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Marketplace for Tuesday September 2, 2014
Sep 2, 2014

Marketplace for Tuesday September 2, 2014

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Dollar General has upped its bid for Family Dollar, but that doesn’t mean Family Dollar will say yes. Observers are now expecting Dollar General to turn this from a friendly bid into a hostile takeover. We explain what going hostile really means. Plus, the former House Majority Leader is joining the banking industry, providing “strategic counsel” to an investment bank’s corporate and institutional clients. But what does he brings to the job? And after, we look at the delightfully snarky website that brought you – indirectly, because you almost certainly don’t visit 4Chan – the nude photos of actresses and celebrity models.

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German vocational training could be coming to the U.S.

Aug 29, 2014
Manufacturing states like North Carolina hope to create similar apprenticeship programs.

Narendra Modi's 100th day as prime minister

Sep 2, 2014
Kai Ryssdal talks to Sruthijith KK, editor of Quartz India.

Commerce Sec. Penny Pritzker on our export economy

Sep 2, 2014
Host Kai Ryssdal crunches the numbers with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.

What would it mean if Dollar General went 'hostile'?

Sep 2, 2014
Dollar General ups its bid for Family Dollar, but that doesn’t mean shareholders will say yes.

What is 4chan?

Sep 2, 2014
4chan is an anarchic website where anonymity plays out in several directions.

Angelo Mozilo really doesn't get it

Sep 2, 2014
Angelo Mozilo wants to know why people still think he's a villain.

What a House majority leader brings to banking

Sep 2, 2014
Eric Cantor will be paid more than $3 million a year by an investment bank.
Former House majority leader Eric Cantor has a new job with Wall Street providing "strategic counsel" to an investment bank's corporate and institutional clients.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Forget ketchup. How about foie gras mousse?

Sep 2, 2014
Chicago restaurants elevate hot dogs to gourmet status.

Dollar General has upped its bid for Family Dollar, but that doesn’t mean Family Dollar will say yes. Observers are now expecting Dollar General to turn this from a friendly bid into a hostile takeover. We explain what going hostile really means. Plus, the former House Majority Leader is joining the banking industry, providing “strategic counsel” to an investment bank’s corporate and institutional clients. But what does he brings to the job? And after, we look at the delightfully snarky website that brought you – indirectly, because you almost certainly don’t visit 4Chan – the nude photos of actresses and celebrity models.

Music from the episode