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Marketplace AM for April 14, 2006
Apr 14, 2006

Marketplace AM for April 14, 2006

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Job Files: Coffee broker

Apr 14, 2006
If you're going to be a coffee broker, you have to have a passion for what you're doing.

The Holy Land in a bottle

Apr 14, 2006
The faithful who can't make it to the Holy Land themselves can show their devotion at home with a new line of products that brings the Holy Land to them. Hilary Krieger reports.

Plastic China

Apr 14, 2006
Credit cards are gaining popularity in China, and so is credit card fraud. In response, regulators are calling on banks to clamp down on customers they issue the cards to. Jocelyn Ford reports.

First Massachusetts, now Texas?

Apr 14, 2006
The Lone Star State is home to the nation's largest percentage of full-time workers without health insurance. As part of efforts to change that, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed offering businesses an incentive to provide employees with health coverage. Ben Philpott has more.