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The economy underlies Middle East unrest
Feb 9, 2011
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p>Marketplace reporters Stephen Beard and Alisa Roth traveled to Amman, Jordan, this week to cover the growing discontent in that country a...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Jordan, Finding "Radio Shangi-La," McDonald's works the recession
Feb 8, 2011
Marketplace's Alisa Roth is in the Middle East covering the political unrest in Egypt and the surrounding countries. Roth spoke with Jeremy Hobson...
MID-DAY UPDATE: You've got mail, Huffington Post, tough times in Tunisia, Reaganomics and 2011
Feb 7, 2011
AOL is buying The Huffington Post for $315 million in a merger it hopes will move the company away from dial-up modems and towards new media and...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Egypt, Australia , and job numbers
Feb 2, 2011
Egyptian protesters in Cairo -- both opponents and supporters of President Mubarak's leadership -- are clashing today after the leader conceded to...
Internet back on in Egypt
by
John Moe
Feb 2, 2011
Reports are coming in that all major internet service providers are reconnected in Egypt and things are flowing once again. But the Washington Pos...
The finances of the U.S.'s relationship with Egypt
Feb 1, 2011
The U.S. say that it would reconsider sending aid to the Arab country when the Egyptian protests start. There's yet to be any official decision. ...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Global wheat supply, the Suez Canal, and Atlanta's grease goldmine
Feb 1, 2011
As protests continue today in Egypt, the global business community focuses on spikes in oil and wheat prices. The World Bank says 30 million...
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Google and Twitter team up on Egyptian work around
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John Moe
Feb 1, 2011
If you can get to a phone in Egypt, you can send a tweet. That's thanks to a new system set up rather quickly by Twitter, Google, and SayNow (an...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Protests in Egypt, and the new iPad newspaper
Jan 31, 2011
The ongoing protests in Egypt have raised economic concerns worldwide. Moody's Investors Service has cut Egypt's credit rating and revised its...
Senator wants U.S. president to have kill switch power
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John Moe
Jan 31, 2011
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Friday she's going to re-introduce a bill that would give the President the power to shut off the internet....