oil with China

  by Jocelyn Ford

  China hosts Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez today as he kicks off a six-day visit. Venezuela currently sells over half of its oil to the US, but Chavez is looking to divert some of that trade to China. Jocelyn Ford reports.

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• Black box disclosure

  by Marketplace Staff

  In response to criticism from privacy advocates, federal regulators will require automakers to inform car buyers if their vehicles contain a data recording device. Annie Baxter looks at why we might want to know.

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• Lottery for the poor

  by Marketplace Staff

  A growing number of social service agencies use a lottery system to distribute limited housing assistance to the poor. Tom Banse has the story.

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• Volkswagen strike in Mexico

  by Dan Grech

  Car manufacturing is big business in Mexico and workers at one plant there want a bigger cut. This week 9,700 workers at a Volkswagen plant went on strike — again. Dan Grech reports.

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• In support of spontaneous combustion . . .

  by Marketplace Staff

  Commentator Jeff Steinbrink singles out a few household items he wouldn't mind seeing burst into flames a la the batteries in some Dell laptops.

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• Influencing DC from abroad

  British defense group BAE has emerged as one of the biggest corporate donors to US political candidates. The company has given more than $650,000 ahead of November's Congressional election. Stephen Beard reports.

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• Business fare rollback

  by Bob Moon

  United and American have scrapped recent increases in business fares, but is that bad news for the industry? Not necessarily, reports Bob Moon.

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