Jan 15, 2010

Marketplace for Friday, January 15, 2010

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A knock-off takes on The North Face

by Marketplace Staff

Jan 15, 2010

The North Face is one of the most popular wilderness brands. But the company isn't too happy about one aspiring teenage entrepreneur's knock-off brand called The South Butt. Adam Allington reports.

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More people not paying credit-card bills

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Jan 15, 2010

JPMorgan Chase is writing off $1.4 billion worth of consumer loans in the fourth quarter, and Capital One is writing off more than 10% of its loans. More and more people are walking away from their credit-card bills. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

A credit card is swiped through machine at a Chicago toy store.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Consumer groups fret over Dodd plan

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Jan 15, 2010

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd may scrap plans for the Consumer Protection Agency. Instead, existing federal agencies may be given powers to protect consumers. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

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Small Talk

Small talk: Clothes, bosses, affairs

by Marketplace Contributor

Jan 15, 2010

Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano chat with fellow staffers Betsy Streisand, Jeremy Hobson and Stacey Vanek-Smith about under-the-radar stories: Destroying clothing, telling off your boss, and Mrs. Robinson.

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Obama's foreign policy challenges

by Marketplace Staff

Jan 15, 2010

Walter Russell Mead talks with Kai Ryssdal about an article he wrote on the costs and benefits of the Obama administration's foreign policy.

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Weekly Wrap: Wall Street and reform

by Marketplace Staff

Jan 15, 2010

Fortune Magazine's Leigh Gallagher and T. Rowe Price's Andy Brooks talk with Kai Ryssdal about what's going on with the stock market and regulation of the financial industry.

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J&J in trouble over alleged kickbacks

by Mitchell Hartman

Jan 15, 2010

The U.S. Justice Department is charging Johnson & Johnson with paying millions to a big pharmacy company in order to increase sales of its prescription drugs. Mitchell Hartman reports.

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Rebuilding Haiti with no insurance help

by Jeff Tyler

Jan 15, 2010

President Obama has pledged $100 million to help rebuild Haiti. That aid will be important because the country must rebuild without the benefit of much insurance. Jeff Tyler reports.