Segments From This Episode

• Industries keep eye on financial reform

  by Marketplace Staff

  It's just not Wall Steeters who are keeping a close eye on the financial reform bills Congress is reconciling, but car dealers, farmers and airlines. Steve Chiotakis speaks to Marketplace's Washington correspondent, Nancy Marshall-Genzer.

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• To pay or not to pay?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Panera Bread Co. opened a new location in St. Louis and let its customers decide what they want to pay. Sounds like a free lunch, but as Steve Chiotakis talks to Vickie Morwitz, people still decide to pay.

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• A busier travel season this summer?

  by Marketplace Staff

  With summer kicking off this Memorial Day weekend, Steve Chiotakis talks to Anne Banas of SmarterTravel.com to get a forecast on this summer's travel industry and tips on how to save before you hit the road or take to the air.

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• A nice house or a short commute?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Reporter Andrea Bernstein looks into the challenge of trying to strike a balance between work commute and cost of rent.

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• How walkable is your neighborhood?

  by Marketplace Staff

  One software company is trying to to quantify who walking-friendly an area is and make it a more visible factor for people shopping for a home.

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• Are kids worth the money?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Raising kids today isn't a cheap endeavor — and some argue that you don't get your money's worth — but Chris Farrell thinks raising kids is more affordable and is worth the money.

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• College costs, quadrupled

  by Marketplace Staff

  It's tough enough trying to raise one child and see her through college, but Tab and Debbie Thompson did just that with quadruplets who graduated just graduated from Texas A&M.

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• How to come clean with your taxes

  by Marketplace Staff

  If you didn't pay your taxes for the last 20 years and have a guilty conscience, Nina Olson, the IRS' taxpayer advocate, let's you know how to 'fess up, which may not be as painful as you'd think.

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• Getting Personal

  by Marketplace Staff

  Host Steve Chiotakis and MSN Money columnist Liz Pulliam Weston take your questions on how to ask a parent to co-sign a student loan, what to do after a co-signed parent declares bankruptcy and why paying off debt too quickly doesn't have any drawbacks, despite urban myths to the contrary.

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