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Marketplace Report for Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Nov 18, 2008

Marketplace Report for Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Marketplace Report for Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Segments From this episode

Starting a business in a bad economy

Nov 18, 2008
Global Entrepreneurship Week has events in 77 countries. But is now the time to start a business, when the economy is shrinking? Mitchell Hartman finds out.

Paulson takes heat from House Dems

Nov 18, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson got an earful from members of the House Financial Services Committee over management of the $700 billion bailout and his refusal to act on foreclosures. Steve Henn has more.

HP surprise: Good news in 4th quarter

Nov 18, 2008
Hewlett-Packard reports fourth-quarter profits will be stronger than expected. The company is also optimistic about the future. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
The Hewlett-Packard logo is displayed on the entrance to the Hewlett-Packard Headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
David Paul Morris/Getty Images

The difficulties getting food to the poor

Nov 18, 2008
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization members are in Rome to deal with a looming food crisis among the world's poor. Kai Ryssdal talks to food policy expert Joakim Von Braun about a key issue in food distribution -- security.

U.S. auto industry isn't just Big Three

Nov 18, 2008
Detroit automakers say they need help before they crash. Kai Ryssdal talks about the rest of the industry with Micheline Maynard of The New York Times.

U.S. financial crisis spreads to Mexico

Nov 18, 2008
In Mexico, the peso has plunged, unemployment is rising and foreign investors started pulling money out last month -- all fallout from the economic crisis in the U.S. Dan Grech reports from Mexico.

Treat homeowners like Donald Trump

Nov 18, 2008
When Donald Trump almost went bankrupt in the '90s, creditors made him give up his credit cards before he got help. Commentator Todd Buchholz says homeowners who face foreclosure have to give up some things too.
Commentator Todd Buchholz
toddbuchholz.com

Marketplace Report for Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Music from the episode

Cannonball The Breeders
Buildings & Mountains The Republic Tigers
Our Song Joe Henry