Mar 11, 2011

Marketplace for March 11, 2011

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Small Talk

Small talk: The YouTube degree, Phil Collins retires

by Marketplace Contributor

Mar 11, 2011

Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Galigano talk with fellow Marketplace staffers about under-the-radar business stories involving Facebook bullies, the YouTube degree and Phil Collins' retirement.

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Weekly Wrap: The budget, oil prices

by Kai Ryssdal

Mar 11, 2011

Kai Ryssdal goes over the past week's financial news with Sudeep Reddy from the Wall Street Journal and Leigh Gallagher from Fortune Magazine. This week: The budget fight in Washington, and the oil bubble.

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Japan's quake

The economic recovery ahead for Japan

by Kai Ryssdal

Mar 11, 2011

The Economist's bureau chief in Japan, Kenneth Cukier, talks about how Japan might recover from this earthquake economically.

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Japan's quake

The effectiveness of Japan's earthquake early-warning system

by Steve Henn

Mar 11, 2011

The Japanese had invested more than a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars into an early-warning system that might have saved a number of lives today.

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Investing in female entrepreneurs in Afghanistan

by Kai Ryssdal

Mar 11, 2011

Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon discusses the challenges facing Afghan businesswomen.

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Illinois expands sales tax for online purchases

by Bob Moon

Mar 11, 2011

New laws seeks to raise revenue from e-commerce by requiring Illinois-based affiliates of online retailers like Amazon.com to collect sales tax.

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The complications of health reform's accountable care organizations

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Mar 11, 2011

The health reform law will be encouraging doctors, hospitals and insurance companies to work together in caring for Medicare patients through what are called accountable care organizations. But will they work?