Marketplace for April 14, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• The NFL paycheck hit

  by Jon Wertheim

  Today, NFL and its players have restarted mediation talks in Minneapolis. At stake is the financial direction and payout of the popular league.

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• Financial crisis: What we’ve learned and how far we’ve come

  by Marketplace Staff

  Law and economics professor William Black discusses why it has been so difficult to prosecute people involved in the 2008 financial crisis and regulate Wall Street.

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• CBO cuts budget cuts down to real size

  by John Dimsdale

  According to the CBO, the deal to cut this year's budget by $38 billion looks more like $352 million when you do the real math.

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• Apple juice to join commodities trading

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Move over orange juice. An American commodities exchange plans to let traders also bet on the future price of apple-juice concentrate.

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• Restoring Japan through entrepreneurship

  by Scott Tong

  Japan's economy is struggling to recover from last month's earthquake and tsunami. A Japanese business graduate says entrepreneurship is the answer.

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• Egypt seeks debt forgiveness from U.S.

  by Marketplace Staff

  Fayza Abulnaga, Egypt's minister of planning and international cooperation, discusses her country's economic challenges and what happens if Egypt doesn't get the aid and assistance it needs.

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• Cities want to cash in on their parking spots

  by Andrea Bernstein

  Cash-strapped cities look to raise millions, even billions, by privatizing their parking meters and garages. And even if your city keeps control of its parking spaces, rates could likely climb.

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