Segments From This Episode

• Recreating the feeling of Starbucks, without the high-priced coffee

  by Kai Ryssdal

  A new website can help — it lets you stream the sound of a local coffee shop to wherever you are

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• Is Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ just a big data mine?

  by Shannon Mullen

  Samsung came up with what seemed like a cool promotion: give away a million copies of Jay-Z’s new album. But how it handled the giveaway got it the wrong kind of publicity.

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• Twinkies are back: And last longer?

  Twinkie is back in business after a big slim down — cheaper wages, fewer benefits, and other cost-cutting measures.

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• Everything you need to know about LIBOR but were afraid to ask

  by Daryl Paranada

  LIBOR is back in the headlines. How does today's news impact me?

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• Parisian skyscrapers raise sky-high concerns

  by John Laurenson

  Lifted ban on high rise office towers in Paris has created a building boom and controversy in the city of light.

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• Turning junk metal into a livelihood

  by Amy Kiley

  In cities like Milwaukee, where unemployment hovers around 10 percent, scrapping for junk metal has become a way to earn a living.

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• Surprise! Namibia’s economics aren’t the same as Laos’

  by Kai Ryssdal

  Developing nations haven't weathered the 2008 financial in the same way. One author says we should stop pretending they have.

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• A zombie housing development comes back to life

  by David Weinberg

  Many housing developments were mothballed when the housing bubble burst several years ago. In states like California, they're being reanimated as demand for new houses increases.

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