Marketplace PM for April 11, 2007
Apr 11, 2007

Marketplace PM for April 11, 2007

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Oil company vows to cut greenhouse gases

Apr 11, 2007
Conoco-Phillips, the nation's second-largest oil refiner, announced today it's taking steps to curb carbon dioxide emissions. Pat Loeb reports.

We may be taking some hits from free trade

Apr 11, 2007
Electronics and India are forcing economists to rethink some of their assumptions about free trade. One of them, Alan Blinder, talked with Kai Ryssdal about the impact on jobs and the U.S. economy.

Columbia U. gets some big financial aid

Apr 11, 2007
Broadcast industry mogul John Kluge has given $400 million to Columbia University — just for student financial aid. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports on what kind of aid that amount will come to.

China's short on water

Apr 11, 2007
Half of China's rivers are deemed too polluted to drink from. And more than 100 of its cities face what authorities call severe water shortages. Scott Tong reports on China's water-supply crisis.

Putting patents on saving money

Apr 11, 2007
A growing number of inventors are patenting strategies that could save you money on your taxes. And if you use one without permission? Well, that's called patent infringement. Janet Babin reports.

Rethink those summer driving plans

Apr 11, 2007
Gas futures jumped 3 cents a gallon today after the government reported a sharp drop in the nation's gasoline inventories. Still, our John Dimsdale found some good news in the report.

U.S. troops to be away from home longer

Apr 11, 2007
Defense Secretary Robert Gates today extended the deployments of U.s. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kai Ryssdal talked with national security expert Gordon Adams about the change.