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German prudence great for rainy days

Nov 14, 2008
We've been covering Germany quite a bit this week, as the country has officially gone into recession. But according to U.K.'s Telegraph, it may be...

Obama meant it about C02

Nov 13, 2008
And now, more damage for U.S. auto makers' bottom lines. Bloomberg is reporting President-elect Obama is expected to grant California a waiver...

GM gets the 'Pelosi bump'

Nov 12, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came out in support of General Motors on the "too big to fail" side, and it paid off -- Bloomberg is reporting that GM...

Some good news in the fight against AIDS

Nov 11, 2008
This is nothing short of amazing -- the Wall Street Journal has a story on a mutation that functionally cured an HIV patient of the virus. A...

What's your workforce strategy?

Nov 6, 2008
Marketplace is looking into how American workers are adapting to new economic realities. For some, that may mean working longer before retirement....

Google leaves Yahoo deal

Nov 5, 2008
Google announced Wednesday it was walking away from an ad partnership with Yahoo to avoid a lawsuit with federal antitrust regulators, according to...

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Dressing up for the crisis

Oct 30, 2008
On today's Marketplace, Mitchell Hartman reports on how Halloween revelers are seizing on the financial crisis for their costume and party themes...

We're running up an 'eco debt,' too

Oct 29, 2008
While credit woes are causing a global crisis in the markets, a different kind of worldwide debt is being racked up as well. The BBC reports a...

Bizarre HSBC bank ad

Oct 28, 2008
Our Greenwash Brigade bloggers came across a rather curious video advertisement by HSBC bank that's running on TV and the Web. What's it trying to...