Nov 12, 2010

Marketplace for Friday, November 15, 2010

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Pop-up stores keep popping up

by Janet Babin

Nov 12, 2010

Before the recession, pop-up stores were typically limited to Halloween costume shops and Christmas stores. But everyone from online retailers to established brick-and-mortar stores are now debuting pop-ups.

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It's up to the GOP to let financial reform succeed

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 12, 2010

Commentator Michael Perino says that today's financial reform law can succeed -- but its success is up to the party that's in power.

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Weekly wrap: G-20, quantitative easing, jobs

by Marketplace Staff

Nov 12, 2010

Bob Moon talks to Leigh Gallagher from Fortune Magazine and Sudeep Reddy of the Wall Street Journal about the G-20 conference that just wrapped up, the Fed's quantitative easing plan and the jobs outlook.

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Save time and the USPS, use a pre-stamped envelope!

by Jennifer Collins

Nov 12, 2010

The United States Postal Service is really feeling the effects of people using e-mails to communicate rather than letters. But they're employing a new tactic to hopefully pull them out of the red.

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Corporate tax rate isn't as high as it seems

by John Dimsdale

Nov 12, 2010

The president's debt commission is working on reforming the nation's tax codes, and one issue at hand is the corporate tax rate. The co-directors of the commission say the U.S. corporate tax rate should be reduced. But is it really that high to begin with? John Dimsdale reports.

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Health reform

Price of health insurance not going down, yet

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Nov 12, 2010

It's estimated that premiums on company-paid health insurance plans will rise by roughly 9 percent this year. So what happened to the health care reform bill that was supposed to make health insurance more affordable? Stacey Vanek Smith reports.

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Online privacy to get federal attention

by Steve Henn

Nov 12, 2010

The Commerce Department and the White House announced today plans to appoint a high-level privacy watchdog that would negotiate the issue of online privacy both overseas and in this country. But privacy advocates aren't happy about it. Bob Moon goes over the details with Steve Henn.

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Marketplace for Friday, November 15, 2010

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