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Authentic Persian rugs imported to the U.S. can run up to $100,000, retail. But Americans don't really get the real deal anymore, and Iran does much better business in Asia and Europe. Lisa Chow has more.

Charles Prince's departure from Citigroup was expected, but what investors weren't anticipating were the bank's latest subprime losses. Stephen Beard explores what this could mean for the European market.

The Supreme Court hears a case today that will decide whether it's legal for states to exempt in-state bond interest from income tax while taxing out-of-state bonds. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Charles Schulz's humble "Peanuts" strip grew into a $1.2 billion empire by the 1990's. Lisa Napoli talks to David Michaelis, author of a new Schulz biography, on the cartoonist's trailblazing efforts in merchandising.

The "mother of all tax bills" has arrived in Congress, which may finally mean the end of the Alternative Minimum Tax. Economics Editor Chris Farrell looks at the newest attempt at tax reform.

Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week -- all about the Thrift Savings Plan, options for getting a mortgage if you want to build a home and if a Health Savings Account is right for you.

Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. This week: "Case-Shiller Index." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

On this week's "A Day in the Work Life," our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we'll tour the grounds with an apple farmer. We ask Stan Pratt if an apple a day really keeps the doctor away.