Marketplace for Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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• Major American companies benefit from undocumented workers

  by Jeff Tyler

  Major American brands and some of the country's largest temp staffing companies profit from undocumented workers while keeping them at arm's length.

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• No sequester reprieve for biomedical research

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institute of Health, on how sequester cuts have caused anxiety for young researchers.

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• Will you buy into Obamacare or pay the penalty?

  by Dan Gorenstein

  The new health care law requires individuals to carry health insurance beginning next year, or pay a small fine. Behavioral economists say even a little punishment may go a long way to get people to sign up.

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• State budgets are doing better, but will they spend the new income?

  by David Weinberg

  State tax receipts have rebounded and are set to exceed the pre-recession peaks. After severe budget cutbacks, states are spending the new money on…what?

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• Siri, meet your new competitor, Google Now

  by Queena Kim

  Siri has some stiff competition in Google's Google Now, which just hit iPhone.

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• Backlash builds against online classes

  by Amy Scott

  Faculty at Duke and Amherst reject online partnerships — for now.

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• Comparing CEO-to-employee pay ratios

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Bloomberg breaks down the CEO-to-worker pay ratios of the top companies in the S&P 500 index.

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