With school in full swing, it is the time of year when parents start to seek out tutors. The industry is booming, with tutors costing up to $800 an hour in some cases.
In the middle of the last century, not a single country in the world had a birth rate below two children per woman. How many countries have a lower fertility rate now?
The Federal Communications Commission and major cell phone carriers have reached a deal that will allow customers to receive warning before their data use racks up a huge bill.
Finance ministers from the G20 and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met in Paris over the weekend, crafting a plan to solve the problems in Europe in as soon as one week.
Walmart stores in the city of Chongqing, China, have been shut down after selling pork that was mislabeled "organic." But Walmart may be facing even bigger problems in the country.
Cell phone users will soon be given notification before their monthly bill skyrockets due to heavy data usage. But how big of a problem has this been up until now?
Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, October 17, 2011
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