Marketplace for Friday, Nov. 23, 2007

Segments From This Episode

• Shopping lovers find their outlet

  by Scott Jagow

  They call today Black Friday because holiday sales supposedly help retailers climb into the black for the year. Yet, despite the long lines seen today, this could be the slowest holiday season in five years. Scott Jagow got a perspective from Rob Snowden, general manager of Outlets at Hillsboro in Texas.

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• Ready for business to land in his lap

  by Marketplace Staff

  The real Santa Claus was too busy to talk to Marketplace about the holiday season, but we found one of his stand-ins at a nearby mall. He explained how he works and how wish lists are changing.

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• Ask.com goes in search of China market

  by Alisa Roth

  Media mogul Barry Diller says his Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp will invest $100 million to expand in China, with plans to launch its Ask.com search engine in two years. Can the company take on the Chinese? Alisa Roth reports.

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• INS plans to speed Cuban immigration

  by Dan Grech

  The Immigration and Naturalization Service has launched new measures to speed up the immigration process for Cubans. At the same time, the U.S. government is already dealing with a huge backlog of pending cases. Dan Grech reports.

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• Teaming up online to buy in bulk

  by Andrea Gardner

  What if, in order to get a discount on an item, you could join a group of shoppers to buy that product in bulk. Some Internet start-ups hope that kind of online buying will be the next big thing. Andrea Gardner reports.

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• Week on Wall Street

  by Scott Jagow

  Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson talks with host Scott Jagow about what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.

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• Organic turkey can leave a big footprint

  by Marketplace Staff

  One of the options for the traditional Thanksgiving meal is to buy an organic turkey raised on natural feed and no antibiotics. But commentator Kelly Alexander says such a turkey may not be all that friendly to the environment.

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• Learning big-league business skills

  by Marketplace Staff

  An organization in Central Louisiana has created a farm system for entrepreneurs, much like professioal baseball's. We asked Kate Archer Kent to check it out.

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