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Marketplace Weekend for Friday, February 5, 2016
Feb 5, 2016

Marketplace Weekend for Friday, February 5, 2016

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This weekend Lizzie O'Leary and Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson go over the latest tech featured in this year's Super Bowl, we take a look at the troubled pension system in Colorado, and author and writer Susan Orlean takes the Marketplace Quiz. 

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Author Susan Orlean takes the Marketplace Quiz

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Feb 5, 2016
Susan Orlean fills out our finance-inspired personality questionnaire.
Journalist Susan Orlean during the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Is Colorado's public employee pension fund in peril?

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Feb 5, 2016
The fund is short about $26 billion in what it owes to over 500,000 members.
As of 2015, Colorado's pension fund for public employees is not expected to reach solvency for another 30-36 years. 
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This weekend Lizzie O’Leary and Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson go over the latest tech featured in this year’s Super Bowl, we take a look at the troubled pension system in Colorado, and author and writer Susan Orlean takes the Marketplace Quiz. 

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