Matt Berger
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Car vs. Bike vs. Bus: A comparison of three LA commutes
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Matt Berger
May 6, 2011
There are few ideas less believable than commuting to work in Los Angeles on a bicycle. One of those ideas is commuting to work on an electric-as...
Your Ad Here: Morgan Spurlock celebrates product placement
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Matt Berger
Apr 21, 2011
Morgan Spurlock, the documentarian best known for experimenting with a McDonald's-only diet in the movie "Super-Size Me," joined Kai Ryssdal...
Video: Paul Allen, the 60 Minutes Interview
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Matt Berger
Apr 17, 2011
CBS's television news magazine 60 Minutes featured Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on its program this weekend, in coordination with the billiona...
Japan's nuclear power plants in trouble
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Matt Berger
Mar 12, 2011
An aerial view shows the quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in the Japanese town of Futaba, Fukushima prefecture on March 12, 2011. Japa...
FACTSHEET: Japan's largest earthquakes on record
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Matt Berger
Mar 11, 2011
Japan's devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake, which struck the region Friday and set off a giant tsunami, is expected to go down in history as on...
MID-DAY UPDATE: YouTube, Web bring Japan quake to your desktop
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Matt Berger
Mar 11, 2011
There is one big story today playing out around the world. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan last night, triggering a tsunami that has...
TWITTER: Watching the tsunami from the 17th floor in Waikiki
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Matt Berger
Mar 11, 2011
Marketplace reporter Adriene Hill and producer Angela Kim were in Hawaii this week reporting on a future story for the sustainability beat when t...
How honest do you think Wall Street executives are?
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Matt Berger
Mar 7, 2011
In a federal court in New York tomorrow, jury selection begins for the high-profile insider-trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam. He is a hedge-fund b...
PR Firm: Sorry Tunisia, we quit
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Matt Berger
Mar 3, 2011
In a story today on Marketplace, reporter David Gura explores why the PR firm, Washington Media Group, decided to break a half-million-dollar con...
Spousonomics: The Marketplace Money counseling session
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Matt Berger
Feb 26, 2011
Last week on Marketplace Money, host Tess Vigeland interviewed Jenny Anderson and Paula Szuchman, the authors of a new book called Spousonomics: ...