The Federal Reserve wraps up its two day policy meeting today. It’s expected to announce whether it will pump more stimulus money into the U.S. economy. That would make a third round of so-called “quantitative easing.” Directors at Ford Motor Company are meeting today. There’s word the agenda could include the first step toward a change in management at the company. And in case you missed the big launch, Apple’s iPhone 5 was unveiled last night. Fifty million iPhone 5s could get snapped up by the end of the year. And each one is a potential cash cow for the wireless carrier the iPhone customer chooses.
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iPhone boom is short-term bust for wireless carriers
by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 13, 2012
AT&T, Verizon and Sprint offer huge subsidies on new smartphones that hit bottom line.
Who will keep Ford's winning streak going?
by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 13, 2012
As CEO Alan Mulally nears retirement, his stellar performance in saving and reinvigorating Ford makes even employees wonder: who can replace him?
What QE3 would mean for the economy
by Chris Farrell
Sep 13, 2012
The Federal Reserve wraps up its two day policy meeting today. It's expected to announce whether it will pump more stimulus money into the U.S. economy.
Airbus parent company in talks to merge with BAE systems
by Stephen Beard
Sep 13, 2012
The parent company of Airbus, EADS, is in merger talks with the continent's biggest defense contractor, BAE systems. That could put U.S. leaders Boeing and Lockheed Martin playing a little defense themselves.
Attitude Check
How Americans are viewing Democrats and Republicans
by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 13, 2012
In this week's Attitude Check, we check in with Gallup's editor-in-chief, Frank Newport, about how Americans are viewing Republicans and Democrats on a couple of subjects.
The pros and cons of a possible QE3
by David Gura
Sep 13, 2012
Later today, the Federal Reserve wraps up a two day policy-setting meeting. The big question is whether they'll launch another round of "quantitative Easing" -- buying up bonds to inject some money and a bit more pep into the U.S. economy.
Attitude Check
Do Americans like financial regulations?
by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 13, 2012
One of the big election issues this year is government regulation of business. A lot of new rules have been added since the financial crisis four years ago. How do your fellow Americans feel about it?
Wholesale prices rise in August
by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 13, 2012
The Federal Reserve wraps up its two day policy meeting today. It's expected to announce whether it will pump more stimulus money into the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, we just got inflation numbers for August. Wholesale prices increased 1.7 percent last month -- the biggest jump in three years.
Kansas City gets hooked up with Google Fiber
by Jeff Horwich
Sep 13, 2012
Today, Google unveils the neighborhoods in Kansas City, Mo., that will get a fiber-optic Internet hook-up the rest of us can only dream of.
Mid-day Update
PODCAST: The coming of QE3
by Mary Dooe
Sep 13, 2012
The Federal Reserve wraps up its two day policy meeting today. It's expected to announce whether it will pump more stimulus money into the U.S. economy. That would make a third round of so-called "quantitative easing." Directors at Ford Motor Company are meeting today. There's word the agenda could include the first step toward a change in management at the company. And in case you missed the big launch, Apple's iPhone 5 was unveiled last night. Fifty million iPhone 5s could get snapped up by the end of the year. And each one is a potential cash cow for the wireless carrier the iPhone customer chooses.