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Marketplace Tech for Thursday, January 29, 2015
Jan 29, 2015

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, January 29, 2015

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Airing on Thursday, January 29, 2015: First up on today's show, Amazon reports its last quarter of fiscal earnings for 2014 on Thursday. Overall, 2014 was a disappointment for the Seattle-based electronic commerce company – not to mention its shareholders. Is it possible the company finished up the year on an upswing? We'll also talk to Brian Blau, analyst at Gartner, about Facebook earnings. And Ted Henken, Chair of Baruch College’s Sociology and Anthropology Department and author of Entrepreneurial Cuba: The Changing Policy Landscape, joins us to talk about the secret internet in Cuba.

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Why the Internet is a luxury in Cuba

Jan 29, 2015
...and how Cubans manage without it.

Value of a dollar in Indiana's Medicaid expansion

Jan 29, 2015
Under the deal reached this week, there will be monthly premiums of at least $1.

Airing on Thursday, January 29, 2015: First up on today’s show, Amazon reports its last quarter of fiscal earnings for 2014 on Thursday. Overall, 2014 was a disappointment for the Seattle-based electronic commerce company – not to mention its shareholders. Is it possible the company finished up the year on an upswing? We’ll also talk to Brian Blau, analyst at Gartner, about Facebook earnings. And Ted Henken, Chair of Baruch College’s Sociology and Anthropology Department and author of Entrepreneurial Cuba: The Changing Policy Landscape, joins us to talk about the secret internet in Cuba.

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