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  • Last week, I asked What's on your mind?, in hopes of finding out what's perplexing you, what questions aren't being answered, what issues aren't…

  • Mar 24, 2009

    Recession Rock

    It's time to rock out, people. There's nothing like a good song to make the economic blues disappear, at least for a few minutes. And this…

  • Mar 24, 2009

    Morning Reading

    I've read in for the morning and picked out a few articles you might be interested in:…

  • Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal just taped an interview with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. The interview airs this evening, but I sat in on the…

  • JPMorgan Chase, which got $25 billion in TARP money, is going ahead with plans to buy two luxury corporate jets and build a state of the art…

  • Mar 23, 2009

    Nano, Nano

    The Indian car company, Tata Motors, launched its super-cheap, no frills car in Mumbai today. The Nano goes for $2050, and while it sounds like a…

  • This morning, the Treasury unveiled its plan to buy toxic assets from banks through a public-private partnership. First of all, the assets are…

  • Gold is still trading above $950 an ounce. Crazy high, right? But it could go a lot higher. …

  • Here are the numbers:…

  • I've been waiting all week for this. Bloomberg's Michael Lewis consolidates the ground already staked out by Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York…

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