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  • NBA owner Mark Cuban is pitching his own little plan for creating jobs. You can read about it on his website. Cuban says he'll invest in…

  • Google's informal motto is Don't Be Evil. I think Ticketmaster should come up with one of its own: "We're Evil, Whatchya Gonna Do About It?" …

  • If you're tired of reading about stimulus and TARPs, here are a couple of technology stories that drew my attention. One is about the new Amazon…

  • When I watch one of CNBC's roundtable chatfests or when I read the avalanche of economists' opinions on the web, sometimes I just want to cover my…

  • As I watched the bank CEOs testify before Congress this morning, what came to mind was the "seven dwarfs" hearing on cigarettes in 1994. The…

  • Marketplace's Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch reminds me of a geometry teacher I had in high school. He just knew how to explain things in a way that…

  • Two well-respected economists have a column in the Wall Street Journal on the stimulus package. Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy say Congress should…

  • Things do not look good for satellite radio company, Sirius XM. The New York Times reports that Sirius XM is considering bankruptcy. The company…

  • Feb 11, 2009

    Let’s haggle!

    We have this wonderful operation connected to Marketplace called the Public Insight Network. It's the place where listeners and people in the web…

  • One of the most hot-button stories we've seen lately is government regulations on lead in children's products. Today, new limits on lead and…