Oct 20, 2008

Marketplace Report for Monday, October 20, 2008

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Bernanke urges consumer stimulus

by John Dimsdale

Oct 20, 2008

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that the economy is badly in need of a boost and said it's time for a significant stimulus package. Washington Bureau Chief John Dimsdale has more.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Fed will buy stake in banks of all sizes

by Ashley Milne-Tyte

Oct 20, 2008

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the $250 billion bank rescue plan isn't just for the big guys. It's come one, come all -- big, medium or small. Ashley Milne-Tyte has more from New York on what Paulson had to say.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Credit crisis taking new victims

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Oct 20, 2008

The credit crisis is behaving as if it were a vampire searching around for fresh blood. This time it's the supposedly "recession proof" tech, entertainment and art sectors. Stacey Vanek-Smith has the story.

Christie's employee looks at a portrait by British artist Francis Bacon, at Christie's auction house, in London, on October 14, 2008.

Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Local banks doing better than big ones

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 20, 2008

Many local bank managers say they aren't seeing the level of financial disruption or the liquidity crisis plaguing the upper echelon institutions on Wall Street. Kate Archer Kent visits a local bank in Shreveport, La.

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Here's what I'm doing . . .

What I'm doing: Dr. Tanyech Walford

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 20, 2008

Family practice physician Tanyech Walford has seen her business shrink and insurance reimbursements cut back. For her, the financial crisis means closing her office and leaving L.A. Walford tells her story for our series "What I'm doing."

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Obama's war chest vs. public financing

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 20, 2008

Barack Obama shattered campaign fundraising records again, raising $150 million in September alone. And, he did so solely with private donors. Host Tess Vigeland turns to Politico.com writer Ken Vogel for some perspective.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Food scandals go back a long way

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 20, 2008

Food contaminations like the China milk scare are not a new phenomenon. Marketplace host Tess Vigeland chats with author Bee Wilson, who chronicled the history of "food fraud' in her book "Swindled."

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Interested Parties

Laid-off Wall Streeters want regulations

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 20, 2008

New York City has lost 11,000 financial sector jobs and expects to lose many thousands more. With Wall Street hemorrhaging jobs weeks before the election, Jeremy Hobson finds out what pink-slipped want from a new administration.

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