Marketplace for May 9, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• Who will foot the bill to compensate Fukushima victims?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Columbia Law School Professor Curtis Milhaupt discusses whether Tepco, the company that owns the Fukushima plant, will be responsible for paying victims and what impact the nuclear disaster might have on Japan's power policy.

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• Housing market faces headwinds

  by Janet Babin

  The outlook for home values continues to darken as foreclosed properties flood the market and government supports are removed.

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• Damage estimates are flooding over

  by Scott Tong

  With record flooding reaching Memphis, damage estimates are soaring — with no clear answer on who will pay.

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• Apple tops the list for brand value

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  An annual survey of the top 100 brands says the company behind the iPhone and the iPad has a brand worth $153 billion. That beats Google, Microsoft and McDonald's.

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• California’s top public universities may go upscale

  by Amy Scott

  Facing budget cuts, California and other states are considering letting their most selective research universities set their own, higher tuitions.

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• The downside to Western technology in the Middle East

  by Steve Henn

  Silicon Valley firms have played a big role in the Arab Spring. But some of their technology has been used as tools for tyrants.

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• State senator mulls competing budget priorities

  by Dan Gorenstein

  New Hampshire Senate President Peter Bragdon knows popular state programs will need to be cut. The hard part is deciding which ones.

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