Subscribe:

Jul 15, 2016

Marketplace for Friday, July 15, 2016

The last five days of economic news in five minutes with the Weekly Wrap; the latest installment of our election series with Frontline and PBS NewsHour, How the Deck is Stacked; and settling charges that the company had misled consumers, the FTC fined Herbalife $200 million dollars and mandated that the company share data about its sales.

Catherine Wilson, 67, talks with Kai Ryssdal on her porch in East Cleveland, Mississippi. — Catherine Wilson, 67, talks with Kai Ryssdal on her porch in East Cleveland, Mississippi.
Tommy Andres/Marketplace

Subscribe:

Segments From This Episode

For-profit colleges see sharp drop in enrollment
by Andy Uhler
Scott Olson/Getty Images
New data shows enrollment in for-profit colleges was down 10 percent in 2014.
Weekly Wrap: Can Mike Pence make economic sense of Donald Trump?
by Kai Ryssdal
Five days in five minutes.
Herbalife and the FTC agree to settle
Buda Mendes/Getty Images for Herbalife
Paying a $200 million fine may be the easy part of the company's deal with the feds
Far from convention lights, life in Cleveland, Mississippi
by Kai Ryssdal and Tommy Andres
Tommy Andres/Marketplace
A divided city in a divided state in a still-divided country.

Music from the episode

The last five days of economic news in five minutes with the Weekly Wrap; the latest installment of our election series with Frontline and PBS NewsHour, How the Deck is Stacked; and settling charges that the company had misled consumers, the FTC fined Herbalife $200 million dollars and mandated that the company share data about its sales.