Apr 23, 2010

Marketplace for Friday, April 23, 2010

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The Art of Money

Enron drama plays out on the stage

by Kai Ryssdal

Apr 23, 2010

Playwright Lucy Prebble talks with Kai Ryssdal about her play, "Enron," what her thought process was as she put pen to paper, and how she personifies debt on stage.

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Is it time for Fed to raise interest rates?

by Bob Moon

Apr 23, 2010

The Federal Reserve monetary policy makers are facing a tough question: Will they be encouraging more risky behavior if they hold the lending rate to banks at, effectively, zero? Bob Moon reports.

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Gatorade regroups to get back in game

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Apr 23, 2010

Gatorade's U.S. sales dropped more than 10% last year. So the sports drink company is taking on a new strategy, and you might notice it if you tune into the NBA playoffs. Stacey Vanek-Smith explains.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Will reform bill change rating agencies?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Apr 23, 2010

Credit rating agencies helped along the financial crisis by evaluating investments built from shaky subprime loans and giving the go-ahead to purchase. Will the financial reform bill do anything to change their relationship with banks? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

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Weekly Wrap: A slow march to reform

by Marketplace Staff

Apr 23, 2010

Freelance business journalist John Carney and Reuters blogger Felix Salmon talk with Kai Ryssdal about whether efforts to reform Wall Street might get somewhere after the fraud charges brought against Goldman Sachs by the SEC.

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Seattle real estate market in a long lull

by Jeff Tyler

Apr 23, 2010

The recession hit Seattle later than other cities, but the Emerald City is still trying to decide if its economy is improving or getting worse. Jeff Tyler reports.

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Small Talk

Small talk: Prison theft, Spirit, pelicans

by Marketplace Contributor

Apr 23, 2010

Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano chat with fellow staffers Rafael Cohen, Rod Abid, Stacey Vanek-Smith about under-the-radar stories: Robbing a prison, Spirit's pre-reclined airplane seats, and getting rid of pelicans in Idaho.