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Mar 1, 2011

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Transportation Nation

HOV lanes create business opportunity for Jakarta's poor

by Marketplace Staff
Mar 1, 2011
Major roads in Jakarta are reserved for cars with three or more passengers. So professionals in the Indonesian city pay "jockeys" to ride along with them.
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Pittsburgh bank clings to free checking

by Heidi Moore
Mar 1, 2011
Defying a trend, regional bank PNC Financial Services says it will keep free checking accounts -- but withdraw other perks for bank customers.
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Discontent in the Middle East

Foreign workers flee fighting in Libya

by Scott Tong
Mar 1, 2011
Tens of thousands of foreign workers are fleeing Libya as President Muammar Gaddafi's regime goes to war with those seeking his ouster.
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Health reform

The Medi-Medi problem

by Marketplace Staff
Mar 1, 2011
As in Medicare and Medicaid. Conflicts in the two government health care programs can drive up costs for states. But change could be on the way.
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Wisconsin targets public employees

by Jeff Tyler
Mar 1, 2011
Budget plan with $1 billion in cuts relies on restricting collective bargaining by some public unions.
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Christian Dior fires John Galliano

by Eve Troeh
Mar 1, 2011
After the designer's anti-Semitic comments, the question is whether the damage could spread from haute couture to more affordable licensed products.
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Race in major league baseball

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Mar 1, 2011
Author and history professor Rob Ruck talks about how race plays a big part of the business of major league baseball.
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