Marketplace for Monday, May 21, 2012

Segments From This Episode

• An overdose of pharmacy students

  by Blake Farmer

  Just five years ago, universities rushed to open pharmacy schools to fill a projected need. But baby boomer pharmacists are delaying retirement.

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• High-frequency trading: Bad for markets… and the soul?

  by Marketplace Contributor

  Commentator Dave Lauer worked in high-frequency trading until he had a crisis of conscience.

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• Collateral damage mounts after Facebook IPO

  by Queena Kim

  Lots of companies were counting on the social network to boost their fortunes when it went public. Just the opposite happened.

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• Chinese company Wanda to buy 5,000 AMC cinema screens

  by Mitchell Hartman

  It’s a lot of money, but Chinese ownership is no big deal for most Americans.

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• U.S. fliers spent $3.36 billion in baggage fees in 2011

  by Kai Ryssdal

  And that's down from 2010.

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• Past presidential elections through campaign posters

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Ralph Eubanks, director of publishing for the Library of Congress, talks about the new book, "Presidential Campaign Posters," and what has and hasn't changed about campaigning throughout the years.

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• Taking aim at the Census

  by John Dimsdale

  You've probably never heard of the American Community Survey. It's on the cutting room floor in Congress. And businesses are not pleased.

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• If JPMorgan lost on trades, who won?

  by Sally Herships

  JPMorgan Chase has gotten a lot of attention for its estimated $3 billion trading loss. But who were the winners in those bets?

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• EU depositors protected, not from euro collapse

  Depositors into European banks have their money protected, as here in the U.S., but the risk is not just that the bank might collapse, the currency might.

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