Segments From This Episode

• Education groups lobby hard against ‘fiscal cliff’

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  Education lobbyists make up the lion's share of groups pushing to avert the 'fiscal cliff.'

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• Skechers warehouse showcases state-of-the-art technology

  by Mitchell Hartman

  Jobs are better, but fewer, as high-tech machines replace lower-skilled warehouse loaders and handlers

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• How the drought may dampen holiday dinner

  by Sally Herships

  The drought has already affected livestock feed prices. Holiday dinner shopping list prices may be next.

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• Glencore, Xstrata merger approved by EU

  Glencore, the Swiss commodities trading firm, is trying to takeover a mining company called Xstrata. And the deal just got a stamp of approval from European regulators.

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• Argentina ordered to repay $1.3 billion to U.S. hedge funds

  by Scott Tong

  Argentina is probably not feeling very thankful this morning. It's still digesting a U.S. court ruling involving a decade-long debt fight.

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• Groups buy up underwater mortgages, keep families in house

  by Marketplace Contributor

  The national foreclosure rate increased by more than 3 percent in October compared to the previous month. Some groups across the country are trying to change that by buying underwater mortgages and keeping families in their homes.

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• The importance of Black Friday this year

  by Scott Tong

  Today is supposed to be the day that retailers wait the whole year for; the day consumers line up early to be the first ones to get those Black Friday specials.

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• PODCAST: Black Friday begins, inside the Skechers warehouse

  by Jeremy Hobson

  Why Black Friday is shaping up to be a bit more lackluster than last year, your Christmas dinner could be a bit more expensive, and Mexico could soon be renaming itself.

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