Marketplace for March 4, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• Saudi exiles in London predict change

  Saudi Arabia has not seen the sort of mass protests taking place in Yemen or Bahrain but Saudi exiles in London say change is inevitable.

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• The money trail in Haiti

  by Marketplace Staff

  Former Haitian leader Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti in January after living in exile for 25 years. Why did he return?

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• The pork industry adopts a new ad slogan

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  After 25 years, the National Pork Board is changing its advertising tune. Out goes "The Other White Meat." In comes "Pork: Be Inspired."

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• Obama urged to open U.S. oil reserve

  by Alisa Roth

  With oil prices at just about $103 a barrel, some members of Congress are asking President Obama to open the nation's strategic oil reserve in an effort to bring down the cost of gasoline.

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• Weekly Wrap: Jobs, government shutdown

  by Marketplace Staff

  Kai Ryssdal talks to Cardiff Garcia from the Financial Times and Felix Salmon from Reuters about the jobs numbers out today, and the possibility of a government shutdown.

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• Hiring drops jobless rate below 9%

  by Janet Babin

  Slow growth in employment is still a concern.

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• How Islamic law has affected Middle East economics

  by Marketplace Staff

  Duke University professor of economics and Islamic studies Timur Kuran talks about how Islamic law has held back business development in the Middle East.

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