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  • Mar 17, 2010

    RIP Blockbuster

    In the real world, where companies are allowed to fail, a big one is about to go down. Not surprisingly, Blockbuster is pretty much toast. It's…

  • The airlines' checked bag fees have done exactly what you'd expect them to do: Generate revenue and create problems. As we reported this morning,…

  • Mar 17, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Top of the mornin' to ya. In honor of St. Patty's Day, I think we should start with Marketplace's own resident Irishman and his latest Whiteboard…

  • It's become almost taboo to complain about your job, since you know, you're lucky to have one. That doesn't mean people who were unhappy at work…

  • Mar 16, 2010

    TARP fraud exposed

    The TARP watchdog, Neil Barofsky, warned us a year ago that the $700 billion program was ripe for fraud: "History teaches us that an outlay of so…

  • The Toyota acceleration fiasco is starting to remind me of alien abduction stories. Like tales of failing car parts, spaceship stories seem to…

  • Mar 16, 2010

    Morning Reading

    Good morning. Where were regulators while Lehman was doing its accounting tricks? They were staring right at it. Plus, economists debate the…

  • Mar 16, 2010

    Finally, a bill

    It took a long while, but Congress has a completed financial regulation bill on the table. It falls short of a few of the original proposals, but…

  • Can you sum up your experience with the recession in about 10 words or less? Give it a try. It's a good mental exercise….

  • Mar 15, 2010

    Happy Birthday.com

    What did the year 1985 give us? Let's see — the Miami Vice theme, New Coke and the marriage of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley. So perhaps it's…

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