Segments From This Episode

• FDA requires lower-dose sleeping pills

  by Jim Burress

  So half the dose should mean half the price, right?

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• Connecticut Senator: Ammunition is ‘black hole’ of gun control

  by Jeremy Hobson

  Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut joins us to talk about his new proposal to curb gun violence — background checks for the sale of bullets.

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• Wells Fargo leads bank earnings, recovery

  by Marketplace Contributor

  Investors have high expectations for Wells Fargo — the first big bank to report fourth-quarter results — after turning in nearly three years of solid earnings.

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• The battle over exporting natural gas

  by Scott Tong

  Sellers want a bigger market, but buyers say that will lead to higher prices.

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• Japanese economy gets a $224 billion boost

  by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

  The new government in Tokyo has unveiled a $224 billion stimulus plan in its latest bid to support the world's number three economy.

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• Safety concerns but 787 Dreamliner is technological leap

  by David Weinberg

  With fires and fuel leaks affecting Boeing's new commercial jet, safety questions have arisen, but some aviation experts say glitches are a necessary part of airline innovation.

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• California’s budget goes from red to black

  by Eve Troeh

  California governor Jerry Brown has pulled an impressive disappearing act. After years of being severely in the red, Brown says the state's huge budget deficit is now gone.

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• Theater goes subscription-based to stay alive

  by Jeff Horwich

  A group of local residents in Oakhurst, Ca., have come up with an innovative subscription-based financial plan to save their theater.

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• U.S. trade deficit surges

  by Jeff Horwich

  New data for the month of November show the U.S. trade deficit has hit its widest point in seven months — but could that be a good thing?

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• PODCAST: To bartenders, you are what you sip.

  by Jeff Horwich

  Boeing is having a Dickens of a time with their newest plane. A new study reports on the disappointment of electronic bank records. A creative plan to save the local movie theater, and one last limerick before you head off to the bar.

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• Study: Still waiting for efficiency gains from electronic medical records

  by Jeff Horwich

  A new study from the RAND Corporation says electronic medical records haven't saved us what they were supposed to.

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