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Feb 11, 2016

Marketplace for Thursday, February 11, 2016

Examining the two presidential candidates and their relationships with Wall Street; what Federal Reserve Chair Yellen told congress about the nation’s financial conditions; and what does it take to keep 100,000 tons of pollution out of the air?

Marketplace for Thursday, February 11, 2016 — JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

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Segments From This Episode

Temperature disparity meant big business in the 19th century
by Marketplace Contributor
How harvesting ice became a business venture
Dispatches from a Crude Collapse: Venezuela
by Kai Ryssdal
How low oil prices are impacting politics in Venezuela
Wall Street’s presidential politics
by Tracey Samuelson
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
The street gives a lot of money to candidates, but what does it really get in return?
Janet Yellen’s concern about "financial conditions"
by Mark Garrison
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images
The head of the Federal Reserve is wary of several trends in the economy
How Sanders would tax Wall Street to pay for college
by Kimberly Adams
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
Some call it a "Robin Hood" tax, and the idea has been around for a while.
Whole Foods might include tattoo parlors in its new stores
by Kai Ryssdal
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Because every millennial just wants a new tat with their organic produce
Inside a huge air pollution scrubbing unit
by Reid R. Frazier
Reid Frazier
The Homer City Generating Station burns 16,000 tons of coal per day
Chinese demand wiping out forests of neighboring Burma
by Rob Schmitz
Rob Schmitz/Marketplace
A town on China's border with Burma is at the crossroads of an illegal trade.

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Examining the two presidential candidates and their relationships with Wall Street; what Federal Reserve Chair Yellen told congress about the nation’s financial conditions; and what does it take to keep 100,000 tons of pollution out of the air?