Apr 27, 2016

Marketplace for Wednesday, April 27, 2016

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An interview with Yanis Varoufakis the former finance minister of Greece; why the nation's highest-producing oilfield in west Texas hasn't seen a drop in production until now; and how unseasonably warm weather is affecting blueberry farmers

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Comcast — it's so much more than cable

by Kimberly Adams

Apr 27, 2016

Talk of Comcast buying Dreamworks shows the cable company has big plans.

A view of the Comcast offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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How West Texas is surviving the oil bust

by Lorne Matalon

Apr 27, 2016

The nation's highest-producing oilfield in west Texas hasn't seen a drop in production. Until now.

$A frack operation in the Permian Basin of Texas, the nation's highest-producing oilfield. The Basin was once the floor of an ancient seabed that today is laden with hydrocarbons.$

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49ers ahead of NFL on diversity efforts

by Jed Kim

Apr 27, 2016

The San Francisco team will increase interviews with women for business-side openings.

A San Francisco 49ers fan cheers for her team prior to the start of a game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium on September 27, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona.

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Shelf Life

Former Greek finance minister wants to keep Europe out of an economic ‘abyss’

by Kai Ryssdal

Apr 27, 2016

Yanis Varoufakis talks about his new book: “And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future.”

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis presents his ministry's new secretaries at a press conference in Athens on March 4, 2015. Strapped for cash and under pressure to deliver on reforms, Greece's new radical government has ruffled feathers in Brussels by not respecting the diplomatic niceties of the negotiating table.

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Why SWIFT is a tempting target for hackers

by Tracey Samuelson

Apr 27, 2016

A little-known piece of the global banking system strengthens its security.

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Battling frost in Washington's blueberry heartland

by Marketplace Contributor

Apr 27, 2016

Blueberries are budding in a warm spring, but frosty nights can take a hefty toll

Keith Oliver blades open a tiny blueberry bud to show the tender spring growth.

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Final Note

Buffalos, not humans, are the national mammal of the United States

by Kai Ryssdal

Apr 27, 2016

Congress voted on it and everything

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An interview with Yanis Varoufakis the former finance minister of Greece; why the nation’s highest-producing oilfield in west Texas hasn’t seen a drop in production until now; and how unseasonably warm weather is affecting blueberry farmers