Apr 26, 2011

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Ford's profit spotlights fuel-saving cars

by Alisa Roth

Apr 26, 2011

Ford owes its best first quarter in 13 years to gas-sipping cars. Demand is strong for all hybrids -- especially used models of the Toyota Prius.

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The New Egypt

American wheat in the Middle East

by Jeff Tyler

Apr 26, 2011

The political landscape in the Middle East is changing. And there is one American industry watching the events closely.

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Home prices going down

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Apr 26, 2011

Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities. It's been a long downward trend, and it's wiped out assets both real and imagined.

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Low interest rates have costs, not just benefits

by Bob Moon

Apr 26, 2011

As the Federal Reserve meets to affirm its low rate policy, some critics say the economic costs -- lower savings, weaker dollar -- are too high.

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School budgets up for a vote

by Janet Babin

Apr 26, 2011

It's that time again in cities and towns across the country. We take an inside look at the battle in Cherry Hill, N.J.

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Drug maker Forest Laboratories must choose between CEO and sales

by Gregory Warner

Apr 26, 2011

The federal government says it will stop doing business with CEOs whose companies break the law.

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An upside to data collection

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 26, 2011

University of Chicago economist Richard Thaler discusses why he believes businesses that collect our data should give it back to us so that we can use it.

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