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What an Arab revolution looks like-up close
Feb 17, 2011
The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" is playing at my favorite pizza joint in Portland as I tell my kids, age 10 and 13, that I'm going to Cairo....
MID-DAY UPDATE: Dodd-Frank, budget cuts, Middle East and Lap-Band
Feb 17, 2011
The Senate banking committee today is questioning regulators of the Dodd-Frank law to gauge how much they've improved the financial system. The law...
MAP: U.S. foreign aid to the Middle East and South Asia
Feb 16, 2011
Since the end of World War II, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has worked to further America's foreign policy inte...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Jobless claims, Suez Canal workers' strike, NYSE merger
Feb 10, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department this morning announced weekly jobless claims fell to 383,000, the lowest level in nearly three years....
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...
Underneath the veils, Saudi women are oh-so pretty
Jul 20, 2010
The head-to-toe black robes women wear in Saudi Arabia don't show much, but rest assured, Saudi women make sure they look their best. Saudi women...
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The difference a year makes
by
Scott Jagow
Mar 6, 2009
One year ago this week, Marketplace was reporting on The Middle East at Work. I was in Cairo with one crew. Some of my colleagues were in Dubai. ...