Dec 31, 2008

Marketplace for Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

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How about a stimulus plan for Pluto?

by Mitchell Hartman

Dec 31, 2008

None of the experts are doing a particularly good job of predicting how the economy is going to turn out next year. So we sent Mitchell Hartman to check out what astrology has to say about our economic fate.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Economy's down but certainly not out

by Bob Moon

Dec 31, 2008

You're probably tired of hearing that the economy's taken its biggest hits since the Great Depression. And that's true. But our Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon reminds us that we were in pretty good shape coming into this whole thing.

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Viacom, Time Warner at battle stations

by Sam Eaton

Dec 31, 2008

Viacom is threatening to pull its 19 stations from Time Warner Cable tonight -- including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV -- if the cable company doesn't pay more for the programming. Sam Eaton reports

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Is that bottle of alcohol nutritious?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Dec 31, 2008

Consumer advocates are asking Treasury secretary nominee Timothy Geithner to require nutrition labels on alcoholic beverages. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Europe hit by globalization of crisis

by Stephen Beard

Dec 31, 2008

A lot of European countries have been hit especially hard by the financial crisis. Stephen Beard, Marketplace's man in London, takes a look at how those countries are faring and how they plan to react.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

What are over-the-counter stocks?

by Rico Gagliano

Dec 31, 2008

We've told you how credit default swaps caused trouble for the economy, which are tricky instruments traded in the over-the-counter, or OTC, market. In this Marketplace Decoder, Rico Gagliano explains.

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Looking for change -- the loose kind

by Kai Ryssdal

Dec 31, 2008

In August we reported on a New York family that's built a sizable savings from money found on the ground. Kai Ryssdal checked in with Scott Humphrey and his 5-year-old daughter to find out where their nest egg stands now.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Have a peaceful, prosperous new year

by Marketplace Staff

Dec 31, 2008

It's an understatement to point out that this has been a year for the history books -- politically and, of course, economically. And for commentator Robert Reich, personally.

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