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  • This week Marketplace airs a special series on the U.S. military and energy, and the quest to "unleash us from the tether of fuel." Among the v…

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  • A final note. I was reading about a young investment banker a while back, complaining that he works such long hours with so little time off, his …

  • Consumer confidence still sliding

    Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped in August to the lowest level since November 2008.. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index…

  • It's time for your close-up, Ben Bernanke. All eyes were on the Federal Reserve chairman as he delivered a speech from a conference in Jackson H…

  • Bernanke’s meanderings: need a map?

    Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said a lot today, And at the same time, said very little. The business world waited all week to hear what Bernanke wou…

  • A final note. The price of gold's been slipping for several days now, but that doesn't mean it's lost its allure. Police are investigating an ar…

  • So, is Bank of America safe now?

    The news today that Warren Buffett made a $5 billion investment in Bank of America lifted the company's stock, along with most of the financial s…

  • Apple has had a long history of executive changes mixed in with its key product releases. View an illustrated timeline that charts these events against the company's stock price.

  • A final note. The Girl Scouts says it's seen a 55 percent rise in the number of Hispanic girls who've joined the group over the past decade. And …

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