Segments From This Episode

• Weighing the costs of health care

  by Tamara Keith

  Yet another health care reform proposal is floating around Congress, but the Congressional Budget Office has made it clear that these plans won't be cheap and they may not be enough. Tamara Keith reports.

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• What are ‘dark pools?’

  by Amy Scott

  Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Schapiro wants to crack down on so-called "dark pools." Never heard of them? Amy Scott explains what they are.

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• When to start economic ‘exit strategy’

  by Marketplace Staff

  The term 'exit strategy' is being bandied about as more forecasters contemplate a better economy. But when that exit should happen is the critical question. John Dimsdale reports.

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• It’s the summer of the smartphone

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  People have been lining up outside Apple Stores to get the new iPhone that just went on sale. While the iPhone is by far the leader in its class, other smartphones are ringing up big sales numbers as well. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

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• Weekly Wrap: Regulation

  by Marketplace Staff

  Freelance financial writer Heidi Moore and The Atlantic's Megan McCardle talk with Kai Ryssdal about the Obama administration's proposed regulations and whether they will be enough to fix the financial system.

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• ‘Cash For Clunkers’ losers and winners

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The Senate has passed a bill that'll give vouchers to car buyers who trade in their gas-guzzling clunkers for more fuel-efficient vehicles. Mitchell Hartman reports on who benefits and loses from the "Cash For Clunkers" program.

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• Small talk: Roads, soup, Christmas

  by Marketplace Staff

  Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers Amy Scott, Bill Radke and Stacey Vanek-Smith about their favorite under-the-radar business stories this week: Gravel roads, soup for a penny, and Boston selling its Christmas village.

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• Greece to Britain: We want our marbles!

  by Marketplace Staff

  The New Acropolis Museum is opening in Athens, Greece. But the marble structures it wants to showcase are stuck in England. Christopher Werth reports on the controversy over the so-called "Elgin Marbles."

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