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Marketplace for Thursday, May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015

Marketplace for Thursday, May 28, 2015

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Airing on Thursday, May 28, 2015: The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, is proposing subsidized broadband internet access for millions of low-income Americans. We examine the thinking behind the plan and look at its prospects for becoming reality. Next: for more than a decade, the game World of Warcraft has been an unrivaled juggernaut among multiplayer online games. Yet some news this month has led to speculation that maybe World of Warcraft is showing its age. Marketplace explores. 

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One thing you can't accuse Google of: thinking small

May 28, 2015
Dispatches from Google's I/O conference

Who's controlling Sumner Redstone's media empire?

Could the head of CBS and Viacom be headed for the great boardroom in the sky?
Executive Chairman and CEO of Viacom and CBS Corporation Sumner Redstone attends a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March, 2012 in Hollywood, California
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Video: Homeless in LA

May 28, 2015
A newcomer to a homeless encampment tells his story.

Heat wave death toll passes 1,000 in India

May 28, 2015
Streets are melting under intense 120 degree temperatures.

FCC eyes subsidies for low-income Americans' broadband

May 28, 2015
"Broadband is the indispensable infrastructure of the 21st century."

After 11 years, 'World of Warcrack' is less addictive

May 28, 2015
Subscribers are dropping as more "World of Warcraft" players move to mobile.

In Los Angeles, homeless camps are suddenly everywhere

May 28, 2015
It's easier to camp on public land now, and there's less room in shelters.

Drunken email wins over Anthony Bourdain

May 28, 2015
How to win over a potential investor? One man got drunk.

Airing on Thursday, May 28, 2015: The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, is proposing subsidized broadband internet access for millions of low-income Americans. We examine the thinking behind the plan and look at its prospects for becoming reality. Next: for more than a decade, the game World of Warcraft has been an unrivaled juggernaut among multiplayer online games. Yet some news this month has led to speculation that maybe World of Warcraft is showing its age. Marketplace explores. 

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