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Marketplace for Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Oct 14, 2015

Marketplace for Wednesday, October 14, 2015

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GE sheds more financial units; environmentalists sue the forest service; and Marx meets Milton Friedman in a Portland strip mall.

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A potential strike could silence voice actors

by Adriene Hill
Oct 14, 2015
The union that reps video game performers has authorized a strike, if need be.
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Final Note

JP Morgan is now BYOB — bring your own Blackberry

by Molly Wood
Oct 14, 2015
Cutbacks have some employees paying for their own smartphones.
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A push to improve access to dental care

by Dan Gorenstein
Oct 14, 2015
'Dental therapists' would have duties somewhere between dentists and hygienists.
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Shelf Life

How the 1 percent got to the top of the money pile

by Molly Wood
Oct 14, 2015
Want to join them? Author Sam Wilkin has a manual for you.
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Strip mall to offer low-income investment opportunity

by John Sepulvado
Oct 14, 2015
A nonprofit in Portland, Oregon, hopes property will help small investors.
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U.S. Forest Service sued over a bottler's water permit

by Andy Uhler
Oct 14, 2015
Nestle pays nearly nothing for the water it bottles as Arrowhead.
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Wal-Mart's stock plunges

by Molly Wood
Oct 14, 2015
The company is reinventing itself, at a high cost
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GE sells off part of its financial division

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 14, 2015
Wells Fargo will purchase loans and leases worth $32 billion.
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GE sheds more financial units; environmentalists sue the forest service; and Marx meets Milton Friedman in a Portland strip mall.

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