Marketplace for Friday, February 4, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• Mixed numbers in January’s job report

  by Marketplace Staff

  The latest jobs report shows employers added only 3,600 jobs in January, yet the unemployment rate fell from 9.4 percent to 9 percent. Heidi Sheirholz from the Economic Policy Institute breaks down the latest numbers with Bob Moon and explains the improvement in unemployment.

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• Can’t get a job, start a business

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The story of one family that traded unemployment for entrepreneurship. These 'rebound entrepreneurs' took a page out of history, literally, to stake their future on a new magazine.

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• JPMorgan Chase snared in Madoff lawsuit

  by Heidi Moore

  Suit alleges JPMorgan bankers suspected fraud long before Madoff's arrest, raising questions about a bank's duty to sound the alarm on a client.

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• Verizon iPhone users might get "throttled"

  by Adriene Hill

  Pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone sold out in hours. Then came an announcement about the carrier's data policy.

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• Weekly Wrap: The protests in Egypt

  by Marketplace Staff

  Bob Moon talks to John Carney from CNBC and Felix Salmon from Reuters about the unemployment problem in Egypt and also the effects that the protests may have on oil prices and the rest of the Middle East.

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• Women’s sportswear scores big sales

  by Bob Moon

  The women's segment of sportswear and sporting goods is booming right now. The National Football League is among those who have caught up with the trend, just in the time for the big game this weekend.

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