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Mar 6, 2014

Marketplace for Thursday, March 6, 2014

We look at how the natural gas boom in this country could be used a weapon in geopolitics — by undercutting Vladimir Putin and Russia’s dominance of Europe’s fuel. And, though there are so many wonderful uses for them, bananas are doomed. At least according to one writer with Quartz. Meanwhile, we’re following up on the news of yet another delay in the Affordable Care Act. People enrolled in plans that don’t meet the law’s stricter coverage standards can keep them for another two years. That potentially buys Democrats some political cover in the coming mid-term elections. The question, though, is who picks up the tab?

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We look at how the natural gas boom in this country could be used a weapon in geopolitics — by undercutting Vladimir Putin and Russia’s dominance of Europe’s fuel. And, though there are so many wonderful uses for them, bananas are doomed. At least according to one writer with Quartz. Meanwhile, we’re following up on the news of yet another delay in the Affordable Care Act. People enrolled in plans that don’t meet the law’s stricter coverage standards can keep them for another two years. That potentially buys Democrats some political cover in the coming mid-term elections. The question, though, is who picks up the tab?