Marketplace Scratch Pad

A start-up company that specializes in taking the salt out of seawater just announced a $10 million round of venture capital. Oasys claims it can...

President Obama unveiled his plan for the housing market this morning. Here's a detailed article from Bloomberg about the proposal, but I'll also...

Here's my picture of the day. It was sent to us by a listener who heard the story by Marketplace's Amy Scott about Greenwich, Connecticut -- home...

This week, Marketplace is paying special attention to military families. Our weekend program, Marketplace Money, airs "Debt of Service," an hour...

Does it bother you that the big winners in this recession are Wal-Mart and McDonald's? Yesterday, Wal-Mart said sales set a record last quarter,...

I don't know how much longer I can ignore Twitter. I've tried to stay away. "Micro-blogging" sounds like a major time-sucking activity to me. ...

The banks that are too big to fail sure do have small stock prices. Bank of America, $5. Citigroup, $3. Wells Fargo, $14. And investors are...

Tonight, the PBS show "Frontline" airs an episode called "Inside the Meltdown." It looks back on the scary days of last summer and fall -- the...

Reuters has a story today about two wine investment funds. The Noble Crus Fund returned more than 20% to investors last year, but the Vintage Wine...

EA Sports just announced a strange move. It's getting into children's sports equipment. EA will partner with Toy Island to make footballs,...