Jul 12, 2010

Marketplace for Monday, July 12, 2010

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BP Spill: Ripples

Resort towns feeling effects of oil spill

by Marketplace Staff

Jul 12, 2010

Businesses and banks along the Gulf coast were nervous when the oil started leaking from the Deepwater Horizon rig, and in the months since, they're still unsure what will happen.

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Fed: More lending to small businesses

by Mitchell Hartman

Jul 12, 2010

Fed Chair Ben Bernanke wants banks to start lending again to small businesses after two years of very tight lending, but some critics say the economy hasn't recovered enough for businesses to risk taking out a loan.

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Avandia may change how FDA operates

by Gregory Warner

Jul 12, 2010

Marketplace's Gregory Warner looks into what it could mean for the Food and Drug Administration's image and also the way the organization analyzes drugs for approval or disapproval.

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Hef wants all the bunnies for himself

by Eve Troeh

Jul 12, 2010

The ever-smoking jacketed Hugh Hefner wants to take Playboy Enterprises, Inc. private, in hopes to better navigate the company through a dicey publishing industry and increase its merchandising, without worrying about shareholders.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

The credit score industry, today

by Marketplace Staff

Jul 12, 2010

Kai Ryssdal talks to Joan Goldwasser of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine about what the credit score landscape is looking like today.

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Road Warriors: Arone Dyer of Buke&Gass

by Marketplace Staff

Jul 12, 2010

Arone Dyer of the duo Buke&Gass shares her favorite song to listen to during the long stretches of road between gigs while she is on tour.

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A summer without AC? It's possible

by Marketplace Staff

Jul 12, 2010

Kai Ryssdal talks to author Stan Cox about his new book "Losing our Cool," which talks about the consequences air conditioning has had on the environment and people's health.