Marketplace for May 27, 2011
Japan has cancelled plans to expand nuclear capacity and opted instead to focus on renewable energy, most notably solar power.
Frustrated by the annual budget ritual in D.C.? There's a law behind what some consider a maddening process.
A new feature tracks your luggage the same way FedEx or UPS tracks a package. But will it get airline passengers to check bags more often?
Is tornado damage worthy of emergency aid? Some Republicans say federal disaster aid should be offset by other budget cuts to curb the deficit.
Amid brinkmanship over the debt ceiling, a reminder that the Treasury briefly defaulted in 1979. Would the consequences be graver this time?
Reviewing the week's new on Wall Street. This week: the U.S.'s slow economic recovery, and worries about the European debt crisis.
President Obama can't name heads of a few agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, over Memorial Day break. But the CFPB is already geared up for work.
Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland discusses what to do when you have regret over some of the things you buy.