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MID-DAY UPDATE: AT&T hopes to acquire T-Mobile, Japanese concerns mount over food radiation exposure
Here are today's headlines from The Marketplace Morning Report and around the web. …
Will military action in Libya cripple oil production for long term?
Airstrikes on Libyan targets threaten to prolong the country's oil supply outage — and risks structural damage to the country's output of crude.
MID-DAY UPDATE: Japan continues to regain control of reactor, Banks return 99% of TARP
Here are today's headlines from Marketplace Morning Report and around the web….
Nuclear power is no substitute for oil
Despite rising oil prices, the world still runs on oil. Juli Niemann, analyst for Smith Moore and Company, explains how a disaster in Japan could change the advancement of nuclear energy.
Mid-day Update: More on Japan, goodbye Zune
On today's show, Marketplace continued to follow the effects of Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The Japanese government is monitoring the…
Warren Buffett bets $9 billion on engine oil
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Weeks after Buffett said he had an "itchy" finger for acquisitions, his Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy industrial chemical firm Lubrizol.
MID-DAY UPDATE: How Japan will change the global economy
Tokyo's Nikkei was down 6 percent. The biggest drop since the financial crisis. Toyota says its plants will be shut down this week. Sony and Nissan…
Oil prices fall after disaster in Japan
The cost of oil fell below $100 a barrel following Friday's quake in Japan. When the world's third largest importer of oil goes offline, demand for crude plummets.
Japanese quake costs may top $170 billion
The BBC's Chris Hogg explains the global economic implications of the disaster in Japan.
Weekly Wrap: The budget, oil prices
Kai Ryssdal goes over the past week's financial news with Sudeep Reddy from the Wall Street Journal and Leigh Gallagher from Fortune Magazine. This week: The budget fight in Washington, and the oil bubble.