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Aug 6, 2014

Marketplace for Wednesday August 6, 2014

Rebuilding Gaza after Israel’s attacks will cost billions. But that’s simply to restore Gaza to a prison refugee camp. What would it take to create a true Gaza economy? Plus, we look at the calculus a consumer facing company like Walgreens makes when it’s considering an inversion, particularly when it factors in the effects of adverse public pressure.

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Segments From This Episode

Meet the woman behind Ikea’s living wage calculator
by Krissy Clark
Ikea will use an MIT project to set wages in its stores across the U.S.
Yelp’s CEO on the end of the professional critic
by Kai Ryssdal
Yelp turned ten this year, while posting a profit for the first time.
The NCAA’s top conferences break out
by Kai Ryssdal
If approved, a new proposal will give the Big 5 conferences more autonomy.
It’s all monkey business for Wikimedia
by Kai Ryssdal
Wikipedia denies a photographer's request to delete a photo since a monkey took it
Can a rebuilt Gaza build an economy?
by Mitchell Hartman
Repairing the damage will cost billions. But Gaza still won't have an economy.
Why Walgreens stepped back from the inversion brink
One reason Walgreens chose not to move to the UK: it's a consumer-facing company.
Tesla teases Reno with a Gigafactory
by Tracey Samuelson
Tesla has started building, but the factory and jobs could still move.

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Marketplace for Wednesday August 6, 2014

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Segments From This Episode

Meet the woman behind Ikea’s living wage calculator

Yelp’s CEO on the end of the professional critic

The NCAA’s top conferences break out

It’s all monkey business for Wikimedia

Can a rebuilt Gaza build an economy?

Why Walgreens stepped back from the inversion brink

Tesla teases Reno with a Gigafactory