Dec 17, 2014

Marketplace for Wednesday December 17, 2014

Airing on Wednesday Dec. 17, 2014: Our take on the latest updates from the Sony hacks. Plus, law school enrollment is way down. We look at how that's related to the cost-cutting going on in the practice of law.

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Corner Office

Gibson CEO: We're so much more than guitars

by Kai Ryssdal

Dec 16, 2014

Iconic guitar company moves into headphone business, leases Tower Records building in L.A.

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Secrets of the Christmas tree lot

by Ike Sriskandarajah

Dec 17, 2014

The Vermont family selling that Christmas tree in Brooklyn? They didn't grow it. A big tree farm did.

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Final Note

Now that’s an unexpected energy boost. (Thanks, Cuba)

by Kai Ryssdal

Dec 17, 2014

Investors confuse the Cuba Energy Company with the country.

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New York is first state to ban fracking

by Kai Ryssdal

Dec 17, 2014

Kai sits down with Marketplace's Scott Tong to talk fracking.

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Russian journalists try to thwart Kremlin censorship

by Stephen Beard

Dec 17, 2014

A group of Russian journalists decamps to Latvia to strike a blow for press freedom.

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Airing on Wednesday Dec. 17, 2014: Our take on the latest updates from the Sony hacks. Plus, law school enrollment is way down. We look at how that’s related to the cost-cutting going on in the practice of law.