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Marketplace for Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016

Marketplace for Tuesday, April 19, 2016

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Visa announced that  it will try to cut down the delay at checkout lines by upgrading chip-enabled credit card readers; why some sponsors have yet to commit to the Republican National Convention; and how Mexican officials are cutting down on pollution by regulating traffic

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The OPEC haves and have nots

by Scott Tong
Apr 19, 2016
Some oil-producing nations are in dire financial condition because of low oil prices
Qatar's Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh al-Sada (R),Saudi Arabia's minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Ali al-Naimi (C), Venezuela's minister of petroleum and mining Eulogio Del Pino (L) attend a press conference on February 16, 2016 in the Qatari capital Doha.
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Bank earnings are down, but check out those balance sheets

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 19, 2016
While global headwinds cut profits, regulation has created more stable institutions
Pedestrians pass a Chase bank branch in lower Manhattan on April 15, 2016 in New York City. As global markets continue to be rattled by the fall in energy prices and the easing of the Chinese economy, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo announced on Thursday that their profits fell in the first quarter. At JPMorgan revenue fell 13 percent from a year earlier. 
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Why Houston keeps flooding

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 19, 2016
Flooding in and around Houston has killed at least five people and prompted mass rescues
Children play in flood waters in the Kelliwood Park neighborhood of Katy, Texas. Flooding in and around Houston has killed at least five people and prompted mass rescues. Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in nine counties.  
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Shelf Life

Does college fail grads in the workplace?

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 19, 2016
Author Jeffrey J. Selingo tells parents and kids "There Is Life After College" with his aptly-named book.
News interns run out with the ruling regarding same-sex marriage from the U.S. Supreme Court June 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. 
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Why some corporations haven't committed to sponsoring the GOP convention

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 19, 2016
Cleveland's host committee still needs to raise about $8 million
The opening session of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Florida.
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Mexico City tells residents to park it

by Kimberly Adams
Apr 19, 2016
After a pollution emergency, Mexico's capital city is taking drastic measures.
View of Mexico City blanketed by smog on March 18, 2016. Mexican officials lifted a four-day air pollution alert last month in the nation's densely-populated capital after ozone levels dropped, according to them, to acceptable levels. 
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Final Note

Maybe it's time to get rid of the penny

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 19, 2016
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew suggested that it might be time to get rid of the penny
Though nothing has been said officially, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury suggested in a memo that maybe it's time to get rid of the penny. 
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Visa announced that  it will try to cut down the delay at checkout lines by upgrading chip-enabled credit card readers; why some sponsors have yet to commit to the Republican National Convention; and how Mexican officials are cutting down on pollution by regulating traffic

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