Marketplace for April 1, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• Happiness comes with a higher crude oil price

  by Kai Ryssdal

  This final note today. Oil closed at almost $108 a barrel in New York this afternoon. That's actually a good thing, 'cause it implies traders think…

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• Employment picks up

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The U.S. created 216,000 jobs last month, pushing down the unemployment rate to 8.8 percent. Much of the country is ready to stop thinking about jobs, but millions of Americans remain out of work.

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• Firms cash in on edible advertising

  by Sally Herships

  Ads are everywhere in grocery stores — milk cartons, shopping carts, the floor. But now, new technology means you might start seeing ads on your food.

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• Retraining for a new career in the health field

  by Deb Monroe

  Freelance producer Deb Monroe recently switched careers. She takes us on her journey as she searches for a job in the jam-packed health care field.

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• Retailers make daily deals

  by Jennifer Collins

  Move over Groupon. Manufacturers and retailers are setting up their own sales without you.

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• Weekly Wrap: Budget cuts, employment numbers

  by Marketplace Staff

  Reviewing the week in Wall Street with Marketplace New York bureau chief Heidi Moore and Cardiff Garcia from FT Alphaville. This week: budget cuts, the government shutdown and jobs numbers.

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• As prices rise, eateries rethink how to buy food

  by Alisa Roth

  Restaurant chains like Red Lobster are testing new buying strategies to cope with soaring prices of ingredients.

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• Focusing more on fixing unemployment and the deficit

  by Marketplace Staff

  Christina Romer, former chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisors, talks about why she thinks Washington needs to do more for jobs and the deficit now, even if it may be difficult.

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