Marketplace for September 2, 2011

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• Weekly Wrap: Jobs, the Fed and robo-signing

  by Marketplace Staff

  Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street. This week: jobs, the possibility of QE3 and banks being punishing for robo-signing.

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• The unemployment "skills" myth

  by Betsey Stevenson

  Employers say they want to hire. But they point to a lack of skills among unemployed workers. Is that a job fiction?

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• Small talk: A water menu, The Earl Grey, doctors (not) washing hands

  by Marketplace Contributor

  The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: water gets its own menu, Twinings introduces The Earl Grey and doctors need signs to remind them to wash their hands.

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• Banks face federal lawsuit over bad mortgages

  by Heidi Moore

  A housing regulator is suing banks for misrepresenting mortgage bonds. Three years after bailing out banks, the feds are trying to punish them.

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• Retailers overwhelmed by daily deal sites

  by Jennifer Collins

  Millions of consumers are buying into the online daily deal craze. But how are businesses faring, as new sites compete to offer their deals?

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• Unemployment doesn’t budge

  by Mitchell Hartman

  There was no net jobs gain last month. And that's worse than it sounds.

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• Why we’re addicted to daily deals

  by Marketplace Staff

  The online daily deal industry is booming. And consumers just can't get enough — even when those deals end up not being used. So why do we keep buying?

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