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Jul 2, 2009

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Euro countries face similar job crisis

by Stephen Beard
Jul 2, 2009
The U.S. isn't the only country reeling from grim unemployment numbers. Workers in the 16 countries that use the euro are also feeling the effects of the global recession. Stephen Beard reports.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Banks fear counterfeit California IOUs

by Sarah Gardner
Jul 2, 2009
As California begins issuing IOUs, banks are worried that counterfeit notes may become a big problem. But the state insists fraud protection efforts are in place. Sarah Gardner reports.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

GM plans 'toxic' clearance sale

by Jeremy Hobson
Jul 2, 2009
The bankrupt carmaker is cleaning out its garage in an effort to form a new, pared-down company. But bondholders are fighting over which assets will stay and which will get offered to outside buyers. Jeremy Hobson reports
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Was the American Revolution worth it?

by Marketplace Staff
Jul 2, 2009
Back in 1776, the fight against taxation without representation led to the Revolutionary War and eventually America's independence from Britain. Economist Kevin Hassett wonders if it was worth it in the long run.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Weekly Wrap: What have we learned?

by Marketplace Staff
Jul 2, 2009
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon and freelance business writer Heidi Moore talk with Kai Ryssdal about the poor job numbers, banks' toxic assets and the state of the economy halfway through 2009.
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The science of airplane interior design

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 2, 2009
Airplane designers are finding ways to squeeze in as many seats as possible to sell more tickets. Kai Ryssdal talks to Paul Wylde about the science, and economics, behind airplane design
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Corruption rampant in oil-rich Kurdistan

by Stephen Beard
Jul 2, 2009
Oil companies are cautiously gearing up to tap Kurdistan's massive oil fields. But they could hit some roadblocks from the country's high-level corruption, which is commonplace. Reese Erlich reports
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Small Talk

Small talk: Medi-meals, porn, McClasses

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 2, 2009
Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers George Judson, Rod Abid and Stacey Vanek-Smith about under-the-radar business stories: A medical-themed restaurant, China's porn-blocking glitch, and corporate-sponsored college classes.
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