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5-24-13 Marketplace

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:19:46 GMT

It's Friday, which means two things: 1) thanks to sequestration, roughly 115,000 federal workers get an unpaid holiday and 2) it's time for the Weekly Wrap. In other news, brides may be walking down the aisle wearing...Target. Will anyone buy the budget wedding dresses? And our Safety Net series continues, this time with a different kind of bank: The Bank of Frank.

05-24-13 Marketplace Money

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:32:00 GMT

It's time to take control of your finances -- and take control of your life. This week we talk with a young man looking for a way to get out of his parents' house and explore the financial burden parents face when their adult children live at home. And meet a listener who has finally found a job after six years of unemployment, but needs help handling her paycheck. Also, if you have questions about money -- as so many of you do -- it could be time to seek professional help. We answer all of your questions about hiring a certified financial planner. Plus, we check in on Moore, Okla., to see how the town is doing after it was devastated by a tornado and explore how difficult it could be for residents to navigate the insurance claims process and start rebuilding.

5-24-13 Marketplace Mid-day Update

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:37 GMT

Delta's CEO on passenger fees, mergers, and why subsidies are bad for business. And, the week interest rates popped upward

5-24-13 Marketplace Tech: A look into Google's secret compound

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:48:51 GMT

It sounds like something out of a comic book, and until recently, Google's X Lab was kind of a secret compound -- or at least a place that wasn't broadcasting its experiments to the public. But that is changing. Google Glass, the company's web streaming spectacles, were born there. The Bay Area facility was recently visited by Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel. Tyrangiel says the labs are a place where scientists can think big ideas with a lot of freedom.

5-24-13 Marketplace Morning Report

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:48:47 GMT

A big chunk of private-sector infrastructure opens at New York’s JFK airport today. It's the new Delta Airlines terminal, with its $1.6 billion worth of lounge area, gates, and services. Delta’s Chief Executive Officer, Richard Anderson, joins Marketplace Morning Report to discuss the industry, mergers, passenger fees, and why Delta thinks its about to have its most profitable year ever. And California has unveiled the prices of health insurance to be sold on a state-run exchange starting next year. The exchange is designed to give more people access to insurance, but there's still an affordability issue.

5-23-13 Marketplace

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:04:17 GMT

Twitter has joined the likes of Facebook Apple and other tech giants in offering two-factor authentication. Should we call it "the death of the password?" Maybe. Also in tech desctruction, iPhone users have spent billions repairing their damaged and cracked screens since 2007. Repair costs aren't getting any cheaper either. Better protect your screens carefully. Plus, President Barack Obama spoke about drones today. Just how big is the domestic drone industry and will it be a boon or bust for jobs?

5-23-13 Marketplace Mid-day Update

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:35:23 GMT

A deal sweetener from SoftBank. Japan's markets plunge. And is it more money, more problems for professional athletes?

5-23-13 Marketplace Morning Report

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:02 GMT

After an electrifying run over the past several weeks, stock markets around the world are down this morning. Ford Motor Company is calling it quits in Australia. The U.S. automaker says it will shut down its two factories down under and halt production in 2016. And for pro athletes, sometimes the biggest challenge is financial success and the family pressure that comes with it.

5-23-13 Marketplace Tech: Outliving Earth's Next Extinction Event

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:56 GMT

Scientists may be fretting over global climate change or when the next asteroid will strike Earth's surface, and the threat of mass extinction such events would bring. But a catastrophic event doesn't necessarily spell the end for civilization. In fact, Annalee Newitz, author of the new book Scatter, Adapt and Remember, says that with the right mindset and proper preparation, humans have the capacity to thrive in a post-mass extinction world.

5-22-13 Marketplace

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:20:56 GMT

How much data are you leaking? Lots of business are selling your data to others to help them all track you. How can you opt out? We find out. In the business of sports, golf and basketball and making rules changes, like raising the hoop to make it harder to dunk. What's the economic cost? Also, we take a trip to the tax-shelter island otherwise known as Manhattan to tell you about how some of Apple's untaxable billions aren't actually overseas.

5-22-13 Marketplace Mid-day Update

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:09:10 GMT

The value of autistic employees. Could the country's largest public power utility really become private? And who is Daniel Werfel?

5-22-13 Marketplace Morning Report

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:56:59 GMT

Beijing is adding more than 50 miles of subway track by the end of next year, but will it really combat traffic, carbon dioxide and other pollution? After 10 years, how has Medicare Part D impacted the pharmaceutical industry? And, the country's most powerful banker gets to stay on as both CEO and Chairman at JPMorgan Chase. We talk to a shareholder that cast a vote.

5-22-13 Marketplace Tech: Disaster Tech

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:30:28 GMT

Part of the promise of new technology is that it can help protect us when things go terribly wrong -- through prevention and appropriate reaction. San Francisco-based company Recovers is sending a group of employees to Moore, Oklahoma in the wake of Monday's tornado. They'll use tech skills and experience from other disasters to help.

5-21-13 Marketplace

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:32 GMT

After yesterday's tornado in Moore, Okla. -- where residents got about 15 minutes of warning -- we ask if tornado prediction has gotten better, and how it can continue to improve. What would it have taken to get more than 15 minutes? In tech-ish news, Apple's tax issue comes to the Hill with Tim Cook. But Apple isn't the only company that has funds beyond the reach of the IRS. Also, before you order dinner, news is out that Grubhub and Seamless, two online delivery services, are merging. Just how do these services make money and what about the restaurants?

5-21-13 Marketplace Morning Report

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:06:04 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook tries to answer the $1.7 trillion question: How does the U.S. get corporations to repatriate their overseas profits? Microsoft unveils their new Xbox, and all it has to do is catch up with the last eight years of digital devices. Before 9/11, many local TV broadcasters transmitted from the World Trade Center. Now, they are being wooed by the Freedom Tower, but there's competition from other skyscrapers.

5-21-13 Marketplace Tech: Spear Phishing and a New Xbox

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Private security firm Mandiant says hacking attacks that originate in China have resumed after an apparent three-month hiatus. One form of hacking that is getting a lot of attention is something called spear phishing. Recently an organization calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army used spear phishing to attack several media organizations. And Microsoft will announce the latest Xbox gaming console. CNET's Lindsey Turrentine says it's about time.

5-20-13- Marketplace

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:08:35 GMT

You've probably heard it already: Yahoo is buying Tumblr. The real question is: Can you buy cool? We ask if the acquisition will help make Yahoo any hipper. Plus, after that, will it make money? Also, Cirque du Soleil’s second Michael Jackson tribute opens soon. We look at how well, economically, MJ is doing in the afterlife.

5-20-13 Marketplace Mid-day Update

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:38:25 GMT

Yahoo buys Tumblr. What will happen if the Federal Reserve backs off? And public pensions bounce back, but not enough for some.

5-20-13 Marketplace Tech: Yahoo Buys Tumblr?

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:19:55 GMT

It's been in the pipeline for several weeks. But now it looks like a Yahoo purchase of the blogging website Tumblr is happening. Yahoo's board agreed on Sunday to pony up for Instagram-sized pricetag: $1.1 billion. For Tumblr and its 26-year-old founder David Karp, the buy could offer an influx of advertising and business savvy. The website AllThingsD first reported the deal. Kara Swisher, co-founding editor of AllThingsD, says this is a big part of a mission for Yahoo's new chief Marissa Mayer -- a mission to make the aging Internet company cool again.

5-20-13 Marketplace Morning Report

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:18 GMT

Things have been electric on the Japanese stock market recently, but the country is in need of energy and is hunting for it in innovative ways. Gold, a precious metal that was once seen as a durable hedge against the recession, has had a lousy spring. And a solar powered plane continues its cross-country flight.