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Jul 3, 2012

Marketplace for Tuesday, July 3, 2012

California lawmakers passed a Homeowners Bill of Rights to help with foreclosure relief. A tobacco tax tacked onto a transportation bill now puts smaller tobacco stores under the same rules as Big Tobacco. The City of Niagara Falls has a new incentive to boost population — paying off student loans for young people who move there. The Weather Channel has bought The Weather Underground, a crowdsourcing site for weather enthusiasts. New York bureau chief Heidi Moore explains LIBOR and Bob Diamond’s resignation as CEO of Barclays. And Wealth & Poverty reporter Krissy Clark takes a closer look at what “all men created equal” meant at the time the Declaration of Independence was being written.

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California lawmakers passed a Homeowners Bill of Rights to help with foreclosure relief. A tobacco tax tacked onto a transportation bill now puts smaller tobacco stores under the same rules as Big Tobacco. The City of Niagara Falls has a new incentive to boost population — paying off student loans for young people who move there. The Weather Channel has bought The Weather Underground, a crowdsourcing site for weather enthusiasts. New York bureau chief Heidi Moore explains LIBOR and Bob Diamond’s resignation as CEO of Barclays. And Wealth & Poverty reporter Krissy Clark takes a closer look at what “all men created equal” meant at the time the Declaration of Independence was being written.

Marketplace for Tuesday, July 3, 2012