Marketplace Money for Friday, November 26, 2010

Segments From This Episode

• SLIDESHOW: Tomato Sauce Canning Recipe and Instructions

  by Marketplace Staff

  Kevin West runs the blog Saving the Season where he writes about the joys of canning. West recently taught a canning seminar at Surfas Restaurant Supply & Gourmet Food test kitchen. Here is a step-by-step photo tutorial that shows you how to can your own tomato sauce.

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• Marketers like that you "Like"

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  The ubiquitous, but innocuous "Like" button on your favorite retail and media websites is a boon for marketers. Just one click and they access to a full range of your personal details — and your friends' too.

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• Mexicans were the original frugalistas

  by Marketplace Staff

  It's trendy to be frugal now — canning your own jellies, altering your own clothes — but commentator Gustavo Arellano reminds listeners that Mexicans were being frugal long before the recession.

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• Googling and Facebooking to a job

  by Marketplace Staff

  Social media more often seems to be a way to get kicked out of a job — unseemly photos, an off-color post — but some job-seekers are using it to land their dream jobs.

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• The recession for African-Americans

  by Jeremy Hobson

  Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson reports on another recession — the one hitting African Americans. The recession hit African Americans more acutely, because of factors such as less savings and higher incarceration rates, which deters many from looking for jobs.

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• Too much money can be a problem too

  by Sean Cole

  Fort McMurray, Alberta may be the only town that breathed a sigh of relief when the recession came. Fort McMurray is a modern day boomtown that's struggling to keep up with near 10 percent a year growth and the flood of money from the nearby oil sands.

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• Are consumers really abstaining from credit cards?

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  As we come across another holiday season, a new study reveals that consumers plan on holding back from using credit cards. Is this really true? Nancy Marshall Genzer investigates.

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• Getting Personal: Shoebox finances, early retirement savings

  by Marketplace Staff

  Tess Vigeland talks to the L.A. Times' David Lazarus about savings for early retirement and shoebox finances.

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