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• Housing market could take a generation to recover

  by Marketplace Staff

  With too many houses on the market, the real estate industry could be far worse than most think.

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• Mesa, Ariz., says some stores are too convenient for criminals

  by Peter O'Dowd

  The Arizona city wants to cut crime at convenience stores by cutting hedges and clearing window obstructions. The new law would also require high-crime stores to install more cameras, lighting.

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• Murdoch’s hacking scandal spreads to U.S.

  News Corp.'s takeover of British Sky Broadcasting is looking less and less likely as the News of the World's cell phone hacking scandal deepens. And now U.S. lawmakers want to look into Murdoch properties in America.

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• Boeing Dreamliner stalled on the assembly line, again

  by Vanessa Romo

  The supply chain for Boeing's long-awaited 787 jet has been stopped again to allow workers to catch up with assembly.

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• Bernanke heads to Capitol Hill

  by David Gura

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to testify today in one of his regular hearings before Congress as the debt debates continue.

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• Customers angered by Netflix price hike

  by John Moe

  The online video subscription service Netflix will no longer bundle DVD-by-mail rentals and online streaming, as Tech Report host John Moe explains.

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• Is more stimulus on the horizon?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Richard DeKaser, economist with the Parthenon Group, explains what he expects from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony today on Capitol Hill, and what we can expect from the Federal Reserve.

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• Netflix doesn’t want to send you DVDs

  by David Gura

  Online movie service Netflix announced yesterday that it will raise its rates on DVD-delivery and on-demand movie streaming services for its 23 million subscribers.

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• The door shuts on Murdoch’s BSkyB deal

  News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch has abandoned his pursuit of one of the biggest business deals of his career — buying the largest TV broadcaster in the U.K. — following News Corp.'s recent phone hacking scandal.

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• French movie ‘tax’ magically disappears for Harry Potter showing

  by Rebecca Singer

  In France, the price of a movie ticket includes a tax that's reinvested in the country's movie business. But the last installment of the Harry Potter franchise is playing outside of movie tickets, in concert halls, and ticket prices do not include the movie tax.

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