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Apr 4, 2016

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally on March 29, 2016 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the state's primary on April 5.   Scott Olson/Getty Images

Economists do the numbers on Trump's debt plan; a look at the shell companies at the heart of the Panama Papers; and an interview with AOL co-founder Steve Case 

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'Dry Powder' puts venture capitalists on center stage

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 4, 2016
Our conversation with playwright Sarah Burgess.
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Steve Case on the internet's past and future

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 4, 2016
Reflections on his time at AOL, and that merger — you know the one.
Steve Case, left, then chairman of AOL, and Gerald Levin, then chairman of Time Warner. announce the merger of their companies on Jan. 10, 2000.
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It's hard to make Trump's debt plan add up

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 4, 2016
The numbers are dubious, the predicted economic spillover effects dire.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally on March 29, 2016 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Wisconsin voters go to the polls for the state's primary on April 5.  
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Shell companies are at the heart of the "Panama Papers," but what are they?

by Mark Garrison
Apr 4, 2016
They're not all evil.
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Furniture buyers may boycott famed North Carolina expo

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 4, 2016
The state's anti LGBT law may prompt furniture buyers to spurn High Point Market
Showplace exposition building in High Point, NC
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Final Note

Tesla Model 3 preorders climb to 276,000

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 4, 2016
Just days after the electric car company announces its $30,000 model, hoards of people have stepped up to put down a deposit.
Customers wait in line to put a $1,000 deposit on the as yet unseen Tesla Model 3, outside the Tesla store on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, on March 31, 2016.
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Economists do the numbers on Trump’s debt plan; a look at the shell companies at the heart of the Panama Papers; and an interview with AOL co-founder Steve Case 

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