Segments From This Episode

• Twitter translating Egyptian tweets

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Earlier this week, Twitter quietly launched a translation service.

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• Tracking my package: A whole new meaning

  by Kai Ryssdal

  All police have to do is ask, and the post office will tell them what kind of mail you've been receiving.

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• Tesla asks: What’s the point of car dealers?

  by Mark Garrison

  Tesla wants to cut out the middleman and sell directly to consumers. But most states require car makers to sell through a dealer.

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• Egypt’s Suez Canal isn’t oil industry prize

  by Stacey Vanek Smith

  

  As Egypt grapples with political unrest, many economic analysts are worried about the price of oil. But Egypt's Suez Canal isn't as important as you'd think.

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• Obamacare delay: Will employers drop health care?

  by Dan Gorenstein

  Now that the Obama administration has delayed the health care madate, some analysts expect employers to consider dropping coverage for their workers.

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• Fireproofing your home in the wilderness

  by Megan Verlee

  Hundreds of homes have already been lost to wildfires this summer. There are ways to make these houses less likely to burn, but fire mitigation is a hard sell to homeowners.

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• Freakonomics: Can the McDouble save humanity?

  by Stephen Dubner

  An argument for why the McDonald's burger is the "cheapest, most nutritious, and bountiful food that has ever existed in human history."

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• In China, a replica of Manhattan loses its luster

  by Rob Schmitz

  The port city of Tianjin has taken on billions of dollars of debt building a city that looks exactly like Manhattan. It hopes to become one of the financial centers of the world. But China's economy is slowing down, and developers and investors are pulling out of the project.

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• Portugal’s political crisis rooted in economics

  by Marketplace Contributor

  Resignations by Portugal’s finance minister and foreign minister sent European markets tumbling.

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