Segments From This Episode

• Running through the recession

  by Marketplace Staff

  A young Philadelphia woman loses her job and finds a new path to success. In her own words…

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• $35 billion of jobs bill to go to states

  by Marketplace Staff

  President Obama is breaking up his $447 American Jobs Act into pieces to help push it through Congress. First up is a $35 billion package to go to states.

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• Deal would create the largest oil and gas pipeline company in North America

  by Sarah Gardner

  Houston-based Kinder Morgan looks to buy rival El Paso Corp. for $21 billion.

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• Big business filling campaign coffers

  by John Dimsdale

  President Barack Obama has raised $90 million for his re-election. Taken together, the GOP candidates aren't far behind. Marketplace looks at the biggest contributors.

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• The return of the impulse buy

  by Jennifer Collins

  Retailers mix old approaches and new technologies so consumers can make quick decisions

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• Goodbye to cell phone bill shock

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Within two years, phone companies must text users when they near their limits.

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• Electric cars creating buzz

  by Scott Tong

  There's a new must have for business travelers in the rental car market: electric vehicles.

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