Jun 23, 2011

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Economy 4.0

Separate and unequal economies in the Arab world

by David Brancaccio

Jun 23, 2011

Separate economic systems are meant to spur investment and foreign entrepreneurialism. But the Arab economic model may in fact be holding economies back.

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The FTC launches anti-trust probe over Google ads

by Mitchell Hartman

Jun 23, 2011

The company's ad-search practices are at issue.

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Environmentalists, timber industry team up to fight wildfires

by Claudine LoMonaco

Jun 23, 2011

The Wallow Fire is Arizona's largest fire ever. But a new business venture could help pay to protect other forests in the Western U.S.

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Best Buy gets smaller

by Jeff Horwich

Jun 23, 2011

The big-box retailer shrinks its box size to grow profits.

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Plane-maker Airbus cashes in at Paris Air Show

by Stephen Beard

Jun 23, 2011

Plane-manufacturer Airbus has snagged some very large orders at the Paris Air Show. Its U.S. rival Boeing is not doing so well at the show.

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Is tapping into oil reserves a confidence-building measure?

by Marketplace Staff

Jun 23, 2011

Sarah Emerson, president of Energy Security Analysis, discusses why the International Energy Agency decided to sell off some of its strategic petroleum oil reserves and how much good the move can do.

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The slowing economy changes debt-ceiling talks

by John Dimsdale

Jun 23, 2011

Increasing signs that the U.S. economy is stalling are strengthening talk that the government has to help create jobs, not just cut spending.

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