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Feb 18, 2009

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Breaking down Obama's housing plan

by Marketplace Staff
Feb 18, 2009
President Obama unveiled his plan to help save the slumping housing market and stem foreclosures. The $75 million plan is intended to relieve struggling homeowners. Ronni Radbill takes a look at what it entails.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Will the housing plan work?

by Steve Henn
Feb 18, 2009
President Obama's housing rescue plan allows millions of homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower rates. Will it work? Steve Henn reports.
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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Parts makers in wrench with auto woes

by Alisa Roth
Feb 18, 2009
The auto parts industry employed nearly 840,000 people at its height. But with Detroit struggling, more than a third of those workers have been laid off. Alisa Roth reports.
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Free trade with China a path to growth

by Marketplace Staff
Feb 18, 2009
Both the U.S. and China need help to fix their ailing economies. Commentator David Frum says one way to accelerate U.S. growth would be for the Obama team to negotiate a better trade agreement with China.
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A screen shot of the digital TV transition

by Marketplace Staff
Feb 18, 2009
Though the deadline for switching from analog to digital TV is a few months away, more than 400 stations have made the switch. Bob Moon speaks with Jonathan Collegio of the National Association of Broadcasters about whether it's been a success so far.
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Injured veterans fight for benefits

by Jeff Tyler
Feb 18, 2009
Injured soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan continue to fight long after they've returned home. But it's not enemy fire they're facing, it's the complicated process of claiming disability benefits. Jeff Tyler reports.
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Is GM bankruptcy really a bad thing?

by John Dimsdale
Feb 18, 2009
General Motors and Chrysler want more government aid. But with the increasing costs to save the auto industry, some are looking at bankruptcy as an option. John Dimsdale reports.
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