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• Sep 22, 2009

  U.S. will take on climate change

  At the U.N.'s climate change summit today, President Obama declared that the U.S. is a serious partner in combating global warming. Bill Radke explores the president's message to world leaders with Marketplace's Tamara Keith.

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• Sep 22, 2009

  Premiums fuel health care overhaul

  The Senate Finance Committee takes up a health care overhaul bill today as the administration continues to push for reform. Meanwhile, a new report says insurance premiums continue to rise. Marketplace's Tamara Keith talks to Bill Radke.

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• Sep 12, 2009

  Small talk: Grocery line, surgeons, suits

  Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers George Judson, Jeremy Hobson, and Stacey Vanek-Smith about under-the-radar business stories: the fastest grocery line, sleepy surgeons, and no suits to save costs in Bangladesh.

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• Aug 29, 2009

  Small talk: Malibu sewage and Viagra

  Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers Paddy Hirsch, Amy Scott and Phyllis Owens about under-the-radar business stories, including the "Viagra Effect" and Malibu's first town hall.

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• Jul 3, 2009

  Small talk: Medi-meals, porn, McClasses

  Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers George Judson, Rod Abid and Stacey Vanek-Smith about under-the-radar business stories: A medical-themed restaurant, China's porn-blocking glitch, and corporate-sponsored college classes.

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• Jun 17, 2009

  What’s behind the inflation fears?

  Some prices are rising, but what's really driving inflation fears? Steve Chiotakis talks to Bill Stone, Chief Investment Strategist at PNC Wealth Management, and also gets word about Obama's financial plan from Marketplace's Steve Henn.

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• Jun 17, 2009

  Obama’s financial fix moving forward

  President Obama outlines his plans for fixing the financial system with a set of financial and banking regulations. Steve Chiotakis reviews the larger points of Obama's plan with Marketplace's Steve Henn.

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• Jun 5, 2009

  Small talk: Pesticides, robots, Japanese

  Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers George Judson, Amy Scott and Stacey Vanek-Smith about their favorite under-the-radar business stories this week: Pesticide industry protesting, robotic farmers, and bureaucratic training in Japan.

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• May 23, 2009

  Small talk: Airlines, Canada, Pringles

  Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano talk with fellow staffers Jeremy Hobson, Phyllis Owens and Stacey Vanek-Smith about their favorite under-the-radar business stories this week: Air New Zealand matchmaking, college students heading to Canada, and Pringles potato chips.

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• May 8, 2009

  Small talk: Rewards, lawns, reading

  Marketplace's Brendan Newnam and Rico Gagliano chat with fellow staffers about their favorite under-the-radar business stories from this week: a surge in criminal rewards, lawn paint for foreclosed homes, and how reading is becoming more expensive.

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