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Dec 8, 2006

Marketplace PM for December 8, 2006

A Goldilocks job report
by Amy Scott
Not too hot, not too cold. The economy added 132,000 new jobs in November — better than analysts expected but not without some downside risk. Amy Scott reports.
The perfect worker: Tall, thin, and he drinks!
by Marketplace Staff
Cash Peters tests the findings of recent studies on what types of employees companies are looking to hire.
Heelys is on a roll
by Stacey Vanek Smith
The maker of the sneakers with a wheel in the heel went public on Nasdaq today and Wall Street took it for a spin.
Staying open to cardiac stents
by Kai Ryssdal
Do cardiac stents help keep clogged arteries open in the long run? Kai Ryssdal talks with Heather Won Tesoreiro of the Wall Street Journal about today's recommendation by an FDA panel.
Somalia turmoil spills into South Africa
by Gretchen Wilson
Somali refugees who have fled the violence in their country have setled in South Afrca. They've set up shops in townships, competing with local business. And that's spurred new violence. Gretchen Wilson reports.
Doing nothing’s a good thing
by Marketplace Staff
Commentator Len Burman says that while conventional wisdom considers it'll be bad if Congress fails to extend tax breaks for education, corporate R&D and other things, he thinks it's great!