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  • The tiny increases in jobs in the U.S. aren't anything to shout about, but it means that someone out there is now employed. We look at what it takes to get a job in today's market.

  • Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
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    Starbucks is going to tackle the jobs problem in the U.S. by helping finance microloans to American small businesses.

  • Marketplace's Chris Farrell shares what he learned about personal finance at his latest college reunion.

  • A New Yorker decides to clean out his wallet and finds a lucky charm he got in New Orleans.

  • The Census Bureau has a new calculation for measuring poverty. David Brancaccio takes a look at how this new metric changes our understanding of America's poor.

  • Many Greeks are only seeing one way out of the economic crisis in their country: moving abroad. A Greek family shares their hopes about moving to Italy.

  • President Obama's former economic adviser Austan Goolsbee talks about rebuilding the economy without another debt-driven bubble.

  • David Brancaccio and personal finance columnist Liz Weston answer listeners' personal finance questions.

  • You may think that debts should always be repaid. But history shows that debts are always negotiable.

  • Crippling medical debt isn't just for the uninsured. Even those with health insurance can be hit with a mountain of debt from an accident.