Segments From This Episode

• What’s in your wallet, Lee Transue?

  by Marketplace Weekend Staff

  A New Yorker decides to clean out his wallet and finds a lucky charm he got in New Orleans.

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• How to crack into today’s job market

  by Mitchell Hartman

  The tiny increases in jobs in the U.S. aren't anything to shout about, but it means that someone out there is now employed. We look at what it takes to get a job in today's market.

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• Creating jobs with a caffeine fix

  by Tess Vigeland

  

  Starbucks is going to tackle the jobs problem in the U.S. by helping finance microloans to American small businesses.

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• Personal finance for life

  by Chris Farrell

  Marketplace's Chris Farrell shares what he learned about personal finance at his latest college reunion.

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• Low credit scores plague Texas cities

  by David Martin Davies

  Low incomes along with a lack of financial literacy make residents of Harlingen, Texas, susceptible to crushing credit score choices.

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• ‘What color is your parachute?’ — 40 years later

  by Tess Vigeland

  

  We talk to the author of a classic job-hunting book about whether his advice still applies in today's market.

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• Wisc. city tops nation in credit scores

  by Glen Moberg

  A combination of a diverse economy, affordable housing and hard-working citizens may be the reason why Wasau, Wisc. boasts the highest credit scores per capita in the U.S.

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• Getting Personal: Family financial matters

  by Tess Vigeland

  Tess Vigeland and Kathy Kristof of Kiplinger's Magazine answer listeners questions.

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• Piggy Bank Award: Teaching the true cost of college

  by Tess Vigeland

  We are rewarding a math teacher today for helping her students understand the costs of college attendance.

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