Marketplace for Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Segments From This Episode

• Rich Manhattan moms are hiring disabled to cut Disney World lines

  by Kai Ryssdal

  The New York Post reports wealthy mothers are paying handicapped people to pose as family members so that their families can use the special entrances to Disney World attractions.

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• How World Finance makes a killing lending on the installment (loan) plan

  by Mitchell Hartman

  World Finance has outperformed the market and financial stocks through the recession. But is World’s high-interest small-dollar loan business sound and sustainable?

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• Unemployed steelworker is back in a job

  by Kai Ryssdal

  One small economic data point: a steelworker in the Midwest, back on the job.

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• Politics, money and power: Inside the IRS’ targeting of conservative social welfare groups

  by Kai Ryssdal

  The IRS is now facing a criminal investigation over its targeting of conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status.

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• Does U.S. oil boom mean lower prices at the pump?

  by Sarah Gardner

  America's closer to energy independence, but the days of $2 gas are history.

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• Bring on the baby bloopers and family fiascos

  by Sally Herships

  "America’s Funniest Home Videos" is opening its 23-season deep library to advertisers. Nothing sells like pets, babies and humor.

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• The cost of Angelina Jolie’s cancer testing? More than $4,000

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy is likely to boost demand for a medical test that determines the probability of breast cancer. That test is currently available from just one company, Myriad Genetics, which charges more than $4,000.

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• A 21st century Thoreau on living debt-free

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Ken Ilgunas spent two years obsessively paying off the $32,000 he owed on his student loans. And when he decided to go back to school for a graduate degree, he figured out a way to come out the other side debt-free.

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