Segments From This Episode

• In China, signs translated into English baffle

  by Rob Schmitz

  With rising tourism, more Chinese signs are translated into English, often inaccurately. Some call the resultant puzzling hybrid "Chinglish."

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• Speculators put France under pressure

  France enjoys a AAA credit rating, but speculators are pressuring the Gallic republic, which they see as the Eurozone's next weakest link

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• First moves from the Colbert Super PAC

  by Adriene Hill

  In Iowa, the shadowy Stephen Colbert-run political action committee rears its head

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• Social media speeds up market rumors

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Add Twitter to the flow of market-moving information — and misinformation. That's making the trading day more complicated

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• Cisco Systems reports solid earnings

  by Bob Moon

  But there's a dark side to its report — the U.S. government.

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• How the downgrade is affecting you

  by Marketplace Staff

  Everyday Americans tell us how the U.S. credit downgrade is impacting their lives.

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• Measuring people’s anxieties over the markets

  by Marketplace Staff

  The Market Volatility Index, or the VIX, quite literally measures how investors are feeling about the stock markets — which these days is pretty volatile. Its inventor discusses how the chart works

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