Segments From This Episode

• Economists cautiously hopeful ahead of monthly jobs data

  by Marketplace Contributor

  Private payroll data points to an encouraging trend in service-related jobs that are key to economic growth.

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• CES: Not all about tech these days

  by Queena Kim

  The Consumer Electronics Show is drawing more non-tech companies.

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• How does the U.S. stack up on economic growth?

  by Marketplace Contributor

  When it comes to economic growth, is the U.S. more like China or like Europe?

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• Swiss bank closes after U.S. tax evasion fine

  by Imogen Foulkes

  Switzerland's oldest bank, Wegelin and Company, has plead guilty to helping wealthy Americans evade taxes.

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• Unemployment ticks up to 7.8 percent, 155,000 jobs added

  by Jeremy Hobson

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that unemployment has stayed steady at 7.8 percent, and the economy added 155,000 jobs last month.

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• After FTC win, can Google keep up search success?

  by Dan Bobkoff

  The Federal Trade Commission has decided that Google is not being anti-competitive when it promotes its own services in search results.

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• The jumbo mortgage is back

  by David Weinberg

  Jumbo mortgages, too large to be backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, were hard to come by after the financial crisis. But in expensive real-estate markets like San Francisco, they're coming back.

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• Obama adviser: Jobs report shows continued progress

  by Jeff Horwich

  Alan Krueger, chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, weighs in on the government's December jobs report

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• ‘Pot for profit’ laws attract entrepreneurs

  by Mitchell Hartman

  Colorado and Washington are magnets for new businesses, after voting to legalize recreational marijuana.

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• PODCAST: The man in the solid gold shirt

  by Jeff Horwich

  What does the president's top economist on the labor market have to say about today's jobs report? What's next for Google after an antitrust victory. Colorado and Washington, get ready to unleash the pot business. And the great Bicholim war of 1640 — turns out it never happened.

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