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Marketplace for Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015
Feb 25, 2015

Marketplace for Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

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Airing on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2015: TJX, the parent of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, just announced it will boost its base pay to $9 an hour by this summer, and $10 an hour by 2016.  In light of Wal-Mart’s recent minimum wage hike, is this the first sign of a tightening labor market in low-wage retail? We investigate. Plus, as Google proposes a new headquarters in Mountain View, the small city has mixed feelings about the economic growth within its borders. Mountain View’s not going to become a company town in the old sense, but it is going to have to change, build housing and grow because of Google  all things that Silicon Valley cities have resisted for decades.

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TJMaxx and Marshalls set to increase minimum wage

Feb 25, 2015
Call it "The Wal-Mart Effect."

Google grows, its hometown feels crowded

Feb 25, 2015
Google already has 20,000 employees in Mountain View, and now is planning a new, bigger headquarters

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Feb 25, 2015
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Feb 25, 2015
Rising interest rates: If you think they won't affect you, think again.

Baltimore sewers: time bombs buried under the streets

Feb 25, 2015
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Airing on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2015: TJX, the parent of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, just announced it will boost its base pay to $9 an hour by this summer, and $10 an hour by 2016.  In light of Wal-Mart’s recent minimum wage hike, is this the first sign of a tightening labor market in low-wage retail? We investigate. Plus, as Google proposes a new headquarters in Mountain View, the small city has mixed feelings about the economic growth within its borders. Mountain View’s not going to become a company town in the old sense, but it is going to have to change, build housing and grow because of Google  all things that Silicon Valley cities have resisted for decades.

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