Marketplace for April 20, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• A short history of oil: 1900 to 2010

  by Adam Popescu

  Over the past century, the center of crude oil production has shifted across the globe.

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• Tech comes back big

  by Steve Henn

  Intel and IBM surprised Wall Street with big earnings. And what's good for tech is good for the recovery.

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• Playing partisan politics with debt

  by Robert Reich

  Congress and the White House are engaged in a new debate about raising the U.S. debt limit.

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• Existing home sales rise as investors swoop

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Sales of existing homes are one the rise. But first-time buyers are coy, while foreclosed homes and tight credit still weigh on the market.

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• Letters: Conspicuous conservation, inflation

  by Marketplace Staff

  Going over listeners' responses to past stories. This week: the 'not me' mentality, conspicuous conservation and "South Park," and the depressing inflation rate.

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• Anti-government demonstrations rise in Syria

  by Marketplace Staff

  Protesters in Syria are coming out against President Bashar al-Assad for giving the government almost unlimited powers to put down dissent. Mills College professor Fred Lawson explains what could happen to Syria's economy next.

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• BP spill consequences differ for two Louisiana cities

  by Adriene Hill

  A year after the BP oil spill, things are looking up in New Orleans. But for Lafourche Parish on the Gulf Coast, it's a different story.

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