Segments From This Episode

• Men get to talk turkey, courtesy of Butterball

  by David Gura

  Every year, tens of thousands of Americans call in to a toll-free number to get help in cooking holiday dinners. In the past, all of the turkey experts have been women. Not anymore.

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• Is the Gap back?

  by Sarah Gardner

  The Gap is the best performing apparel chain this year. Its stores have notched gains for six straight quarters, and it’s found a way to get people talking again about its clothes.

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• Why isn’t Yellen a shoo-in?

  by Mark Garrison

  She’s had a distinguished career at the Fed and earned the respect of Nobel Prize winners. So why hasn't she been at the top of the White House's list all along?

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• Super Bowl tickets hit nosebleed heights

  by Queena Kim

  The NFL has a simple strategy for making more money and competing with secondary ticket brokers at the same time: jack up prices.

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• Is a future for a comfortable middle class just science fiction?

  by Noel King

  

  A practitioner of the dismal science and a writer of dystopian sci-fi have competing takes on the survival of the middle class.

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• GM tries to build the Holy Grail of electric cars

  by David Gura

  General Motors says it's working on an electric car that hits a sweet spot: a range of 200 miles and a friendly price tag.

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• 7.6%: What China’s slowdown feels like

  by Rob Schmitz

  China's economy is starting to slow down. While 7.6 percent GDP growth sounds great to us, the average Chinese citizen is already feeling the sting.

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• Flooded with Fed money, but no inflation in sight

  The Federal Reserve has printed and pumped trillions of dollars into the banking system to keep long-term interest rates low. Why hasn't the flood caused prices to rise?

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