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Marketplace for Friday, June 5, 2015
Jun 5, 2015

Marketplace for Friday, June 5, 2015

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Airing on Friday, June 5, 2015: The U.S. suspects Chinese hackers took the names, addresses, financial information and, possibly, Social Security numbers of more than 4 million people stored at the government's Office of Personnel Management. We look at the potential cascading effect of the hack. Next in our series Behind the Blue Line: Sally Herships explores the growing number of private cops across the nation as we debate the effectiveness and training of police officers.

Segments From this episode

Data hacks beget more data hacks

Jun 5, 2015
Experts warn that stolen federal HR records could be used years from now.

Accountability at question in private policing

Jun 5, 2015
Security guards outnumber government officers 3-to-2, but most have less training.

Sweater snafus unravel J.Crew's quarterly earnings

Jun 5, 2015
Sales were off more than 5 percent from last year at the fashion retailer.

Who we're watching in 'Silicon Valley'

Thomas Middleditch, aka Richard Hendricks, talks about his programmer persona.

Weekly Wrap: Jobs report, Federal Reserve and Grexit

Jun 5, 2015
John Carney and Leigh Gallagher join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week in business and finance.

Ferris Bueller's day off was 30 years ago

Jun 5, 2015
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Airing on Friday, June 5, 2015: The U.S. suspects Chinese hackers took the names, addresses, financial information and, possibly, Social Security numbers of more than 4 million people stored at the government’s Office of Personnel Management. We look at the potential cascading effect of the hack. Next in our series Behind the Blue Line: Sally Herships explores the growing number of private cops across the nation as we debate the effectiveness and training of police officers.

Music from the episode

Disparate Youth Santigold
Disparate Youth Santigold
Honey Mine Korallreven
Honey Mine Korallreven
You - Ha Ha Ha Charli XCX
You - Ha Ha Ha Charli XCX