Marketplace for August 25, 2011

Segments From This Episode

• Making professors more productive

  by Amy Scott

  The University of Texas has a plan to get more out of its faculty

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• This downturn economy is different from the rest

  by Bob Moon

  Our current economic troubles have often been compared to those of the past, like the Depression of the 1930s. But how is it different?

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• What Warren Buffett wants…

  by Sally Herships

  The famed investor wanted a piece of Bank of America after its stock had been beaten down. And Bank of America eventually decided it could use an investment — $5 billion — from Buffett.

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• The Jobs effect

  by Marketplace Staff

  Steve Jobs' management style has spread beyond Apple.

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• Arctic rush freezes out enviros

  by Adriene Hill

  Environmental concerns fall by the wayside as nations begin planning Arctic developments

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• Will pledge to withhold campaign donations work?

  by Marketplace Staff

  Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Frontier Communications, discusses why she supports a movement among business leaders to halt campaign contributions to Washington lawmakers.

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