Sep 19, 2011

Marketplace for September 19, 2011

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Netflix launches Qwikster for DVDs

by Steve Henn

Sep 19, 2011

Netflix tries to make nice after infuriating its customers.

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Economy 4.0

Maryland updates Genuine Progress Indicator

by David Brancaccio

Sep 19, 2011

The state's alternative indicators measure things like job creation, environmental impacts and residents' quality time.

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Are mangoes the new banana?

by Marketplace Staff

Sep 19, 2011

Major food companies, consumers are getting sweet on the exotic fruit -- as mangoes become more mainstream.

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President Obama announces $3 trillion deficit plan

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Sep 19, 2011

Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes, mostly targeting the rich. We walk through the numbers behind the president's 10-year plan.

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Banks boost advertising

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Sep 19, 2011

Advertising rose 5 percent in the first half of the year, but banks boosted their spending even more as they seek new business in a weak economy.

The window of a Bank of America branch on September 12, 2011 in Chicago, Ill.

Scott Olson/Getty Images

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Zoellick: The developed world's going to have to solve the developed world's problems

by Marketplace Staff

Sep 19, 2011

The president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, talks about his pointed remarks today on what the developed world needs to do solve its economic problems.

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Marketplace for September 19, 2011

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