Feb 28, 2006

Marketplace AM for February 28, 2006

Stories You Might Like U.K. and U.S. in talks over mini trade deal Texans deal with exorbitant electricity bills Some of those huge Texas electricity bills were a mistake? California could get more leeway to be strict on pollution We try your “GameStonk”-inspired cocktails States are starting to drop out of federal pandemic unemployment programs

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Dungeons and Cyberspace

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 28, 2006

The pioneering role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons takes to the Internet today for the first time. While purists scoff, the company behind the move is hoping for a payoff of mythic proportions. Curt Nickisch reports.

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Amazon's new niche

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Feb 28, 2006

Forget books and music; Amazon's now looking to be an online purveyor of haute couture. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

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NOLA small businesses

by John Dimsdale

Feb 28, 2006

In honor of Mardi Gras, reporter John Dimsdale checks in with small business owners in the Big Easy to chart their progress in the six months since Katrina.

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Intel Inside... Vietnam

by Alisa Roth

Feb 28, 2006

The computer chipmaker announces today that it plans to construct a $300 million assembly plant in Vietnam. As Alisa Roth reports, the former US foe hopes the move will spur greater foreign investment.