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Your next Dodge . . . made in China?

Sep 25, 2006
DaimlerChrysler is talking with a leading Chinese auto company, Chery, about manufacturing small cars to be sold under the Dodge brand in the U.S. Jocelyn Ford reports.

Best companies for working moms

Sep 25, 2006
Working Mother Magazine has released its annual list of the top 100 companies for working moms. As Nancy Marshall Genzer reports, the winners offer everything from free breast pumps to flex time.

Brits not wild over next Prime Minister

Sep 25, 2006
Britain's finance chief Gordon Brown is Prime Minister Tony Blair's likely successor. But even though the economy has boomed under Brown, he's not popular with British voters, Stephen Beard reports.

Sloan Sessions: Amaranth

Sep 25, 2006
Host Scott Jagow and Newsweek Wall Street editor Allan Sloan look at the cautionary tale of the Amaranth Advisors hedge fund.

Defense spending wins out

Sep 25, 2006
Bowing to White House pressure, the Senate has agreed to restore billions in defense spending cuts, which could spell bad news for some domestic programs. Hillary Wicai reports.

Checking account interest rates

Sep 22, 2006
Some banks are starting to offer higher returns on your interest-bearing checking account. Kai looks at what you need to know.

Buzzword: IMF

Sep 22, 2006
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. For instance, IMF. You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

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Backdating for a dead man

Sep 22, 2006
Cablevision admitted that it awarded stock options to a vice chairman after he died. The company backdated the options to make it look like the executive had received them while he was still alive. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

HP's CEO goes before the press

Sep 22, 2006
Mark Hurd held a news conference today to address issues surrounding HP's investigation of boardroom leaks. Host Kai Ryssdal discusses with Marketplace's Steve Tripoli what Hurd had to say and what it might mean for him and the company.

iPod's sincerest form of flattery appears

Sep 22, 2006
Fake iPods have reportedly been spotted in Asia, in Europe, and now in North America. But Jordana Gustafson reports.