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Marketplace PM for September 7, 2006
Sep 7, 2006

Marketplace PM for September 7, 2006

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BP answers to Congress

Sep 7, 2006
A House committee took oil giant BP to task today for failing to maintain its oil pipelines in Alaska. Marketplace's Scott Tong has the story.

You can get your money back IF . . .

Sep 7, 2006
Random House is reimbursing frustrated readers who bought James Frey's faked memoir thinking it was a true story. But, as Ashley Milne-Tyte reports, getting a refund will be a little complicated.

Ike was right

Sep 7, 2006
Chief government accountant and Marketplace commentator David Walker says that Congress is losing the war on terror by allowing the military to purchase high-tech weapons that are designed for wars the U.S. will never fight.

Field of green

Sep 7, 2006
The top college football teams will play one more game this season. Business-of-sports analyst Diana Nyad tells host Kai Ryssdal that it's not for more competition, it's strictly for more money.

Legislators keep rejecting, IRS keeps collecting

Sep 7, 2006
The IRS is outsourcing the collection of back taxes to private debt collection firms because Congress didn't give it the requested staff to go after tax cheats. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Drilling into life in the oil field

Sep 7, 2006
What's life like for workers at BP's troubled Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska? Jim Metzner went to find out.

India's communities gain brains too

Sep 7, 2006
Now that India's economy is growing rapidly, its citizens who left for opportunities in the U.S. are returning with new ideas they learned abroad. Miranda Kennedy reports.