Mar 12, 2009

Marketplace for Thursday, March, 12, 2009

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Letters: Stimulus, salaries, trucks

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 10, 2009

Listeners weigh in on commentaries about stimulus spending, coaches' salaries, and a story about bigger trucks.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Where's the rest of the Madoff money?

by Bob Moon

Mar 12, 2009

Disgraced investor Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to masterminding a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history. So where did all that money go? Bob Moon reports.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Germany insists it's doling out stimulus

by Stephen Beard

Mar 12, 2009

As international finance leaders prepare to meet, there is disagreement over how to get the global economy back on track. As Stephen Beard reports, Germany is saying it's already spending a lot to stimulate its economy.

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Life insurers need a federal lifeline

by Steve Henn

Mar 12, 2009

At least a dozen struggling life insurance institutions are following in banks' footsteps, hoping to get a bailout from the U.S. Treasury. Steve Henn reports.

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All the talk about 'Google Voice'

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 12, 2009

Kai Ryssdal speaks with New York Times technology columnist David Pogue about how a new service called "Google Voice" could change the communication lines.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Colleges' tech cuts slow innovation

by Janet Babin

Mar 12, 2009

With budget-conscious universities cutting funding for high-tech research, potential breakthroughs that could stimulate the economy are being put on the back burner. Janet Babin reports.

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Pharmaceuticals go on buyout binge

by Sam Eaton

Mar 12, 2009

Swiss drug maker Roche is acquiring U.S. biotech giant Genentech in a $47 billion deal. Sam Eaton reports on the latest example of a pharmaceutical company buying out a competitor to boost its product line.

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How ecstasy empire fell from its high

by Marketplace Staff

Mar 12, 2009

Despite its reputation as the love drug, ecstasy has a violent back story. Host Kai Ryssdal talks with "Chemical Cowboys" author Lisa Sweetingham about the investigations that ended an ecstasy empire.

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Marketplace for Thursday, March, 12, 2009

Music from the episode

Watching The Detectives - Single Version Elvis Costello

The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Remastered Morrissey

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