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  • How a company’s value is determined
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    Uber is valued at $120 billion according to proposals from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

  • Quarterly earnings reports out this week from the major banks including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America show very, very strong gains. Many companies are benefiting from the changed tax code, but banks are a special case. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

  • Quarterly earnings reports out this week from the major banks including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America show very, very strong gains. Many companies are benefiting from the changed tax code, but banks are a special case. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

  • A sign advertising apartments for rent is displayed in front of an apartment complex July 8, 2009 in San Francisco, Calif.
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    We spoke to renters in Denver, Colorado, about the financial barriers to homeownership.

  • In the first half of 2018, China was the biggest buyer of U.S. crude oil. In August and September, they barely bought any. Energy reporter Rebecca Elliott wrote about the sudden drop-off in the Wall Street Journal, and we talked to her about why this happened amid the ongoing trade war.  Click the audio player above […]

  • In the first half of 2018, China was the biggest buyer of U.S. crude oil. In August and September, they barely bought any. Energy reporter Rebecca Elliott wrote about the sudden drop-off in the Wall Street Journal, and we talked to her about why this happened amid the ongoing trade war.  Click the audio player above […]

  • Magazines require a high grade of coated paper, one that ink will lay well on.
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    A haunting money story from the AIDS epidemic that all started in the pages of gay men's lifestyle magazines.

  • Magazines require a high grade of coated paper, one that ink will lay well on.
    Bennett Purser/Marketplace

    A haunting money story from the AIDS epidemic that all started in the pages of gay men's lifestyle magazines.

  • Jamal Khashoggi looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama, on Dec.15, 2014.
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    The disappearance of a Saudi columnist for the Washington Post has erupted into a diplomatic dispute, and potentially an economic one. President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia could face “severe punishment” if the government is shown to have been involved in Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance. Sanctions could be one form of punishment, to which the Saudi […]

  • Jamal Khashoggi looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama, on Dec.15, 2014.
    MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images

    The disappearance of a Saudi columnist for the Washington Post has erupted into a diplomatic dispute, and potentially an economic one. President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia could face “severe punishment” if the government is shown to have been involved in Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance. Sanctions could be one form of punishment, to which the Saudi […]